INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DIALOGUES: IMPACTS OF EU TRADE AGREEMENTS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH

The YFTAs launched a series of webinars in February and March 2023 with speakers from the Global South about the impacts of EU Trade Agreements regarding labour rights, economic sustainability, gender and the environment.

This series of webinar aimed to amplify the voices of people from the Global South in discussions about EU trade agreements with their countries and regions that affect them. These discussions are being shared with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) so that they can keep the Global South’s points, ideas, demands, and recommendations in mind when making decisions about EU trade agreements.


If you missed them, you can watch the recordings below:




  • “My Work, My Rights” – 7 February 2023.  Watch the recording here.

    Speakers:

    Ana Romero Cano, Member of Peru’s
    Domestic Advisory Group

    Jorge Acosta,  Union leader Trade Union of Agricultural Workers and Farmers (ASTAC) and human rights defender

    Enrique Daza,  member of Colombia’s
    Domestic Advisory Group

  • “Low Prices, High Costs” – 21 February 2023. Watch the recording here.

    Speakers:

    Marike De Peña, Director and co-founder of the cooperative Banelino

    Brendah Akankunda, Program officer in charge of investment for sustainable development at SEATINI

    Muhammad Azizul Islam, Professor in Sustainability Accounting & Transparency from University of Aberdeen Business School

  • “The Unheard Voices” – 7 March 2023. Watch the recording here.

    Speakers:

    Carolina Pavese,  PhD in international Relations from the London Schools of Economics, Assistant Professor at ESPM (Brazil), where she holds a Jean Monnet Chair.

    Deborah Osei-Mensah, Operations Manager at Asunafo Cocoa Farmers (Ghana)

    Nicki Becker, Climate activist and co-founder of Jóvenes por el Clima, part of Fridays for Future movement (Argentina)

  • “Not a Gold Mine” – 21 March 2023. Watch the recording here.

    Speakers:

    Luis Jimenez Caceres, spokesperson Atacama Indigenous People (Chile)

    Mike Anane, journalist focusing in electronic waste (Ghana)

    Carolina de Moura, human rights and environmental defender (Brazil)