Headline Roundup • March 8th, 2021
Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing Gender Policy Council
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President Joe Biden will sign two more executive orders on Monday to mark International Women’s Day with a focus on “gender equality.”
The president will sign an order to establish a “Gender Policy Council” in the White House to help focus on gender issues such as sexual harassment, equal pay for other genders, ways to combat “gender-based violence,” and “gender equality” issues across the world.
In 2019, former President Barack Obama created a White House Council on Women and Girls during his administration to focus on women’s issues.
But Biden’s...
The Hill
President Biden will sign an executive order on Monday establishing the Gender Policy Council within the White House to focus on uplifting the rights of women and address gender-based discrimination and violence.
He will also sign an executive order directing the Department of Education to review the Title IX regulation issued by the Trump administration to determine whether it is consistent with the policy of the Biden administration that students be “guaranteed education free from sexual violence,” administration officials said.
The orders come on International Women's Day and he will...
CNN Digital
President Joe Biden is set to sign two executive orders on Monday which will establish the White House Gender Policy Council and address sexual violence in the education field.
The orders, to be signed on International Woman's Day, are aimed at ensuring gender equality and equity throughout the federal government at a time when women, particularly Black and Latina women, are being disproportionately afflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
"The full participation of all people, including women and girls, across all aspects of our society is essential to the economic well-being,...
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