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    What has Trump’s flagship women’s initiative achieved so far?

    The Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative has galvanized government resources in its first year but faces challenges in measuring progress and outlining the scope of its work.

    By Adva Saldinger // 26 March 2020

    WASHINGTON — A year in, the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative is getting mixed reviews from development and gender experts — the whole-of-government effort to narrow the economic gender gap is broadly praised, but some of the details leave room for improvement.

    There is widespread, bipartisan support for the program in general, as evidenced by bills making their way through both chambers of Congress in a push to codify the initiative.

    W-GDP launched in February 2019 with the goal of reaching 50 million women by 2025 through three pillars of work: improving access to vocational training and helping women secure jobs; supporting women entrepreneurs through access to capital and networks; and removing legal, regulatory, and cultural barriers to women’s economic participation.

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