Turning cotton to clothes could create 500,000 jobs in West Africa
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 11, 2024(Update )West Africa’s five biggest producers mostly export raw cotton that’s processed elsewhere. A new study shows that by building local industry to turn cotton into cloth and clothing, the countries could create 500,000 jobs.
ITC, UN Women call on countries to join gender-responsive public procurement campaign
Stories & Blogs ITCMar 12, 2024(Press Release )While public procurement offers small businesses a huge opportunity to grow, only 1% of government contracts go to women-owned businesses. This is despite women owning one in three firms globally.
Invest in women and girls’ education and health rights to end AIDS in Africa
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSMar 11, 2024(Story )Despite substantial declines in new HIV infections globally, the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to disproportionately impact adolescent girls and young women in many countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa
Women’s economic empowerment, green trade set the scene for WTO conference
Stories & Blogs ITCMar 05, 2024(News )The world’s trade ministers discussed some of the thorniest issues in global commerce at the highest-level gathering for the World Trade Organization (WTO).