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SheTrades Global
The SheTrades initiative at the International Trade Centre (ITC) has changed the economic lives of three million women in 30 countries by connecting them to markets. We have opened 12 regional hubs across Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean and Europe, and we continue to grow.
The initiative centres on empowering women engaging in international trade and creating a women-inclusive fairer business ecosystem. We help them overcome barriers and, with them, identify areas that urgently need to be addressed.
Our flagship event, SheTrades Global, brings together women entrepreneurs from all these regions. For women whose businesses are ready to export, they have a unique chance to connect meet potential buyers, investors and partners.
Previous editions of SheTrades Global — held in Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, Türkiye, Brazil, Rwanda, Mexico, and China — included representatives from over 85 countries and generated over $80 million of new business for women entrepreneurs.
Participation is free.
Unfortunately, after careful consideration of events over the past two years, as well as consultation with beneficiaries and stakeholders, ITC decided to cancel the 8th edition of SheTrades Global.
The SheTrades Initiative, and our partners in this endeavor, remain fully committed to continuing to create opportunities for women to trade across our collective, global portfolio. Please refer to SheTrades.com for information on our numerous opportunities and events, and for updates.
As the African Continental Free Trade Area prepared to begin, the conference heard how the common market needs to deliver for women.
The conference was featured at the 2018 International Business Festival, a major global festival of trade and investment held every two years in Liverpool. The Festival attracted industry leaders, international delegations and companies from across the world looking to expand their trade footprint.
This year will highlight four sectors – beauty and wellness; IT and business-process outsourcing; textiles and apparel; and tourism.
Before becoming SheTrades Global, the conference was known as the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF). This is the premier global event to get inspired, do business and create lifetime opportunities for women entrepreneurs by providing training, improving skills and facilitating meetings with buyers.
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SheTrades Morocco SIAL 2022
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The premier global business event to connect women entrepreneurs with potential buyers, investors and partners to grow their exports
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SheTrades.com is a powerful free tool where you can join a global community of women entrepreneurs, business support organizations (BSOs), partners, and companies that are united in the goal of supporting women and communities along supply chains and promoting a fairer trade system for all.
Members can access an array of user-friendly functionalities to grow their businesses. These include automated investor matchmaking that allows registered users to match with potential investors. With SheTrades.com, you can market, buy, and sell your products with 40,000 other members at the online SheTrades marketplace. Members will also have access to over 200 e-learning materials such as webinars, online courses and certificate programmes developed by industry experts at the virtual learning space.
SheTrades.com offers access to quality gender-disaggregated policy data that enables informed business decisions through sophisticated features such as SheTrades Outlook. All of these features and more are available at www.shetrades.com, as well as through our free mobile app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
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30 March 2022
Faces of SheTrades
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Faces of SheTrades
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Faces of SheTrades: The Bee Queen
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Faces of SheTrades: The Bee Queen
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Faces of SheTrades: Tea Bags from Viet Nam
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Faces of SheTrades: Tea Bags from Viet Nam
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ITC SheTrades Commonwealth | Women's Entrepreneurship During Covid-19 | Tarango, Bangladesh
30 March 2022
ITC SheTrades Commonwealth | Women's Entrepreneurship During Covid-19 | Tarango, Bangladesh
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SheTrades.com is an online platform designed to support women’s participation in international trade by facilitating how women network, learn, and do business.
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Inclusive trade: SheTrades initiative
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What is the SheTrades Initiative?
Our SheTrades Initiative has changed the economic lives of three million women in 30 countries by connecting them to markets. We have opened 12 regional hubs across Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean and Europe, and we continue to grow.
The Initiative centres on empowering women engaging in international trade and creating a women-inclusive fairer business ecosystem. We help them overcome barriers and, with them, identify areas that urgently need to be addressed.
Consultations with global thought leaders reveal persisting barriers between key actors and the building blocks of women’s enterprise development: gender-disaggregated research, inclusive policy, skills development, access to markets and finance.
SheTrades works across countries, regions and stakeholders to champion quality data on women’s participation in trade. We work with policymakers to level the playing field for women, leverage partnerships with the public and private sectors, and connect women to markets and learning opportunities through our one-stop online platform, SheTrades.com.
The Initiative is a proud contributor to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
ITC SheTrades beneficiary works with over 50,000 smallholder farmers to turn avocado rejects into high-quality oil that is exported to Europe, US, and Asia.
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This project contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals, as defined by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
<p><strong>ITC FOR EVERY WOMAN, EVERYWHERE. </strong></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">ITC recognizes that Gender Equality is a right in and of itself and a requisite for sustainable development. All women everywhere have the right to a decent income, employment, working conditions and a choice and voice in shaping their economic context. Over the next four years, ITC will support a broad universe of women (entrepreneurs, producers, workers, young women, small-scale cross border traders), by leveraging trade and public procurement, mobilising SheTrades Hubs and high-level champions, and tapping into partnerships. The implementation strategy will be scaled up, inclusive, results-oriented and future-focused.<br></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">ITC’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan identifies gender as one of the five impact areas to deliver an inclusive, prosperous and sustainable future. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">Our Vision by 2025 is as follows:</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">ITC is recognised as an <strong>agenda-setter</strong> on empowering women to trade, through the SheTrades Initiative </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Through ITC support, <strong>BSOs, market partners and financial institutions</strong> develop world-class women in trade programmes </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Women <strong>trade more</strong> and on <strong>better terms</strong>, hold more <strong>decent jobs</strong>, and a stronger <strong>voice</strong> in trade </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>4.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">ITC is a <strong>trusted and effective partner</strong> to deliver on the A4T/gender agenda </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>5.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">ITC has an <strong>effective coordinated response</strong> to addressing the trade and gender challenge</span></p>
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SheTrades: Empowering women and boosting livelihoods through agricultural trade: Leveraging the AfCFTA
SheTrades: Accelerator Programme for women entrepreneurs in the Apparel, Accessories and Home Décor sector
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