
Two senators - one Republican and one Democrat - are leading a legislative effort to have a global women's initiative spearheaded by President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka written into law.

Senators Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, and Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, are behind the effort, Ivanka Trump announced at a State Department event Wednesday.

The proposed legislation would make the economic empowerment of women a priority of U.S. foreign policy and ensure that Ivanka's pet project, the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, continues beyond the Trump administration.

It would also establish an Office of Women's Empowerment at the State Department. The bill was announced on the one-year anniversary of the White House launch of the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative.

Ivanka Trump holds up a report as she hosts an event with US Secretary of State Mike celebrating the one-year anniversary of the White House's Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Department of State

Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump gestures as she hosts an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the White Houses Womens Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative at the State Department

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ivanka Trump embrace as they host an event celebrating her women's intitiative

Ivanka Trump sips from a tea cup at the event on Wednesday. The proposed legislation would make the economic empowerment of women a priority of U.S. foreign policy

Ivanka Trump celebrated the one-year anniversary of her women's prosperity initiative by debuting a bold new hairstyle

Senators Lindsey Graham (left), a South Carolina Republican, and Jeanne Shaheen (right), a New Hampshire Democrat, are behind the effort to formalize the initiative into law

Ivanka Trump said the legislation is a 'long overdue goal.'

The Graham-Shaheen bill must pass both the Republican-led Senate and the Democratic-controlled House before the president sign it into law.

Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Lois Frankel, D-Fla., will sponsor the companion House legislation.

The State Department event was attended by several high-level administration officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien and Larry Kudlow, Trump's top economic adviser, along with members of Congress and others.

Separately, Ivanka Trump announced that the initiative had reached 12 million women around the globe in the year since it was launched in February 2019.

Ivanka Trump speaks with guests during an event to mark the first anniversary of the Women's Global Development Prosperity Initiative in the Franklin Room at the State Department on Wednesday

The legislation would establish an Office of Women's Empowerment at the State Department. The bill was announced on the one-year anniversary of the White House launch of the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative

The program has a goal of helping 50 million women in developing nations advance economically by 2025

Nearly 2 million women have participated in U.S.-supported workforce training and development programs, and more than 9,000 women-led businesses have received more than $1.6 billion in U.S. government-backed loans

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump host an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of Ivanka's women's initiative

Legislators and Trump administration officials are seen at the event on Wednesday

The program has a goal of helping 50 million women in developing nations advance economically by 2025.

Nearly 2 million women have participated in U.S.-supported workforce training and development programs, and more than 9,000 women-led businesses have received more than $1.6 billion in U.S. government-backed loans.

Ivanka Trump has promoted the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative during visits to Africa and South America.

She plans to discuss opportunities for women in business at events in Dubai later this week.

Ivanka Trump celebrated the one-year anniversary of her women's prosperity initiative on Wednesday by debuting a bold new hairstyle as she left her Washington, D.C. home on Wednesday morning.

The 38-year-old showed off some bright blonde highlights as she made her way out of the home she shares with husband Jared Kushner and their three children, before stepping into a waiting SUV.

Ivanka Trump embraces Ambassador Kelley Currie during an event to mark the first anniversary of the Women's Global Development Prosperity Initiative in the Franklin Room at the State Department

Ivanka Trump has promoted the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative during visits to Africa and South America

The First Daughter Ivanka Trump,38, steps out of her Washington D.C. home on Wednesday morning with a new hairstyle

While her new 'do certainly took center stage, Ivanka's ensemble was not to be ignored; the Senior White House Advisor modeled a $1,850 pleated Max Mara dress with a demure blouse-style top

While her new 'do certainly took center stage, Ivanka's ensemble was not to be ignored; the Senior White House Advisor modeled a $1,850 pleated Max Mara dress with a demure blouse-style top.

The chiffon dress featured a mock-neck with an elegant tie, while the pleated skirt was nipped in at the waist with elastic, allowing Ivanka to show off her curves.

Clearly keen to pull out all the stops in celebration of the W-GDP's anniversary, Ivanka also modeled a glamorous makeup look, showing off long lashes, a pretty pink lip color and a smokey eye.

Her newly-highlighted hair was left sleek and straight around her shoulders, allowing her to show off the new style to full effect.

Not long after departing her Kalorama home, the first daughter took to social media to mark the W-GDP's first anniversary, sharing a video on Instagram Stories, before writing on Twitter: 'Happy Birthday W-GDP!'