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Summer Internships

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Cultural Bridge Fellowship

WAPPP offers Nancy Germeshausen Klavans Cultural Bridge Fellowships. There are ten fellowships available. Fellows work with women peace builders on a specified project--designed with the peace builder--which keep with the student's level of academic and real world training.

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Roy Family Internship

WAPPP offers Roy Family Internships to fund summer internships for Kennedy School students. Roy interns focus on a topic or issue that relates to women and public policy or work with a high level woman acting as a mentor or role model.

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Class Day Awards and Prizes

Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership

This award honors one graduating female student at the John F. Kennedy School of Government for her commitment to building community and for serving as a role model for women aspiring to be leaders.
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Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women’s Advancement

Awarded annually to a member of the Kennedy School community (faculty, staff or student) who has done the most to advance the opportunities, situation and status of women within the Kennedy School community.
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Jane Mansbridge Research Award

This award recognizes an outstanding "A" research paper (PAE, SYPA, etc.) whose analysis of an organization or topic is focused on some aspect of women or gender. Nominations must be made by faculty members.
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2009 Award Winners

"Recognizing Women’s Achievements in the Classroom and Beyond"
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2008 Award Winners

Congratulations to Katherine Randell and Tomo Hamakawa, 2008 recipients of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award. Each year the Women and Public Policy Program honors a student for the best research paper with an analysis of an organization or topic related to gender and public policy. Katherine and Tomo co-authored a paper titled, “Measuring the Unmeasurable: Community Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Cote D’Ivoire”.

Congratulations to Molly Kinder and Emily Stanger, 2008 recipients of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award. Each year the Women and Public Policy Program honors a student for the best research paper with an analysis of an organization or topic related to gender and public policy. Molly and Emily co-authored a paper titled, “President Sirleaf’s Mandate: Ensuring Women their ‘Proper Place in Liberia’s Economic Development”.

Congratulations to Amelia Showalter, 2008 recipient of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award. Each year the Women and Public Policy Program honors a student for the best research paper with an analysis of an organization or topic related to gender and public policy. Amelia’s paper was titled, “To Train and Inspire: Increasing Female Political Representation Through Women’s Campaign Training Programs”.

Congratulations to Rachel Konforty, 2008 recipient of the Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women's Advancement. The award is presented annually to a member of the Kennedy School community (faculty, staff, or student) who has done the most to advance the opportunities, situation, and status of women within the Kennedy School. Rachel was recognized for her leadership at HKS including being part of the team that organized, "Effective Strategies for Powerful Women Series." She recognized there were specific leadership challenges faced by women and felt they needed more attention. Through the Powerful Women series, she helped create a safe space in which students drew upon Harvard resources to practice their leadership skills.

Congratuations to Letha Tawney, 2008 recipient of the Barbara Jordan Award for Women's Leadership. This award recognizes the outstanding student leadership of a graduating woman student with an emphasis on the following criteria: commitment to building community at the KSG; furthering issues of public importance outside the KSG; serving as a role model for women aspiring to leadership; and displaying the excellence in academic achievement and community service that Barbara Jordan embodied as a public servant. At the beginning of the year, Letha created a blog and a facebook site for her fellow midcareer students to use as a networking resource. To help the class come together, she and another Mid-Career organized rotating "dinners for seven," a series of potluck dinners throughout the year that allowed classmates to get to know each other and their families.

 

2007 Award Winners

Congratulations to Dianne Munevar, 2007 recipient of the Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women's Advancement. The award is presented annually to a member of the Kennedy School community (faculty, staff, or student) who has done the most to advance the opportunities, situation, and status of women within the Kennedy School.

Congratuations to Sarah-Catherine Phillips, 2007 recipient of the Barbara Jordan Award for Women's Leadership. This award recognizes the outstanding student leadership of a graduating woman student with an emphasis on the following criteria: commitment to building community at the KSG; furthering issues of public importance outside the KSG; serving as a role model for women aspiring to leadership; and displaying the excellence in academic achievement and community service that Barbara Jordan embodied as a public servant.

Congratulations to Fiona Greig, 2007 recipient of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award. Each year the Women and Public Policy Program honors a student for the best research paper with an analysis of an organization or topic related to gender and public policy. Fiona's paper was titled, "Propensity to Negotiate and Career Advancement in an Investment Bank: Evidence that Women are on a ‘Slow Elevator.’"

 

 

 

Student Groups and Associations

Working closely with faculty, staff, and students, including the umbrella organization for women student groups SAGE, WAPPP sponsors activities to create an environment where Kennedy School women not only survive, but thrive.

studyingStudent Alliance for Gender Equity (SAGE)
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International Development and Gender PIC (IDG)
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Women's Policy Journal of Harvard (WPJH)
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Women in International Security (WIIS NE)
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Student group funding:

WAPPP has limited funds available for student activities, events and projects. We accept funding requests on a rolling basis. If your group would like to apply for funding, please email Kerry Conley and include:

  1. project description
  2. budget proposal and funds request
  3. the gender components of your project

 

From Harvard Square to the Oval Office

capitalOval Office program

An initiative of the Women and Public Policy Program that provides a select group of Harvard students with the training and support they need to ascend in the electoral process at the local, state and national levels. Over the years, we look forward to our students forming a robust network of women in government who will support each other as they advance in their careers. We believe it is only through such initiatives that the large scale gender imbalance in United States government can be overcome.

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Executive Programs at HKS

Women and Power: Leadership in a New World

The Women and Power Executive Program is an intense interactive training program offered by the Kennedy School's office of Executive Programs. Women and Power is designed to help women advance to top positions of influence in public leadership.

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Women's Build - Habitat for Humanity Jordan

March 24 - April 2, 2007
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