Ivanka Trump lauded a handful of Mideast countries, including close U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE, for embarking on “significant reforms” to advance women's rights, while speaking at a gathering of women entrepreneurs and regional leaders in Dubai
1 / 18Emirates Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump, right, the daughter and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, receives by Lamia Abdulaziz Khan, executive director of the Global Women's Forum, upon her arrival to deliver a keynote address at the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ivanka Trump lauded Sunday a handful of Mideast countries, including close U.S.
The theme of the forum in Dubai was “The Power of Influence.” It was an apt theme for Trump, whose loyalty and support for her father's presidency saw her and her husband, Jared Kushner, take up formal roles in the White House as his advisers. In her keynote speech at the women's forum in Dubai on Sunday, Trump touted what she said was the progress of women in the United States.
Story continuesWhile questions continue to swirl over just how much influence she wields with her father, the U.S. president gave a glimpse into their relationship in 2017 when he wrote on Twitter: “She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing!" She's previously said that when she disagrees with her father, “he knows it".
She said, though, more work needed to be done. She noted that across the region, women on average still have only half the legal rights of men. The UAE and Saudi Arabia have worked to cultivate close ties with the Trump administration and were early supporters of the Women's Empowerment Fund, a World Bank initiative to help female entrepreneurs that Ivanka Trump strongly backs. During the first trip abroad of her father's presidency to Saudi Arabia, the two Gulf countries pledged $100 million to the fund.
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