http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48915Women entrepreneurs in the Pacific region are to benefit from increased export and income opportunities following a funding agreement signed by ITC and AusAID today...http://www.intracen.org/news/Australia-donates-AUD-3-million-to-ITC-to-bolster-exports-by-Pacific-women/03/12/2013 3:36:29 AMSince 2007, the International Trade Centre’s (ITC) ACCESS! Export Training Programme has been dedicated to addressing these limitations by strengthening the competitiveness of more than 2,500 women exporters. It does this through a network of more than...http://www.intracen.org/article/supporting-women-in-africa/01/14/2013 8:58:08 AMSmall, but important, steps towards achieving the goals were achieved at the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF) 2012, while the fourth Senior Executive Roundtable on Sourcing from Women Vendors discussed how women vendors can increase their share...http://www.intracen.org/article/realizing-the-potential-of-women-vendors/01/14/2013 6:31:38 AMThis autumn the International Trade Centre (ITC) has organized several events to ensure that growth, innovation and inclusion stay on top of the global trade and development agenda.At the World Export Development Forum 2012 (WEDF), held in Jakarta on...http://www.intracen.org/article/growth-innovation-and-inclusiveness/01/14/2013 2:58:06 AMDelegates attending the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum 2012 in Mexico City had struck more than 60 business deals as the event held at Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs drew to a close on Wednesday 7 November. The deals have a total value of more...http://www.intracen.org/news/More-than-60-business-deals-concluded-at-Women-Vendors-Exhibition-and-Forum/11/08/2012 3:04:39 AMTwelve deals signed during opening ceremony of Women Vendors Forum Exhibition Women vendors and entrepreneurs were today the focus of attention at Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the opening of the Women Vendors Forum and Exhibition 2012.More...http://www.intracen.org/news/Women-vendors-strike-success-in-Mexico-City/11/06/2012 1:34:00 PM<p>ITC Executive Director launches events in Mexico City aiming to increase sourcing from women vendors.Ms. Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC, today presided over the opening in Mexico City of the annual events <span class="SECTIONHEADER"><span lang="EN-CA">of the Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from Women: the 4th Senior Executive Roundtable on Sourcing from Women Vendors and the Women Vendors Forum and Exhibition 2012...</span></span></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Women-are-needed-to-bring-back-global-growth/11/05/2012 2:49:16 PMITC’s global events this October and November will focus on innovation and emerging markets as forces to power sustainable export growth. The 13th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 15-17 October, followed...http://www.intracen.org/news/Creating-growth-through-inclusion-and-innovation/08/16/2012 6:27:54 AM<p>SECOND ANNUAL WOMEN VENDORS EXHIBITION AND FORUM                 Second Annual Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum     6-7 November 2012, Mexico City, Mexico   The Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF) is the annual event of the Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from</p>http://www.intracen.org/projects/women-and-trade/events/wvef-II/07/26/2012 9:57:37 AMA delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...http://www.intracen.org/articles/Liberia-trade-support-building-and-WTO-accession/07/17/2012 10:15:22 AM‘We must accelerate our efforts to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women through development programmes grounded in country priorities, recognising that gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical to achieving development results.’...http://www.intracen.org/news/Women-need-equal-access-to-resources-and-opportunities/07/11/2012 12:28:14 PMIn a speech at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Women and the Economy Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, on 29 June, the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said: ‘Today I am announcing two new APEC initiatives to expand women’s access...http://www.intracen.org/news/Hillary-Clinton-recognizes-ITC’s-work-with-women-entrepreneurs/07/05/2012 9:26:01 AMITC’s Women and Trade Programme aims to help women entrepreneurs and women in export-oriented value chains derive greater economic benefit from their participation in trade. Phase I runs from 2010 to 2012 with activities in Africa, Latin America and...http://www.intracen.org/article/Working-with-partners-to-empower-women-and-power-trade/07/02/2012 8:31:20 AMAs countries concentrate their efforts on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, a hot topic is the development framework that will succeed the MDGs. United Nations Member States seeking to shape the