Ivanka’s new ‘women-empowerment fund’ is a legal and ethical nightmare

Ivanka Trump told Axios on Wednesday that she was working to start a “massive fund” with donations from both nations and companies to boost female entrepreneurship. According to the report, she was working with the President of the World Bank, with whom she recently co-authored an op-ed on female empowerment, to develop the fund.

Immediately, the prospect of Ivanka Trump founding and directing her own global foundation, and soliciting foreign donations, while also shaping foreign policy, set off a firestorm. Later on Wednesday, Axios added an update from the World Bank, saying that the World Bank would be in charge of the fund instead....
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