WTO Chairs Programme Online Workshop and Webinar

Inclusive Trade: Legal Economic Perspectives on Gender and Employment

Date: December 17, 2021 – Friday

Time: 14:00-17:25 (Geneva: 12:00 – Amman: 13:00 – Mexico: 05:00)

Online

WTO Chairs Programme Online Workshop and Webinar is organized by İstanbul Bilgi Üniversity, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Business.

14:00-14:10 | Welcome Address

Dr. Leyla Keser Berber – Professor, Dean, İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

14:10-14:40 | Keynote Speeches

Ms. Angela Ellard – Deputy Director General, WTO

Mr. Mustafa Tuzcu, – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Trade of Republic of Turkey

14:40-16:00 | Session I

International Trade, Decent Work and Gender Equality: Theory and Practice

Moderator: Dr. Özge İzdeş – Assistant Professor, International Trade Department Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa

Speakers:

Dr. Emel Memiş – Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science Ankara University

Women’s Employment and Trade Changes

Özge Berber-Ağtaş – Senior Programme Officer, ILO Office For Turkey

Promoting Gender Equality and Decent Work in the World of Work for an Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

Dr. Yelda Yücel – Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, İstanbul Bilgi University

Dr. Cemil Ozan Soydemir – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, İstanbul Bilgi University

Decent Work and Gender Equality in Trade Organizations: A Methodolical Approach

Dr. Taleb Awad – Professor of Economics, WTO Chair Holder University of Jordan

Developlents in Eliminating Gender Gaps in the MENA Region

16:00-16:10 | Coffee Break

16.10-17.10 | Session II

Empowerment through Inclusive Trade: Perspectives on Gender and Labour

Moderator: Dr. Kübra Doğan Yenisey – Professor, Director of the Comparative Labour and Social Security Law Research Center İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law

Speakers:

Özge Akkız – Head of Women and Young Entrepreneurs Exports Department, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Turkey

Projects for Integrating Women Entrepreneurs Into the International Trade

Dr. N. Pınar Artıran – Assistant Professor, WTO Chair Holder, Director of the Research Centre for International Trade Law and Arbitration, İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law

Is there a Linkage Between Labour Standards and Global Trade? A Response form Regional Trade Agreements

Dr. Amrita Bahri – Assistant Professor of Law, WTO Co-Chair Holder, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

Gender Mainstreaming in Trade Agreements: What has been achieved?

What remains undone? And why?

17:10-17:25 | Closing Remarks

Dr. N. Pınar Artıran – Assistant Professor, WTO Chair Holder, Director of the Research Centre for International Trade Law and Arbitration, İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law

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