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Jennifer Klein on the U.S.’s ‘First Ever’ National Gender Strategy

“We want it to be aspirational,” said co-chair of U.S. President Joe Biden’s policy council.

By , a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy, and , a former intern at Foreign Policy.
Jennifer Klein speaks at the White House.
Jennifer Klein speaks at the White House.
Jennifer Klein, co-chair of the Gender Policy Council, speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on March 8. Alex Wong/Getty Images

In March, the Biden administration created the Gender Policy Council, bringing issues of gender equity back into the White House after the Trump administration shuttered the Council on Women and Girls in 2017.

Amy Mackinnon is a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @ak_mack

Anna Weber is a former intern at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @annasweber

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