post-2015 agenda are considering...http://www.intracen.org/article/Setting-goals-measuring-economic-empowerment/06/28/2012 11:21:36 AMIn a little more than a century, 40 women have won the Nobel Prize, and there is a steady improvement in the representation of women in national parliaments worldwide. Women have achieved levels of excellence that indeed have made our world a better...http://www.intracen.org/article/Opening-government-procurement-to-women’s-enterprises/06/28/2012 10:43:08 AMMore than 70 participants from women business enterprises (WBEs) took part in a recent ITC workshop in Mexico City on design techniques for the jewellery sector. As part of the three-day workshop, which was held on 21-23 May in cooperation with Fondo...http://www.intracen.org/news/Adding-more-dazzle-to-Mexican-jewellery/06/26/2012 12:09:50 PMACCESS!, ITC’s programme to help  women businesswomen in Africa, has empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs in sectors from coffee, leather and horticulture to textiles, handicrafts and services by giving them access regional and global markets — and the...http://www.intracen.org/Helping-African-women-crack-export-markets/06/22/2012 3:51:44 AMNew opportunities for women, business and sustainable development can be achieved by promoting supplier diversity and inclusion as a key component of sustainable procurement...http://www.intracen.org/news/Supplier-inclusion-good-for-business-good-for-women-good-for-sustainable-development/06/18/2012 11:34:33 AMBusinesses do not have to choose between profits and contributing to inclusive growth. ITC, at an event to be held within the framework of Rio+20, will demonstrate this through business models which turn a profit while <span>also integrating marginalised communities in a sustainable way...</span>http://www.intracen.org/news/Experts-to-showcase-business-models-that-do-good-while-making-a-profit/06/12/2012 5:53:31 AMIn the four years since ITC first approached the world’s biggest fashion houses to promote its Ethical Fashion Initiative, the programme has gonefrom strength to strength. Starting from little more than a solid strategy and a selection of East African...http://www.intracen.org/news/African-craftsmanship-meets-high-fashion/05/24/2012 11:32:47 AM“As women business owners, we need two things,” said Erka Tsevegrash, President and CEO of the Gandirs Group construction firm in Mongolia. “First, we need to meet buyers. But that’s not enough because, second, we need to understand their purchasing...http://www.intracen.org/news/Addressing-gender-bias-in-corporate-spending/05/24/2012 11:13:12 AMThe economic empowerment of women is a critical factor to the achievement of development goals. That was the message from ITC’s Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, during UNCTAD’s High-level Event on Women in Development on Monday 23 April, where panelists agreed that policies that support women in developing countries must be enacted...http://www.intracen.org/news/Women’s-economic-empower-key-to-development/04/25/2012 8:19:10 AMThe League of Arab States (LAS) region could increase trade among its member states by 10% and create two million new jobs by removing obstacles to intra-regional trade, according to new research by ITC...http://www.intracen.org/news/Two-million-jobs-could-be-created-in-League-of-Arab-States-region-if-Non-Tariff-Measures-were-eliminated/04/24/2012 1:14:40 PMMany small and developing countries have a rich cultural heritage and a living tradition of craftsmanship that their populations can draw on when creating artisanal products that will appeal to buyers abroad. Growing commercialization of the arts has...http://www.intracen.org/article/Where-art-meets-global-development/03/30/2012 4:44:31 AMSpeaking at a conference focused on the subject of harnessing the potential for the private sector to have a positive impact on development, ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, outlined her view that government and civil society engagement with the private sector is a time commitment but is a necessary component of plans to alleviate poverty...http://www.intracen.org/news/Conference-on-business-and-humanitarian-issues-meets-in-Geneva-Switzerland/03/16/2012 12:11:01 PMPatricia Francis, ITC's Executive Director, joined Ambassador Betty E. King, the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Ms. Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission and Ms. Violette Ruppanner, President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), at the US Mission in Geneva to debate how to optimise the effects of leveraging the power of women's networks...http://www.intracen.org/news/Empower-women-to-power-trade-and-sustainable-development---Patricia-Francis-speaks-at-US-Mission-in-Geneva-to-mark-International-Women39s-Day/03/06/2012 5:04:57 AMWomen represent half the global population, but they are almost invisible as suppliers to large procurement organizations. In developing countries like India, the majority of women workers are part of the unorganized sector making it difficult to track...http://www.intracen.org/news/Self-Employed-Women’s-Association’s-SEWA-Gitanjali-stationery-unit---a-“centre-of-green-livelihood”/02/24/2012 11:37:25 AMThe Centre for African Women Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia (CAWEE), one of ITC's ACCESS! Focal Point institutions, recently developed a website to help bolster its efforts to promote female exporters in the country and in the African continent at large...http://www.intracen.org/news/New-Ethiopian-based-web-site-for-female-exporters-from-the-African-continent/01/09/2012 10:32:02 AMThe World Trade Organization (WTO) ended its ministerial meeting on Saturday 17 December without taking clear decisions on how to revive multilateral talks, focusing instead on welcoming Russia, Samoa and Montenegro as new members and securing a government-procurement...http://www.intracen.org/news/Last-day-of-WTO-Ministerial-Positive-developments-yet-no-decision-on-how-to-proceed-with-global-trade-talks/12/19/2011 8:59:28 AMThe World Trade Organization (WTO) ended its ministerial meeting on Saturday 17 December without taking clear decisions on how to revive multilateral talks, focusing instead on welcoming Russia, Samoa and Montenegro as new members and securing a government-procurement...http://www.intracen.org/news/Last-day-of-WTO-MinisterialPositive-developments-yet-no-decision-on-how-to-proceed-with-global-trade-talks/12/19/2011 8:26:48 AMMore government contracts should be awarded to female entrepreneurs, particularly in developing and least developed countries, as they learn about the ins and outs of the procurement process and acquire the necessary skill-building with the assistance...http://www.intracen.org/news/Government-Ministers-tackle-how-to-increase-government-procurement-from-women-owned-businesses/12/17/2011 2:00:33 PMITC is bringing together high-level experts from around the world to lay the groundwork for building the capacity for women business owners to win at least five percent of contract bids from government agencies. The meeting, the Inaugural Roundtable on Government Procurement on Sourcing from Women Vendors, is being held in cooperation with WTO on 17 December 2011 in Geneva...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-promotes-increased-government-procurement-from-women-vendors/12/15/2011 5:42:54 AMThe story of Art Atlas Peru is proof that shrewd business and a commitment to social welfare can go hand in hand. Art Atlas Peru is an ecological and socially driven enterprise that produces sweaters and cardigans from the highest quality natural fibres,...http://www.intracen.org/article/Art-Atlas-A-dream-that-came-true/12/08/2011 10:36:49 AMIt has taken several centuries for laws to change in ways that support women’s equal right to lead countries and corporations – to the benefit of the global economy.<br />http://www.intracen.org/article/Critical-mass-for-a-critical-message-Empower-women-power-procurement/12/08/2011 10:19:26 AM<p>            Women and Trade   Gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical development objectives.  Whilst gender equality is a basic human right, it is also a matter of economic efficiency and competitiveness, leading to the achievement of other key develop</p>http://www.intracen.org/Women-and-Trade---Front-page/12/06/2011 3:57:27 AMITC is working with partners to bring together women business owners from around the world and top-level executives from multinational companies for business matching and mentorship. The connections and learning experiences...http://www.intracen.org/news/Women-entrepreneurs’-forum-connects-buyers-and-sellers-for-long-term-potential/09/28/2011 5:02:19 AMWomen-owned businesses from around the world have made connections and formed relationships with multinational companies at the International Trade Centre (ITC)’s Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum in Chongqing, China.More than 250 women entrepreneurs...http://www.intracen.org/news/Women-business-owners-connect-with-multinational-companies-at-forum-in-China/09/28/2011 4:36:30 AMIn rural areas of the developing world, women are the backbone of their communities. They are farmers, smallholders and farm labourers; they are the primary caregivers of the young, the elderly, the ill and the disabled. They are often entrepreneurial...http://www.intracen.org/article/Closing-the-gender-gap-in-rural-development/09/28/2011 3:37:22 AMThe new site covers a large number of topics and services of use to women exporters, including:An Exporter Training Package. This part of the site focuses on the sectors most relevant to African women exporters, such as coffee, leather, horticulture,...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-launches-new-website-for-African-businesswomen/09/21/2011 10:07:03 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/Empowering-Mexican-women-enterprises-in-the-silver-jewellery-and-beads-industry/07/21/2011 9:44:56 AM