Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump — with the full support of her father, President Trump — on Thursday launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), which aims to bolster the economic fortunes of women in the developing world. In a statement to Fox News, Ivanka Trump said: “Today we launched W-GDP, the first-ever U.S. government-wide initiative focused on the economic empowerment of women. THE WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY INITIATIVE LED BY IVANKA TRUMP WILL CHANGE WOMEN’S LIVESCalling it a “historic step,” President Trump signed a national security memo to launch the effort. The initiative, which Ivanka Trump detailed Thursday in a Wall Street Journal op-ed entitled, “Empower Women to Foster Freedom,” is said to build on previous White House efforts to help women internationally. The Obama administration established an Office of Global Women’s Issues at the State Department and established an ambassador-at-large for global women’s Issues.

Source: Fox News February 08, 2019 03:00 UTC