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SHARE The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate gender income inequality and overall wellbeing of women in least-developed countries, as their economies struggle to stage a recovery, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) said in a joint report. "We had a long way to go to fix the world’s gender gap, and the pandemic has made the journey even more arduous, especially in the world’s poorest countries, where the challenges facing women are even more dire," said Ratnakar Adhikari, head of the EIF. “But if we’re committe...

More training, more links to buyers of rural arts means more income for women Northern Lao PDR is home to a host of traditional craftsmanship. Think slim skirts with hand-embroidered diamond motifs, or woven textiles dyed shades of blue, or handbags of knotted jungle vine. Generally produced for use locally, these items are also sold to the country’s foreign tourists, and sometimes trickle out as exports. But having such honed skills does not necessarily translate into good income for the women who create such labour-intensive items. One project in six villages of three provinces with 120 w...

How handicraft producers can modify product lines Tuesday May 25 2021 State minister for TourismGodfrey Kiwanda tours craft stalls during the launch of Handicrafts and Souvenir development project in Kampala in 2019. PHOTO/Eronie Kamukama Summary The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities says diversifying Uganda’s tourism products, forms part of the wider strategy to strengthen one among the most affected sectors, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Doreen Katusiime, the Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry says in the next financial year, 2021/2022, government will start constr...

The Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association and the Netherlands Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation will work together to strengthen the capacity of Cambodia’s women entrepreneurs. - SUPPLIED PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) and the Netherlands Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation will work together to strengthen the capacity of Cambodia’s women entrepreneurs. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed to this end on May 19 via video link by CWEA president Keo Mom and Henrique Postmar Hazelaar, a representative of ...

The shock of COVID-19 is definitely exposing those vulnerabilities. A new World Trade Organization (WTO) report, Strengthening Africa’s capacity to trade, addresses the disruptions to trade due to the pandemic and outlines the ways the international body is working to encourage trade flows on the continent. As LDCs, countries get additional international support with development assistance and with trade, and 33 of the 46 LDCs today are in Africa. What does the report say of African LDCs and global trade? What support are countries being given to best weather this COVID-19 storm? Declines a...