Name: Ivanka Trump Participates in Day One Plenary Session at 2017 GES
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MR.RAO: Ivanka, you are advising the leader of the free world.

You have a unique opportunity to bring about a huge drastic transformation across the world,

especially from the women's perspective that Cherie so eloquently spoke about.

In India, in Telangana, we do a bunch of things with the private sector as well.

We do-- we work with Cisco on a program called Women Rock-IT.

We also work with Microsoft, another U.S. company, in what is called Girls In Technology.

We also work with Facebook in what is called Boost Your Business.

We work with ICICI and a bunch of private sector players.

My question to you is, how can a government, be it the United States or India or any of

the province in India or across the world, how can a government ensure that we do more

in terms of policies for bringing in more women into the workforce, ensuring, that they

And also, how can we work with the private sector ensuring that we give a larger share

to women, which is what we've been talking about?

And thank you for having me here today on this remarkable panel.

So much of what was said was deeply inspiring

So one thing I'd just like to throw out there is these aren't women's issues.

So we have to just start thinking about them

So the role of strong male voices in this conversation,

to Cherie's point, is very, very important.

Also, going back to something else you said, Cherie, I think

one of the reasons we're seeing an explosion of Women's

Entrepreneurship is because traditional workplaces often

We are disproportionately providing unpaid care,

while also needing to support our families financially.

In the vast majority of American homes now, all parents work.

So women are working, supporting their families,

And often and, you know, after years and years, generations,

these cultural, social, work institutions

that there would be two parents in the workforce.

So we just have to fundamentally change things.

It's starting to happen in the corporate world,

albeit, typically, at larger companies, not

It's a lot harder in terms of flexibility,

traditionally, for people in tech and in finance

making more money, not for women working at the lower income

So I think that's where government policy comes in.

to support the modern workforce and the modern reality

I think technology is a great driver of entrepreneurship,

because a lot of women are leaving and saying,

And it's emboldening them to go out on their own.

Technology is reducing barriers to starting new businesses.

It's creating flexibility around schedule.

So you can work just as many hours or more,

but maybe you work some of them after you've

put your child to sleep from your living room

So I think technology offers tremendous opportunities

And we're seeing that in terms of the explosive global growth

and domestic growth we're experiencing in the United States.

it's incredibly important we have policies that support

the vast expansion, of the child tax credit,

recognizing the massive investment parents make into their families at a time

when wages have stagnated for so long and working parents really need relief,

the child and dependent care tax credit, tackling the cost of child care,

and the fact that it's not only inaccessible in large portions

of the country, particularly in rural America,

but the cost is enormous to many American parents.

And they're unable to afford to provide high quality childcare.

So that's another issue we're addressing.

to life through components of tax reform.

And coming into the new year, you will hopefully see it in a

National Paid Family Leave Program that we're working hard

The President included it for the first time

ever in his budget this year, paid family leave maternity,

And we'll be working with Congress to try and pass

So that's where you have public policy and many other things

This is a panel focused on skills training and workforce development.

And we're really seeking to fuel that and make sure

that we have the best trained next generation

K through 12, rethinking what we're teaching,

and the alignment of what's being taught in the classroom

with the jobs available in the economies into which

the students are graduating, but also worker retraining

and skills training for older workers, whose jobs have been

displaced or are looking for new opportunities

So this is an area we've been very focused on

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