--- title: President Obama at United State of Women Summit: Watch Live description: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will speak, along with with Amy Poehler and others canonical: https://time.com/4368290/united-state-of-women-white-house-barack-michelle-obama/ author: Emma Ockerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-14T15:27:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:35:43.490Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: United State of Women Summit Convenes at White House og:description: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at the event og:url: https://time.com/4368290/united-state-of-women-white-house-barack-michelle-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadb3788fbac63286/698897c72dce01d8949e975b/usow-united-states-of-women-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US VP Biden Speaks at United State of Women Summit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: United State of Women Summit Convenes at White House twitter:description: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at the event twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadb3788fbac63286/698897c72dce01d8949e975b/usow-united-states-of-women-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Obama and Michelle Obama Speak at United State of Women Summit > Sponsored content. 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Pete Marovich—EPA by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jun 14, 2016 3:27 PM UTC The United State of Women Summit will be [live-streaming from The White House ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EqLd4AJNoU)Tuesday, with speakers ranging from President [Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama](http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/summit-details/) to advocates for women and celebrities such as Amy Poehler. Speakers will[ present on topics such as educational equality](http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/topics/), economic empowerment, preventing violence against women, [female leadership and other issues related to gender equity](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1930277%5F1930145,00.html). Programs will run until 7 p.m. EST. The First Lady revealed the initiative[ earlier in June in a launch video](http://time.com/4359156/michelle-obama-united-state-of-women-video/) that included Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington and Tina Fey, who argued for[ pay equality](http://time.com/money/4056223/gender-equality-work-women-glass-ceiling/) and reproductive rights. [Events relating to the United State of Women are happening nationwide today](http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/how-to-get-involved/local-events/). “We are the United State of Women,” Michelle Obama said in the video. “We stand stronger when we stand together.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4368290/united-state-of-women-white-house-barack-michelle-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4368290/united-state-of-women-white-house-barack-michelle-obama/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama and Michelle Obama Speak at United State of Women Summit","datePublished":"2016-06-14T15:27:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:35:43.490Z","description":"Celebrities such as Amy Poehler will also speak","url":"https://time.com/4368290/united-state-of-women-white-house-barack-michelle-obama/","keywords":["White House","women","Barack Obama","Michelle Obama","gender equality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadb3788fbac63286/698897c72dce01d8949e975b/usow-united-states-of-women-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadb3788fbac63286/698897c72dce01d8949e975b/usow-united-states-of-women-biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US VP Biden Speaks at United State of Women Summit","caption":"Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the inaugural 'White House United State of Women Summit' at the Walter E. 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