The Women and Public Policy’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

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 @HarvardIOP: "Dr. King said that change will not arrive on the wheels of inevitability, but it may also be said that change will not arr…
The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Forum will bring together @Harvard community members to envision new directions + ideas about how we can individually and collectively advance the University's EDIB goals.
🗓 Feb 15 & 16 EST
⏰ 9- 2:30pm
💻 https://t.co/tFyOIp7OLe
RT @Kennedy_School: To me, #BlackHistoryMonth is more than a celebration, it is a direct challenge not to hide. The things I’ve learned fro…
In this seminar, @HarvardHBS professor Edward Chang will explore how one-off diversity trainings that are commonplace in organizations are not panaceas for remedying bias in the workplace.
RSVP ⤵️
🗓 Feb. 6th
⏰ 3pm EST
💻 https://t.co/f9ZLiWbDz3 https://t.co/CEN26DzP6T
TODAY at 12 PM ET, don't miss @wapppHKS's Women's Leadership Board Chair @JBryantHowroyd discuss the future of work with @HarvardBiz.
#business #leadership #futureofwork https://t.co/3ZXMqKJPAH
Want to share feedback on our events, programming, and opportunities for student + alum engagement? We invite you to fill out our 5-minute survey:
RT @HarvardIOP: "Dr. King said that change will not arrive on the wheels of inevitability, but it may also be said that change will not arr…
RT @Kennedy_School: To me, #BlackHistoryMonth is more than a celebration, it is a direct challenge not to hide. The things I’ve learned fro…
TODAY at 12 PM ET, don't miss @wapppHKS's Women's Leadership Board Chair @JBryantHowroyd discuss the future of work with @HarvardBiz.
#business #leadership #futureofwork https://t.co/3ZXMqKJPAH
The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Forum will bring together @Harvard community members to envision new directions + ideas about how we can individually and collectively advance the University's EDIB goals.
🗓 Feb 15 & 16 EST
⏰ 9- 2:30pm
💻 https://t.co/tFyOIp7OLe
In this seminar, @HarvardHBS professor Edward Chang will explore how one-off diversity trainings that are commonplace in organizations are not panaceas for remedying bias in the workplace.
RSVP ⤵️
🗓 Feb. 6th
⏰ 3pm EST
💻 https://t.co/f9ZLiWbDz3 https://t.co/CEN26DzP6T
Want to share feedback on our events, programming, and opportunities for student + alum engagement? We invite you to fill out our 5-minute survey:
RT @HarvardIOP: "Dr. King said that change will not arrive on the wheels of inevitability, but it may also be said that change will not arr…
In this seminar, @HarvardHBS professor Edward Chang will explore how one-off diversity trainings that are commonplace in organizations are not panaceas for remedying bias in the workplace.
RSVP ⤵️
🗓 Feb. 6th
⏰ 3pm EST
💻 https://t.co/f9ZLiWbDz3 https://t.co/CEN26DzP6T
The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Forum will bring together @Harvard community members to envision new directions + ideas about how we can individually and collectively advance the University's EDIB goals.
🗓 Feb 15 & 16 EST
⏰ 9- 2:30pm
💻 https://t.co/tFyOIp7OLe
TODAY at 12 PM ET, don't miss @wapppHKS's Women's Leadership Board Chair @JBryantHowroyd discuss the future of work with @HarvardBiz.
#business #leadership #futureofwork https://t.co/3ZXMqKJPAH
RT @Kennedy_School: To me, #BlackHistoryMonth is more than a celebration, it is a direct challenge not to hide. The things I’ve learned fro…
Want to share feedback on our events, programming, and opportunities for student + alum engagement? We invite you to fill out our 5-minute survey:
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.