Diversity

The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has revealed a marked growth in the number of women arbitrators appointed for ICC proceedings.

Joining worldwide efforts to mark International Women’s Day 2017, ICC’s World Business Women (WBW) today hosted a diversity luncheon at ICC Headquarters in Paris.

ICC celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday with the launch of an enterprising initiative to improve gender balance both within the secretariat of the world business organization and in its representative bodies.

Any international regime governing access and benefit sharing for genetic resources should facilitate cross-border exchange of resources and encourage both private and public investment in bio-trade, experts from the breeding and bio-trade sectors told a conference this week.

To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council organized a series of events in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and across the country to celebrate the successes of Vietnamese women entrepreneurs and recognize their contribution to the country’s development.

In recognition of the growing presence and clout of Asian businesswomen, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) hosted the 18th Women’s Global Summit in Hanoi from 5 to 7 June.

ICC welcomed the outcome of the ninth meeting of the Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as a great step forward in addressing key matters, such as access and benefits sharing (ABS) and agricultural biodiversity.

Responding to opponents of globalization, Martin Wolf says in the Financial Times that the chief failure of the past two decades was not that integration went too far, but that it has not, as yet, gone far enough. This has left too many people marginalized.