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Compiled features on recent developments in regional cooperation and integration in the SASEC region.

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October 2020 Webinar Deliberates on Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation in the BBIN Subregion A webinar organized by CUTS International on 30 October 2020 deliberated the findings of the project, ‘Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation in the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Subregion.’ The work undertaken by CUTS reveals that the absence of gender responsive trade facilitation measures helps exacerbate gender inequality. Read More Tags: BBIN, Gender, Trade Facilitation, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Trade
November 2019 ADB Forum Promotes Women in South Asia Energy Industry The Asian Development Bank cohosted a forum to promote more women practitioners in South Asia’s energy sector. The forum is second in a series for Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia, which aims to support women’s participation in energy projects and promote more women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Read More Tags: ADB, Energy, Gender, South Asia
April 2018 Bangladesh PM: Strive for Connectivity, Invest in Youth and Women Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Asian countries should strive for connectivity and invest in youth and women to address inequality and to help stabilize the region. She was addressing Asian leaders at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London. Read More Tags: Bangladesh, Gender, Connectivity
October 2014 Improving Women’s Participation in Regional Cooperation and Integration The Validation Forum on Gender Dimensions of Regional Cooperation and Integration in South Asia, held on 28-29 October in ADB Headquarters, took stock of progress made in mainstreaming gender in multi-, regional, bilateral and country policies and legal frameworks. Read More Tags: Gender, Regional Cooperation, Regional Integration, Trade
September 2014 Gender Dimensions of Regional Cooperation The South Asia Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB) will host a validation forum on the Gender Dimensions of Regional Cooperation and Integration in South Asia, on 28-29 October 2014 at ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Results of two complementary studies (i) “Gender, Trade and Green Growth in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal” and (ii) “Gender and Safe Mobility: Promising Global and Regional Practices” will be presented. Read More Tags: Gender, Regional Cooperation, South Asia