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

Ivanka Trump speaks at a roundtable for the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative at the White House on February 7.

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.