White House Council on Women and Girls On March 11, 2009
President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White
House Council on Women and Girls. The mission of the Council is
to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges
confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and
Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs
impact women and families. USTR has already taken steps to
fulfill the President's goals in this regard. Developing an
outreach strategy that incorporates stakeholders from all facets
of the community, we are working to ensure that U.S. trade
policy is used as an effective tool to benefit women.
Recognizing that trade policy benefits women at home and abroad,
USTR is using trade policy to achieve objectives such as poverty
reduction, promoting rule of law, and improving the financial
and socio-economic status of women and children. Whether through
job creation, market access or the improvement in the overall
standard of living, including within