From April 24 – 26, 2023, CLDP held the Central Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment Working Group (WEE WG) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The working group brought together WEE WG participants and Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) country leads from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to...

The United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), through the Africa Women and Youth Empowerment Group (AWYEG), and in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of Women in...

On February 14th CLDP met with Ambassador Viorel Ursu at Moldova's Embassy to the United States in Washington, DC. CLDP's multiple workstreams, areas of future cooperation, and Moldova's transitioning government were all topics of the discussion. Ambassador Ursu will be participating in CLDP's...

On January 24, CLDP, in partnership with Visa, conducted a workshop for the three main women-owned business associations in the Dominican Republic (DR). The workshop featured experts from Visa-DR who discussed tools and skills to grow from a small to a medium-sized business. With about 30 women...

From February 2 – 7, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, CLDP partnered with USAID’s Trade Central Asia activity and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to conduct a workshop on marketing strategies and trade fair best practices for a group of 10 small and medium women-run artisan...

In Almaty, Kazakhstan from December 9-10, 2022, CLDP and the WAGE (Women and Girls Empowered) Consortium held a regional conference on approaches to improve the business environment for women in Central Asia. The event reached 133 participants, including government officials and representatives from...

On September 21, CLDP partnered with USAID Trade Central Asia to hold a Regional Women’s Summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan aimed at raising awareness and building capacity of Central Asian public and private sector stakeholders to integrate gender considerations into all sectors of economy...

Government officials, civil society, and private sector representatives including women SMEs from countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and the United States gathered for working group meetings on (1) digital trade and (2) women’s economic empowerment. The goal of these meetings was to promote and strengthen public-private dialogue that supports the creation of regional approaches for digital trade and inclusive gender-responsive trade and economic policies for women’s economic empowerment. The below materials are from Day 3. 

Government officials, civil society, and private sector representatives including women SMEs from countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and the United States gathered for working group meetings on (1) digital trade and (2) women’s economic empowerment. The goal of these meetings was to promote and strengthen public-private dialogue that supports the creation of regional approaches for digital trade and inclusive gender-responsive trade and economic policies for women’s economic empowerment. The below materials are from Day 2.