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 1. 

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. 

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. 

From September 5 – 8, 2022, CLDP hosted the first ever joint Central Asia regional working groups on Digital Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), held in Istanbul, Türkiye. The working groups gathered 74 government and private sector representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic...

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 1. 

AWYEG will hold a one - day workshop as a part of the Second Annual Africa Women in Trade Conference. OWIT and ITC will take the lead in discussing policies, legislation, and initiatives that could inform the empowerment of Women and Youth if included in the Protocol on Women and Youth and other...

On June 23-24, CLDP, in coordination with the  African Continental Free Trade Area (AWYEG), Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) and the Africa Technology and Creatives Group (ATCG), conducted a two-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop focused on the impediments and challenges...

On March 14-15, 2022, CLDP hosted a virtual meeting of the Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group gathering over 72 expert-level government officials and private sector women representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...

On March 6-8, CLDP, in partnership with the International Trade Administration (ITA), led the Women's Summit in Dubai, through ITA’s Women Empowered Leave Legacies Through Trade and Investment (WELLTI) initiative and in support of International Women's Day. The Summit was attended by Secretary Gina...