In pictures Ivanka Trump visit to Morocco

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Wearing a Moroccan caftan, Ivanka Trump, walks to greet Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, before a dinner at the Royal Guest House in Rabat, Morocco. As Trump was staying at the Guest House she greeted the Princess upon arrival before they welcomed guests together Image Credit: AP

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Ivanka Trump and Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, strolled through the medina, a popular street overflowing with local artisans selling rugs, clothing and other crafts on her way to the restaurant. Image Credit: Reuters

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Offered dates during a traditional greeting by Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco. Its part of the Moroccan traditions to welcome guests with dates and milk Image Credit: AP

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Wearing Moroccan caftans, Ivanka Trump stands with Princess Lalla Meryem, sister of King. Ivanka has also spoke by telephone with King Mohammed VI to thank him for "meaningful recent legal reforms to advance gender equality in Morocco," she said on Twitter. Image Credit: AP

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Moroccans in traditional costumes ride horses while Ivanka speaks during a ceremony in the province of Sidi Kacem, at an olive grove collective where Trump met with local women farmers who are benefitting from changes allowing them to inherit land. Image Credit: AP

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Visiting Morocco for the first time, Ivanka Trump received a warm welcome Thursday from housewives, widows and other women who are benefiting from new laws that allow them to own land. Image Credit: AP

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Morocco is one such nation. Working in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Corp., a U.S. aid agency, Morocco has updated its land titling laws and earned the three-day visit from the U.S. president's daughter. At an olive grove in a region north of the capital of Rabat, she met four women who had inherited or bought land - something they previously could not do. Image Credit: AP

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"When you invest in women, they invest back into their families and communities and countries flourish," Ivanka said. visiting Morocco to promote the Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative, a U.S. government program she spearheads that has a goal of helping 50 million women in developing countries advance economically by 2025. The initiative focuses on helping women develop job skills and succeed as entrepreneurs, along with changing cultures and laws. Image Credit: AP

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Morocco is changing its land ownership laws and "we are here to support and encourage the full implementation of that," she said. The women she met among rows of trees bearing black olives thanked her. Aicha Bourkib, 59, hugged Ivanka Trump, clasped her hands and kissed them. The housewife and mother of four grows olive trees and vegetables on land she recently bought. She has two cows and wants to create a dairy cooperative in her village. Bourkib and the other women told her visitor through a translator that owning land "helps us and all the families in the area." Image Credit: AP

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