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

The Black Agenda with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
In 2022, HKS doctoral student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman published a critically acclaimed collection, The Black Agenda. WAPPP sat with Anna to chat about her book, which is the first trade publication to exclusively feature Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, and climate.

Continuing Conflict: Old Challenges and New Debates
During the fall 2022 semester, students across Harvard University examined women's education as both a preventative tool and as a perpetrator of conflict in a course taught by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, HKS Adjunct Professor of Public Policy.

Transgender Awareness Week 2022
WAPPP commemorates Transgender Awareness Week and honors the memory of Rodrigo Ventocilla MPA/ID 2023. Explore a selection of resources that raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face.
Research & Programs
RT @Kennedy_School: “During Women’s History Month, I celebrate and honor women who paved the way. Let us continue to uplift and support the…
In this seminar, James Heighington—@Google’s Chief of Staff for DEI—will discuss the history of corporate diversity reports and how they created the headway and hurdles that still shape corporate DEI work today.
RSVP to join ⤵️
🗓 March 27
⏰ 3pm EDT
💻 https://t.co/YO2l6Aerum https://t.co/IdBXvvcwqF
HKS People Lab researchers, including @ElizabethLinos, find a counterintuitive “Formality Effect” in which subjects associate formality with credibility and importance—leading them to act.
We were thrilled to host @Ahuntah at our "From Harvard Square to the Oval Office" session today! The Oval Office program — which aims to support and train women and non-traditional candidates to run for elected office — is made possible through the generous support of @BLFF_org. https://t.co/Omtc5hPHIv
RT @HarvardBizEdu: Did you know that you can negotiate for more than just a pay raise?
Hannah Riley Bowles of @wapppHKS opens up negotiati…
RT @Kennedy_School: “During Women’s History Month, I celebrate and honor women who paved the way. Let us continue to uplift and support the…
HKS People Lab researchers, including @ElizabethLinos, find a counterintuitive “Formality Effect” in which subjects associate formality with credibility and importance—leading them to act.
We were thrilled to host @Ahuntah at our "From Harvard Square to the Oval Office" session today! The Oval Office program — which aims to support and train women and non-traditional candidates to run for elected office — is made possible through the generous support of @BLFF_org. https://t.co/Omtc5hPHIv
In this seminar, James Heighington—@Google’s Chief of Staff for DEI—will discuss the history of corporate diversity reports and how they created the headway and hurdles that still shape corporate DEI work today.
RSVP to join ⤵️
🗓 March 27
⏰ 3pm EDT
💻 https://t.co/YO2l6Aerum https://t.co/IdBXvvcwqF
RT @HarvardBizEdu: Did you know that you can negotiate for more than just a pay raise?
Hannah Riley Bowles of @wapppHKS opens up negotiati…
RT @Kennedy_School: “During Women’s History Month, I celebrate and honor women who paved the way. Let us continue to uplift and support the…
In this seminar, James Heighington—@Google’s Chief of Staff for DEI—will discuss the history of corporate diversity reports and how they created the headway and hurdles that still shape corporate DEI work today.
RSVP to join ⤵️
🗓 March 27
⏰ 3pm EDT
💻 https://t.co/YO2l6Aerum https://t.co/IdBXvvcwqF
We were thrilled to host @Ahuntah at our "From Harvard Square to the Oval Office" session today! The Oval Office program — which aims to support and train women and non-traditional candidates to run for elected office — is made possible through the generous support of @BLFF_org. https://t.co/Omtc5hPHIv
HKS People Lab researchers, including @ElizabethLinos, find a counterintuitive “Formality Effect” in which subjects associate formality with credibility and importance—leading them to act.
RT @HarvardBizEdu: Did you know that you can negotiate for more than just a pay raise?
Hannah Riley Bowles of @wapppHKS opens up negotiati…
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 resource page.