Council on Women and Girls Blog
Read Tina Tchen's blog the Obama Administration's continued efforts to improve our Nation's Workplace Flexibility.
Read Senior Advisor in the Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues Rachel Vogelstein's post on the Women's Treaty.
December 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM ET by Rachel Vogelstein
Valerie Jarrett represents the White House and President Obama in a meeting with the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.
Vice President Biden highlights the Administration's commitment to ending violence against women.
Hear from Gil Kerlikowske Director White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about what the Obama Administration is doing to decrease our nation's drug problem amongst African American teen girls.
November 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM ET by Gil Kerlikowske
Learn about the Obama Administrations’ various activities from the past week that impact women and girls.
Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett discusses President Obama’s meeting with leading equal pay advocates.
Read about all of the exciting activities the Council on Women and Girls has done this past week.
Hear from Melody Barnes Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and former Tar Heel graduate discuss the women that inspire her and her time at the North Carolina Governor's Conference for Women.
Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, and Tina Tchen, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Executive Director of the Council on Women and Girls recently held a White House meetings with people from around the country to learn more how to end Domestic Violence, read this post to hear about the meeting.
Hear from Jenny Kaplan the Deputy Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls about her time at the North Carolina Governor’s Conference for Women.
November 11, 2010 at 1:59 PM ET by Jenny Kaplan
Read Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett's post on the two roundtable discussions she participated in while in India.
This week the White House Council on Women and Girls hosted a briefing with a dynamic group of Afghan businesswomen and hosted a discussion with women peacebuilders from around the world on UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Valerie Jarrett discusses the Obama Administration’s 10-day journey abroad.
The Council on Women and Girls kicked off November with a lot of exciting activities! Read our Weekly Highlights to learn about our various activities.
Read about how the Federal Trade Commission’s newest women commissioners are settling into their terms.
November 3, 2010 at 6:48 PM ET by Judith Bailey
The Council on Women and Girls had a full week of activities, check out this week's Council on Women and Girl's Weekly Highlights to learn more.
Watch Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, deliver remarks at the 2010 Federal/State Title V Maternal and Child Health Partnership Meeting.
Learn about the Women’s Entrepreneurship Summits that the U.S. Small Business Administration and National Women's Business Council are hosting around the country.
October 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM ET by Ana R. Harvey
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month with the President and Vice President at an event to end violence against women.
Read President Obama’s Press Statement on National Work and Family Month and learn more about what the Obama Administration is doing about Workplace Flexibility.
Learn about the California Women's Conference and watch First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden's remarks at the Conference, in which they addressed issues of concern to women and families, with a special look at military families.
Read about this landmark resolution, which calls for parties in a conflict to respect women's rights and to support their participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction.
October 25, 2010 at 5:19 PM ET by Taara Rangarajan
Checkout the Council on Women and Girl's Weekly Highlights to learn about what happened this week.
Hear from Tina Tchen how the U.S. Department of Labor is facilitating dialogue between employers and employees about Workplace Flexibility in Dallas, Texas.
Read about what the Obama Administration is doing for women veterans and Valerie Jarrett’s speech at the Business and Professional Women Foundation’s Joining Forces for Women Veterans event.
October 21, 2010 at 6:35 PM ET by Jenny Kaplan
Valerie Jarrett discusses a new report that outlines the economic landscape for women today and details many of the ways the Obama Administration is committed to strengthening America’s economy and providing opportunities for women across the country.
Checkout some of the exciting work the Obama Administration did this week.
See how the White House went pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Read about the CWG’s call this week with leaders in Ohio’s women’s community.
October 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM ET by Jenny Kaplan
