
How Local Chapters Play a Role in Economic
Women’s History Month seems a particularly appropriate time to highlight the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) and how its chapters around the United States promote education on international commerce. Frequently, chapters work with state or local economic development agencies or World Trade Centers to spread the word about the economic benefits of international trade. So what is OWIT and how did it get its start? In the 1980s, women in several locations for