White House adviser Ivanka Trump plans on traveling to Africa for a global women’s initiative she is leading.

She will be accompanied by Mark Green, who is the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, David Bohigian, acting president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and Kristalina Georgieva, interim president of the World Bank Group for parts of the trip.

This is Ivanka’s first time to Africa ever since she started working on the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative in February and plans on helping with a summit let by the OPIC. Over the course of her four day trip, she has planned site visits and meetings with political leaders, executives and female entrepreneurs in both countries.

Gerogieva said in a statement that economic empowerment “can help unleash the enormous potential of women entrepreneurs for job creation and economic growth, especially in Africa.”

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The initiative aims to coordinate current programs and develop new ones to assist women in job training, financial support, legal or regulatory reforms and other areas.

Ivanka has made women’s economic empowerment central to her White House portfolio. She has traveled internationally and locally to push forward her initiatives.

Money for the efforts will come through the USAID which initially set up a $50 million using funds already budgeted. The president’s 2020 budget proposal requests $100 million for the initiative, which will also be supported by programs across the government as well as private investment. However, the White House spending plan would cut overall funding for diplomacy and development.

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