Donald Trump’s budget to include US$100 million for daughter Ivanka’s women’s fund
- Ivanka stressed the initiative’s goal is to help 50 million women in the developing world get ahead economically over the next six years
US President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget proposal will include US$100 million for a global women’s fund spearheaded by his daughter Ivanka.
She said the budget, expected to be released on Monday, will include funding for the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. The administration last month launched the project, which she leads.
In a statement, Ivanka Trump noted that Friday was International Women’s Day and stressed the initiative’s goal to help 50 million women in the developing world get ahead economically over the next six years.
The new initiative involves the State Department, the National Security Council and other agencies, as it tries to coordinate current programmes and develop new ones to help women in areas such as job training, financial support and legal or regulatory reforms.
The funding will come through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which initially set up a US$50 million fund for the effort using already budgeted money.