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Boston.com | February 18, 2013
"Counterintuitively, the wage gap expands as women move up the corporate ladder because there are fewer rules about compensation in upper management," said Victoria Budson, executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program.
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HKS News | February 15, 2013
Rohini Pande, WAPPP faculty advisor, serves as co-director of the HKS Evidence for Policy Design program, which was created to find answers to pressing policy questions in the field of international development. “The aim is to start by thinking about what kind of evidence is useful for policy,” Pande said.
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Le Monde | February 11, 2013
For our French-speaking friends, Dean Iris Bohnet's research on effectively fighting gender discrimination in hiring and promotions by evaluating candidates in groups rather than individually. English version.
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HKS News | February 1, 2013
Every year, millions of women in developing countries miss up to 50 days of work or school due to the unavailability of sanitary protection. Elizabeth Scharpf MBA & MPA/ID 2006, Founder and Chief Instigating Officer of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), has a market-based solution.
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Boston Magazine | February 2013
Ironically, it’s in part because women are so successful in Massachusetts that pay disparities persist. “The higher level a woman is in her profession, and the more education a woman has, the broader the wage gap,” says Victoria Budson, WAPPP executive director.
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AOL News | January 25, 2013
Asking for a raise? Negotiating a salary? Research shows that women who ask for raises can be seen as aggressive and unfeminine, and that backlash might hurt their future prospects in the job. But WAPPP's research director, Hannah Riley Bowles, new study identifies a possible solution: devise ways for women to ask for a raise that makes them appear non-aggressive.
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Forbes | January 22, 2013
Nava Ashraf, WAPPP affiliate, explains altruistic capital - the idea that every individual has within them an intrinsic desire to serve - and how that can be used when designing public policies.
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HKS News| January 15, 2013
Kalpana Jain, MC/MPA 2011 helps create a Kennedy School case study out of the story of an unlikely woman leader half a world away. Also features former WAPPP fellow and current HKS lecturer, Kessely Hong.
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Wall Street Journal | January 9, 2013
Dean Iris Bohnet, WAPPP director, and WAPPP fellow, Alexandra Van Geen, share their research finding an effective fix for gender discrimination in promotion and job assignments. The solution: consider several candidates for a position at the same time rather than individually.
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New York Times | January 9, 2013
“It is not just a pipeline issue,” said Marie C. Wilson, member of WAPPP's Women's Leadership Board. “The pipeline in government has loads of talented people in it, and loads of talented women.” Victoria Budson, WAPPP executive director, comments, “We’re the only industrialized nation in the world with no mandatory paid leave. This is about creating a better system of labor throughout the course of a person’s career.”
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The Phoenix | December 10, 2012
Boston will get its first official challenger for an at-large seat on the Boston City Council, when 27-year-old South End resident Michelle Wu, HLS '11 and Oval Office '11.
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Fox 25 News | December 10, 2012
FOX 25's Maria Stephanos talks with Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP and chair of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, about equal pay for women. Victoria Budson shares Hannah Riley Bowles' research on women negotiating as part of the gender pay gap discussion.
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WBUR Radio | December 10, 2012
A new analysis of U.S. Census data shows that, despite Massachusetts’s progressive reputation, the pay disparity between men and women is actually worse in the Commonwealth than in most other states. We’ll examine some of the reasons. WAPPP executive director, Victoria Budson, discusses the topic.
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Boston.com | December 9, 2012
“As you get into industries that require an MBA or JD, there is less transparency in the [hiring/advancement] process,” said Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP. “The less transparency and clarity in the process, the larger the pay disparity.”
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Des Moines Register | November 17, 2012
Because mothers dominate single-parent statistics, they also tend to dominate the discussion. 'Focus only on moms, and you could be doing inadvertent harm by further weakening the family,' said Kathryn Edin, WAPPP faculty adviser.
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Bloomberg | November 15, 2012
Companies are facing changing demographics, and the sooner they embrace them, the stronger they’ll be. “I call this the business case for gender diversity,” says Dean Iris Bohnet, WAPPP director. Fixing the pay gap will demand more progressive public policies as well as businesses to modernize their cultures to accommodate both halves of the workforce. This isn’t about being generous; it’s self-interest.
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Southcoast Today | November 14, 2012
"Right now, with the recent focus on women voters and issues that pertain to women, it presents an opportunity where the state and the nation are listening to women and it will be important for elected leaders to keep that listening ear open," said Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP.
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The Crimson | November 7, 2012
Dean David Ellwood and Dean Iris Bohnet commend the efforts of both Harvard Kennedy School students and The Crimson to highlight gender diversity and the critical need to expand the representation of women at the School, elsewhere in education, in government, and in all sectors.
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The Daily Beast | November 7, 2012
“This is historic because, for the first time in the history of the United States, we have a woman from Massachusetts in the Senate,” notes Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP.
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WBUR Radio | November 1, 2012
Female voters are being fought over in the presidential race and the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race. Victoria Budson discusses why women are so important in politics this year and how issues important to them are being embraced by campaigns.
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Los Angeles Times | October 7, 2012
Featuring Dean Iris Bohnet's research: If candidates for assignments and promotions were evaluated at the same time — for example, the results of their past performances were presented comparatively — interviewers tended to rely less on stereotypes and more on the evidence presented. But if candidates were assessed one at a time, the interviewers were more likely to revert to stereotypes.
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WBUR | October 7, 2012
"Despite its liberal reputation, the home of Jack Kennedy and Tip O'Neill has never elected a woman as governor or senator. And in Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown's tight re-election race with Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, gender could prove the difference." Including comments by Victoria A. Budson.
