In February Bangkok hosted the tenth meeting of UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X). UNIFEM's Executive Director Noeleen Heyzer was with the E&SEARO for almost a week to participate in UNCTAD. Noeleen gave two speeches during the meeting, "Decent Work in the Global Economy", and "Globalization and Trade through Women's Eyes". Although gender and women in trade issues did not feature very high on the UNCTAD agenda, a number of country delegates, particularly the Philippines, highlighted the impact of trade on women and Noeleen’s input was well received. Noeleen was also interviewed by CNBCAsia, which featured the interview on their weekly progamme Working Women in Asia. She also appeared on Thai Channel 9 in an interview arranged by our Thai NGO partner Hotline Foundation.

Dated: 30 July2000