Ivanka gets ANOTHER foreign trip as she goes to Peru for summit her father skipped to launch 'women's economic empowerment' initiative

  • The president's daughter will be representing the administration at a CEO summit that is taking place in Lima
  • She's joined on the trip to Peru by husband Jared Kushner and Vice President Mike Pence
  • Ivanka is traveling down unilaterally with her own program of events that are separate from Pence's
  • Women's empowerment portfolio has helped the first daughter secure plum spots on her father's oversees trips to the Middle East, Italy, Germany and Japan 

Ivanka Trump will announce an initiative 'to propel women’s economic empowerment' in Latin America during a visit to Peru tomorrow.

'I'm extremely excited for my visit and look forward to highlighting the important work that the U.S. government and this administration are doing to empower women economically in the region and elsewhere around the globe,' she told reporters on Wednesday.

The president's daughter will be representing the administration at a CEO summit that is taking place in Lima. She'll be joined on the trip by her husband Jared Kushner and Vice President Mike Pence.

Ivanka Trump will announce an initiative 'to propel women’s economic empowerment' in Latin America during a visit to Peru tomorrow. She seen in the Oval Office today at a bill signing 

Ivanka Trump will announce an initiative 'to propel women’s economic empowerment' in Latin America during a visit to Peru tomorrow. She seen in the Oval Office today at a bill signing 

President Donald Trump was originally scheduled to be in Lima for the U.S.-founded Summit of the Americas this weekend and in Colombia. He nixed his visit to South America at the last minute and ordered Pence to Peru instead, allegedly so he could focus on the situation in Syria.

Ivanka Trump is traveling down unilaterally with her own program of events that are separate from the vice president's

Ivanka Trump is traveling down unilaterally with her own program of events that are separate from the vice president's

His daughter was always among the senior administration officials traveling to Peru, and she said Wednesday on a call that she would make an appearance at a companion summit for CEOs at the invitation of the Inter-American Development Bank.

She is traveling down unilaterally with her own program of events that are separate from Pence's. 

The White House did not say how the president's daughter was getting to and from Peru, although she traveled commercially on her last foreign trip, a solo visit to India for a State Department-run tech conference. 

Trump has spearheaded women's outreach and issues in her father's administration, where she's been credited with pushing through an increase in the child tax credit and a sex trafficking bill her father signed today.

Her portfolio has helped her to secure plum spots on her father's oversees trips to the Middle East, Italy, Germany and Japan. 

The first daughter said she'd promote women's economic empowerment through public-private partnership on a panel in Lima this week with Overseas Private Investment Corporation President and CEO Ray Washburne.

'Women’s economic empowerment has been a core mission of mine and an ongoing priority for the administration. This work is critical,' she said. 'When women are empowered economically, it contributes to increased economic growth, peace, and global stability.'

Trump has spearheaded women's outreach and issues in her father's administration, where she's been credited with pushing through an increase in the child tax credit and a sex trafficking bill her father signed today

Trump has spearheaded women's outreach and issues in her father's administration, where she's been credited with pushing through an increase in the child tax credit and a sex trafficking bill her father signed today

The president's daughter said she was channeling her energy into Latin America because the rate of business formations by women is especially low there.

'For those women who do start businesses, they face unique barriers to accessing capital, including a significant credit gap,' she said. 

Trump did not provide further details on the initiative she'd be unveiling or the price tag that's associated with it, other than to say it would be a joint collaboration between the U.S. and Peru in both the public and private sectors.

During her visit, Trump said she'd also be making stops at the Lima Stock Exchange, where she will meet with female entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, and EcoInca, a Peruvian business that makes organic products. EcoInca is owned and operated by women.