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US President Joe Biden targets gender inequality in latest orders

The council will include a staff of four, three of whom will hold the title of special assistant to the president

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US President Joe Biden | Photo: Shutterstock

Nancy Cook | Bloomberg
President Joe Biden will formally create a gender policy council within the White House as part of two executive orders he intends to sign on Monday to mark International Women’s Day.
 
The council will include a staff of four, three of whom will hold the title of special assistant to the president, according to a senior administration official who previewed the two orders.
 
The council’s mandate is to work across the federal government’s domestic and foreign policy to fight discrimination and bias, boost economic security, increase access to health care, and advance general equality through diplomacy, trade and