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Vice President Joe Biden visits The View to discuss the work he has done to end violence against women and his current initiative to reduce youth violence.
September 30, 2011 at 2:09 PM ET by Lynn Rosenthal
Senior Medical Advisor in the Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA Saralyn Mark reflects on meeting female students at a STEM Roundtable at Barnard College and the future role of Women in STEM careers.
Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett discusses the important issues impacting women and girls that President Obama addressed during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
One week after his speech to a joint session of Congress announcing the American Jobs Act, the President has sent this bill to Capitol Hill and has been traveling the country talking to Americans about what this would mean for job creation, if passed. In this week’s highlights, you’ll find a number of tools that we hope you find helpful: fact sheets, conference calls and more.
Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett discusses why removing barriers that still stand between women and economic success is important to growing the economy as a whole.
September 16, 2011 at 12:03 PM ET by Valerie Jarrett
On the 17th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act the Office on Violence Against Women reflects on the great strides that have been made in addressing violence against women and recognizes that more needs to be done to create a society free from domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.
September 13, 2011 at 3:50 PM ET by Susan B. Carbon
Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett outlines how the American Jobs Act would cut taxes for women small business owners, cut payroll taxes for millions of working women and more.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! With Labor Day fast approaching (and President Obama's Jobs Package Announcement) fast approaching, our focus is on women and jobs.
As America celebrates Labor Day 2011, the Women’s Bureau honors and respects the many contributions of women workers and our women veterans; yet, the broader story of women in this country is a story of both unyielding progress and limitless potential.
September 2, 2011 at 5:21 PM ET by Sara Manzano-Diaz
Human trafficking -- the equivalent of modern day slavery -- is an affront to human dignity, and goes against everything our country stands for. Protecting women’s rights is a top priority for the Department of Justice, and for the Obama Administration.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, President Obama signed an executive order extending the Federal Government’s commitment to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion is critical for the Federal Government as an employer:
This week, Council on Women & Girls and other White House staff held a briefing on the importance of mentorship in the lives of young girls. This briefing featured a dialogue between a six female Administration staffers and a local DC area youth mentoring group, the Lovely Ladies of Laurel Mentoring Group (LLOL Mentoring).
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, Dr. Biden traveled to Kenya where relief operations are underway to help the thousands of refugees affected by the devastating famine in Somalia.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) today issued the second in a series of reports on science, technology, engineering and mathematics – or STEM – jobs and higher education.
Bringing a new child into a family and buying a house are two momentous and happy occasions for any family. When HUD’s Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity (FHEO) learned that some mortgage lenders had policies or practices that make qualifying for a mortgage more difficult for pregnant women or parents on parental leave, we leapt into action.
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, discusses the impact of historic new guidelines that will allow women to access important preventive health services as part of the Affordable Care Act on America’s women, girls and families.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, White House Administration Officials held “Office Hours" on our social networks to answer your questions about the President’s speech and the ongoing deficit debate.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, First Lady Michelle Obama announced nationwide commitments from major food retailers to open or expand over 1,500 stores to help provide healthy, affordable food to millions of people in areas that do not currently have easy access to fresh, nutritious food.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, White House officials met with families benefiting from services provided by Medicaid. We heard from the parents of children living with physical, development and intellectual disabilities who depend on the services administered by funds from the federal government.
Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett joins Secretary Geithner and Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios at the Administration’s second Women in Finance Symposium.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! In celebration of Independence Day, the First Family joined more than 1,200 military heroes and their families for a barbeque.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, First Lady Michelle Obama returned from an Official Visit to South Africa and Botswana. The trip served as an opportunity for this Administration to promote education, health, wellness, and public service.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! This week, Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Carolyn Maloney re-introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Tina Tchen, Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls discusses the Administration's work to improve the lives of women and girls and the importance of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! In the coming days, First Lady Michelle Obama will be traveling to South Africa and Botswana to meet with young people from across Africa, including the Young African Women Leaders Forum.
