New female leaders in int'l trade inspire women to enter the game
Published :
08 Mar 2021, 09:31
DF News Desk
This combo picture shows Pamela Coke-Hamilton (L), executive director of the International Trade Centre; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (M), director-general of the World Trade Organization and Isabelle Durant (R), acting secretary-general of UNCTAD. Photo: United Nations via Xinhua.
One week into her new job as the seventh director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's appointment as head of the 26-year-old global trade body remains historic, especially for women worldwide who aspire to leave a positive mark on global trade history, reported Xinhua.
In an unprecedented leadership reshuffle, international trade is now spearheaded by three women from three different continents, as all of Geneva's top trade organizations -- the WTO, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Center (ITC) -- have become female-led over the past couple of months.