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CNN | October 3, 2012
Amy Cuddy, HBS, talks to CNN's Gary Tuchman about the candidates' body language during the first 2012 presidential debate.
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Harvard Gazette | September 27, 2012
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi outlines vision for Burma in Kennedy School talk. Co-sponsored by Women and Public Policy Program.
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UNDP | September 2012
WAPPP affiliate, Pippa Norris provides an overview of women’s political representation in Asia-Pacific member states and outlines six “windows of opportunity.” She presented this work in WAPPP’s fall seminar.
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NYU Press | August 2012
Former WAPPP fellow Megan MacKenzie's new book argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.
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Munich, Germany | July 2012
"...[O]ne needs to admit that we all have our biases and prejudices and, second, one has to make a leap of faith – change organizational structures to make the change, easy and fun. Otherwise, there will never be a real paradigm shift," says Dean Iris Bohnet.
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SSRN | April 2012
Clean cook stove technology is falling short of expectations. WAPPP affiliate Rema Hanna and her colleagues find a disconnect between engineering studies and how technology is used in real-world development settings.
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Princeton University | 2012
Laura Bacon, MPP '09 and WAPPP Cultural Bridge Fellow, worked in Liberia's Ministry of Gender and Development during the summer of 2008. As associate director of Princeton’s Innovation for Successful Strategies, she has published a report on the effort to use gender-inclusive policies in Liberia after the civil war.
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WGBH Radio | August 7, 2012
Dean Iris Bohnet speaks about implicit biases: how good people who do not mean to discriminate can’t help doing so—unless we change organizational structures and practices to make it easier for our biased minds to get it right. Hear the full story on WGBH radio.
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NECN TV | July 19, 2012
WAPPP executive director Victoria Budson joined "The Morning Show" to discuss the seemingly endless battle working parents face in balancing their professional and personal lives.
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Forbes | July 17, 2012
Jennifer Hollett, HKS 2012 and Oval Office alumna, is set to launch the SuperPac App, with partner from MIT. The app identifies any political ad and informs the user of which super PAC(s) funded that commercial.
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HKS Impact | June 2012
“When the experimental data came back, there was this completely confusing result — boys were doing worse and girls were doing better,” says Kathryn Edin, WAPPP faculty adviser. “No one could figure out why this intervention would impact boys and girls differently. So we decided to ask them.”
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Harvard Gazette | June 15, 2012
WAPPP co-sponsored a public forum with Nobel Peace Laureate, Tawakkol Karmen who talked about the success of the Arab Spring and what's needed now to build and ensure democracy.
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Harvard Gazette | May 24, 2012
“The hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through was understanding that the orphanage was doing more harm than good,” said Sonya Soni, WAPPP summer intern 2011. “It’s treated like a charity, not like a place where the girls can be leaders and make it their home. I’m trying to change that."
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Los Angeles Times | May 24, 2012
"Getting out of poverty takes extraordinary perseverance," Kathryn Edin, WAPPP faculty adviser said. "When disadvantage builds over generations, it is going to take generations to unbuild it."
HKS News | May 23, 2012
Madame Christine Lagarde urged HKS graduates at their Commencement to “go forward, embrace the world, change the world. Shape your own future and our common global future. Keep up, and when the world says, 'give up,' don’t forget that hope whispers: 'try one more time.'"
Boston Globe | May 19, 2012
Former WAPPP director, Swanee Hunt, writes: "Now, more than ever, women of both parties have a good reason to run — not for cover, but for office — because huge majorities of Americans say we’d be better off with more women in the political system."
The Hill | May 9, 2012
With the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Embassy of Switzerland in the United States, WAPPP held "Overcoming Obstacles, Closing the Gap: Strengthening the Political Participation of Women." Victoria Budson moderated a panel with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Dean Iris Bohnet made closing remarks.
The Washington Post "Wonkblog" | May 8, 2012
Rema Hanna, HKS, and colleagues found that one of the most promising foreign aid ideas -- cleaner cookstoves -- stops helping when trainers/technicians leave and owners had to clean chimneys and make repairs themselves.
US News | May 4, 2012
"Paycheck Fairness is not just about equality for women, but about equality for families in the Untied States." - Victoria Budson, WAPPP executive director
WAPPP Wire | April 30, 2012
Speaking to the Women's Leadership Board at HKS, Ambassador Verveer suggested four critical areas to elevating the status of women: (1) Access to education, (2) Economic participation, (3) Access to basic health care, and (4) Political engagement.
US News | April 24, 2012
"Men tend to view political giving as an extension of their power base," said Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP. "Women view it as one of the many ways they invest in their values and their priorities. It is one of the ways they participate in politics, but it is not the only way."
New York Times | April 16, 2012
The decline in marriage helps explain why women have become more left-wing in both the United States and in Europe, according to WAPPP faculty adviser, Rohini Pande.
Boston.com | April 12, 2012
How is it women still earn only 80% of what men’s do in Massachusetts? Particularly, as Victoria Budson, executive director of WAPPP notes, women in the state hold a higher number of number of advanced degrees and college degrees than their counterparts in other states.
Bangkok Post | April 8, 2012
With women holding 18.2% of legislative seats in the Asia-Pacific region, countries are looking for ways to increase women’s representation, including quotas. However, “it is not just a simple formula of add women and stir," Pippa Norris, WAPPP affiliate, said. "There are many other windows of opportunity for countries to improve the situation of women in politics."
New York Times | April 7, 2012
Welfare reform of the 90s is being tested by the current economy, primarily impacting women and children. WAPPP faculty adviser, Kathryn Edin, finds that that the number of households with children living on less than $2 per person per day has nearly doubled since 1996.
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