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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIvanka boasts she is "a female leader within the Trump administration".
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/ivanka-trump-meets-with-saudi-women-leaders-as-some-activists-remain-critical/2017/05/21/9406c4ee-3e08-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html......."In her meeting with the women, Ivanka Trump described herself as a female leader within the Trump administration and said her focus was to help empower women in the United States and around the globe.
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"All the women that Ivanka Trump met have a guardian, said Aziza al-Yousef, a 58-year-old activist here who has campaigned to abolish the guardianship rules. A retired professor of computer science at King Saud University, she was recently rebuffed when she tried to deliver a 14,700-signature petition on eliminating the guardian system to the government.
All these achievements depend on whether youre lucky to be born in a family where your guardian will be understanding, will help you, Yousef said. If Ivanka is interested in women empowerment and human rights, she should see activists, and not just officials.
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For instance, Princess Reema has her own business; shes hiring a lot of Saudi women, Hathloul said. Thank you for this. But as a member of the global advisory board for Uber, she hasnt pushed for women to drive, the activist said.
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Ivanka boasts she is "a female leader within the Trump administration". (Original Post)
Tanuki
May 2017
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luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)1. excuse me while I throw up
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)2. Daddy's little leader!
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)3. Ivanka is also a world leader because she sat next to Merkel
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)4. She's a Princess in the House of Trump