White House Council on Women and Girls

- Created on March 11, 2009The White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
- The council was created on International Women's DayABC News: Secretary Clinton, First Lady Honor International Women's Rights Activists (March 11, 2009)
- Council Chairman: Valerie JarrettThe White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
- Executive Director: Tina TchenThe White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
- Tchen will be running the daily operationsPolitical Punch: Obama to Women: 'No Limits on Their Dreams' (March 11, 2009)
- The first step of the council will be to have all agencies analyze their internal and external status, making certain they are focused on the affects upon women and girlsThe White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
- Olympic medalist Dominique Dawes was present at the signingPolitical Punch: Obama to Women: 'No Limits on Their Dreams' (March 11, 2009)
- Also at the signing were Michelle Obama, Senator Barbara Boxer, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Attorney General Eric HolderMSNBC: Obama's Council on Women and Girls (March 11, 2009)

On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls, whose main objectives will be to address the challenges and issues women and girls face daily and devise a coordinated federal response that ensures they are treated fairly in regards to public policy. It will be headed by President Obama's assistant and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.The White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
Council's Objectives

The council will ascertain that all federal agencies take into account how their programs and policies will affect women and girls, adjusting them accordingly. Certain issues to be addressed include equal pay, child care and family leave, all of which President Obama considers to be family and economic issues with far-reaching effects that go above and beyond women and girls. His intentions are that by addressing said issues, it will promote a stronger democracy.The White House: President Obama Announces White House Council on Women... (March 11, 2009)
Quotes
"I sign this order not just as a president, but as a son, a grandson, a husband and a father. These issues are not just women's issues. When women make less than men for the same work, it hurts families who find themselves with less income and have to work harder just to get by."—President Obama, March 10, 2009Political Punch: Obama to Women: 'No Limits on Their Dreams' (March 11, 2009)
"The council is going to examine all the programs at the federal level that touch on women and girls and we're going to work to coordinate and make sure that each of those programs is doing everything that it could do to help support women and girls."—Valerie Jarrett, March 11, 2009MSNBC: Obama's Council on Women and Girls (March 11, 2009)