Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s Equality

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Torie Smith

Hello everyone, and welcome to Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s Equality. We'll start the event in a few minutes. Please stay tuned and submit your comments and questions using the live chat.
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 08:48
Torie Smith

You can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #WomenAndTrade.
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 08:48
Torie Smith

While we wait for the event to begin, learn more about the World Bank’s work on trade and gender.
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 08:49
Torie Smith

Welcome everyone! I’m Torie Smith with the World Bank, and I’ll be moderating today’s live chat.
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:02
Torie Smith

Listed on this page you can see the speakers participating in today’s event. We’ll begin with opening remarks from Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director of Policy and Partnerships, World Bank, and Roberto Azevedo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization. We will then turn to presentations by two of the report’s co-authors, Nadia Rocha, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment, World Bank Group, and Roberta Piermartini, Chief of Trade Costs Analysis at the WTO. Next, we’ll have a panel discussion moderated by Caroline Freund, Director, Trade, Investment & Competitiveness, World Bank Group. Panelists will include Rubana Huq, Managing Director, Mohammadi Group, Bangladesh; Laura Lane, President of Global Public Affairs, UPS; and Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, UNECA. Finally, closing remarks will be delivered by Caren Grown, Global Director, Gender, World Bank Group.
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 09:03

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