ADDIS ABABA, April 14 () - Ivanka Trump began a four-day tour of Africa on Sunday to promote a $50 millionUnited States initiative aimed at encouraging women's employment in developing countries.
"Fundamentally we believe that investing in women is a smart development policy and it is a smart business," White House adviser Trump said after drinking coffee and inhaling incense at a traditional Ethiopian ceremony in Addis Ababa.
The Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative aims to economically empower 50 million women by 2025. President Donald Trump, Ivanka's father, has directed USAID to allocate an initial $50 million to the fund.
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