Ivanka Trump can't be white-washed with 'women's empowerment' talk | Arwa Mahdawi Read more“Ultimately, while I believe the intention was good and agree that pay transparency is important, the proposed policy would not yield the intended results,” Trump said in a statement. Women’s groups swiftly criticized the reversal, with some taking aim at Trump given her professed support for equal pay. The group also called out Trump on Twitter, resurrecting a tweet on Equal Pay Day in April in which the president’s daughter said “women deserve equal pay for equal work”. She is reportedly looking to advance a child tax credit in the upcoming debate over tax reform in Congress, but has been criticized by progressive groups for not going far enough in her proposals to date. Trump joined her father at a speech on tax reform in Missouri on Wednesday, in which the president said he hoped a tax reform package would address the costs of childcare.

Source: The Guardian August 30, 2017 20:48 UTC