Project Coordinator, Trade and Market Intelligence at the International Trade Center, Geneva. International trade expert with specialisation in monetary aspects of trade integration, regionalism and gender. Experience in various international organisations, academia and private sector.
Writes blogs on trade, but also women representation and empowerment.
Marta Bengoa et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the global economy, and also likely altered the global trading system for good.
According to the International Trade Centre, women face such gendered barriers as official bans to holding certain jobs, maternity obstacles, and employment restrictions – all despite doing twice more unpaid care work.
Our TradeExperettes podcaster Kellie Kemock interviews Maria Sokolova about the “black swan” event of COVID-19 and the fancy footwork the world is doing to respond.
Maria V. Sokolova
Around a year ago, when over half of the world was on lockdown, I wrote about how the world was doing ballet-like pirouettes because of Covid-19. This black swan event has shaken the global economy, but where are we one year later?