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ALIGNMENT CAMPUS PERFORMS KEY ROLES AT THE 15TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD 15)
The fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15) was hosted by the Government of Barbados from October 3-7, 2021, under the theme “From Inequality and Vulnerability to Prosperity for All”. The virtual Conference presented an opportu- nity for the development community to align the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development with the global “new normal” created by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a major United Nations conference of the “decade for action” for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the ministerial conference sought to address the massive unfulfilled trade, finance, investment and technology needs of developing countries grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conference pre-events included Inter-Governmental Meetings, Regional Group Meetings and five Forums, two of which were supported by the Cave Hill Campus. Inaugural Gender and Development Forum Former Campus Principal, Professor the Most Honourable Eudine Barriteau and Dr Tonya Haynes, Lecturer in the Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit (IGDS:NBU), shared the distinction of being appointed Co-Chairs of the Inaugural Gender and Development Forum (GDF) of UNCTAD 15. The Forum was broad- casted virtually from Barbados and Geneva on September 26-28, 2021. A total of 79 representatives of governments, civil society and regional and international organisations, including the members of the National Planning and Global South Consultative Planning Committees worked towards reshaping the discourse on gender, trade, and development. Planning for the GDF began on November 9, 2019, with over 25 planning sessions, and included local and consul- tative planning committees drawn from gender and trade networks and civil society organisations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
Promotional Flyer with Lead Organiser of the GDF, Professor The Most Honourable V Eudine Barriteau
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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