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Ivanka Trump Talks Female Entrepreneurs And Her Father At W20 Summit In Berlin

The first daughter said women must have access to credit and mentors, "to encourage this next generation" of female business owners. But remarks about her father drew the biggest reaction.
First daughter and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump (second from left) arrives for a panel discussion with (from left) W20 co-Chairwoman Stephanie Bschorr, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands.

First daughter Ivanka Trump discussed female entrepreneurship, her father and feminism at the W20 Summit in Berlin on Tuesday, joining a panel that included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Netherlands' Queen Maxima.

Merkel invited Trump to the G20-linked event during her visit with President Trump last month in Washington, D.C.

Feminism was a central topic on the panel, as the moderator, who cited a

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