Trade can help accelerate the economic empowerment of women, speakers at a high-level event held at the WTO said on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March). However, more must be done to increase women’s participation and unlock trade’s potential to deliver a more inclusive society, (...)
On 8 March 2018, Chile notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 8 March 2018 a safeguard investigation on powdered milk and Gouda cheese.
The ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, brings us up to date on what was discussed at the second meeting of the Global Commission on the Future of Work, the next steps for the Commission, and what we can expect in 2019.
On International Women’s Day, the ILO draws attention to the challenges rural women face at work and explores ideas for bridging the gaps. Investing in rural women is the right thing to do as addressing gender inequality and promoting decent work for rural women will translate into economic and (...)
This global snapshot looks at the progress made during the past decade and assesses women’s labour market prospects by examining the gaps between men and women according to indicators such as labour force participation, unemployment and vulnerable (...)
In a speech delivered to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on 7 March, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said the outcome of the 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires provides a “broad path forward to improve the world trading system” and that the importance of the WTO is “directly (...)
WTO members successfully concluded almost four years of discussion by adopting the “Catalogue of Instruments” available to WTO members for managing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues, at an SPS Committee meeting on 2 March. Members may use the catalogue to seek information, initiate (...)