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The Women and Public Policy Program’s faculty, research fellows, and students are committed to advancing women and gender equity globally. Through rigorous research, we offer gender insights into work, politics, and conflict that have the potential to reduce or eliminate barriers so all people can fulfill their life aspirations unconstrained by gender bias.

Spotlight

Our Spring Seminar Series: Make Work Fair

Our virtual spring seminar series will explore what workplaces that work for everyone might look like, based on ideas from Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi's forthcoming book 'Make Work Fair.' The series will focus on research explaining why fairness cannot be a program but must be a way of doing things, and how employees at any level can implement the three-part framework outlined in 'Make Work Fair'— to make fairness count, make it stick, and make it "normal." Learn more and register here.

 

How to make workplaces more fair for women, and for everyone? Don't focus on changing mindsets—focus on changing structures and systems. Read more about the ideas behind Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi's forthcoming book 'Make Work Fair,' in a piece from the University of Luxembourg.

 

Watch recorded sessions from our fall seminar series, Women's Leadership in Context: Gender, Power, and Identity Dynamics, on our YouTube channel. Topics include women's representation in political decision-making and advancing gender equitable leadership in K-12 education.

 

 

Student Reflections from Global Summer Internships

We sent 13 Harvard graduate students around the world last summer for the 20th year of the Cultural Bridge Fellowship, supported by the Germeshausen Foundation. From collecting maternal health data in Brazil to supporting gender-inclusive climate policy in Bhutan, read reflections on their work.

Read the student reflections

Research & Programs

Work and Gender Equity (WAGE)

The WAGE research initiative focuses on data-driven strategies organizations can use to "debias" their systems and create more inclusive workplaces, as well as interventions that enhance individuals’ agency in negotiating more gender-equitable work arrangements, including paid and unpaid labor.

WAGE

Gender and Politics

The Gender and Politics initiative aims to advance research on representative democracy and equitable participation in governments across the globe. Our "Oval Office" training program inspires and supports nontraditional candidates to run for public office. 

Gender & Politics

Gender and Conflict

The Gender and Conflict initiative unites faculty, students, and researchers at Harvard Kennedy School and beyond to study gender in non-violent and violent social movements and the social and institutional factors influencing the prevalence of gender-based violence.

Gender & Conflict

GAP is an online collection of research evaluating the impact of specific policies, strategies, and organizational practices to advance gender equity.  

Research Fellowship Program

The fellowship's mission is to support and advance academic and practitioner-scholars in their gender-related research.

Fellowship Program

Other Programs and Initiatives

Explore all the programs, projects, and initiatives at the Women and Public Policy Program.

Other Initiatives
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Events
Make Work Fair: Introduction and the Myths We Need to Debunk
Monday, February 3, 2025 | 03:00PM
Make Work Fair: Introduction and the Myths We Need to Debunk
Monday, February 10, 2025 | 03:00PM
Diversity Incentives Can Increase Women's Aspirations to Lead
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Publications
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How Far Can Inclusion Go? The Long-term Impacts of Preferential College Admissions
Non-Binary Gender Economics
Incorporating DEI into Decision-Making
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LAND AND PEOPLE

The Women and Public Policy Program and the Harvard Kennedy School are located on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary unceded homeland of the Massachusett people, the surviving descendants of the first people of Massachusetts and of the Neponset band of the Massachusett. We honor this tradition and work toward a gender equity agenda that addresses the needs of all women, including Indigenous women and Indigenous communities. For more information, please visit our GAP Land Acknowledgement .