Proposed Structural Reforms to Advance the President-elect’s Pledges for Gender Equity

President-Elect Biden campaigned on an ambitious Agenda for Women, including his pledge to recreate a White House Council chaired by a senior member of the Executive Office of the President and tasked with guiding policy throughout the federal government that affects women and girls, including on economic issues, health care, racial justice, immigration, and gender-based violence. He has also pledged to “to seek gender parity and full diversity in [my] national security political appointments, and...across [the] government.