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    Ivanka Trump Launches $50 Million Program To Empower Women In The Workplace

    She wants to make it help 50 million women around the world get jobs and start their own businesses. Critics are waiting for more details.
    by Joanne Lu Feb 13, 2019 3 minutes

    First daughter Ivanka Trump wants to help 50 million women around the world "realize their economic potential" by 2025.

    Experts who work with women's issues in the global development community are hopeful about the new initiative – but raise questions about the timing of the announcement and the lack of specifics.

    Trump, a senior adviser to President Trump, announced the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative last week in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.

    It aims to get all U.S. foreign assistance agencies –

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