Deadline: 3-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Training Course on Trade and Gender that aims to help government officials develop trade policies that promote gender equality and integrate gender considerations in their work.
The WTO Trade and Gender Unit will hold a dedicated training course on trade and gender in a virtual format for government officials from 28 March to 1 April 2022.
The course will assist participants in improving their knowledge of the trade and gender nexus and the role of the WTO on this issue. At the end of the course, participants will be able to utilize trade and gender concepts and tools in the analysis and development of trade policies.
The programme is built around lectures, exercises, and discussions in six live online training sessions over four half-days. Two additional specialised and thematic sessions will be offered to delegates in Geneva participating in the course on 8 April 2022.
Objectives of the Course
At the end of the course, participants are able to:
- Have a greater knowledge of the trade and gender nexus.
- Implement trade gender concepts and tools in analyzing and developing trade policies
- Understand how the WTO approaches the issue of trade and gender.
- Unpack the implications of Covid-19 pandemic on women’s trade capacity and are aware of the importance of formulating pro-resilience trade policies
Additional Information
The course will combine technical lectures and interactive sessions
- Technical booster sessions
- Explaining the work of the WTO on trade and gender
- Providing some data on the impact of trade on women
- Giving example of how trade rules are not gender neutral
- Explaining WTO trade and gender policy tools
- Information sharing and interactive sessions
- Conducting a conversation with participants on the country best practices on trade and gender, or gender or women’s economic empowerment.
- Exchange on the WTO trade and gender policy tools
- Presentation of trade and gender policy projects by participants
- Exchange on country and region experience.
- During the course, 3 exercises will be conducted on case stories, gender concepts and trade and gender policy. Participants will present results of these exercises to the trainer and the class. A discussion will follow each presentation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Government officials and Geneva-based delegates interested in building their technical knowledge and strengthening their policymaking expertise on trade and gender issues are invited to apply.
- The course is open to all WTO members and priority will be given to developing countries. A maximum of 25 participants will be selected, with no more than two officials per WTO member.
- Selected participants will be informed on 4 March and invited to a one-hour online information session to be held on 10 and 11 March 2022.
For more information, visit https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news22_e/women_17feb22_e.htm