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
“When our curiosity is triggered, we think more deeply and rationally about decisions and come up with more-creative solutions... curiosity inspires employees to develop more trusting relationships with colleagues.” — @HarvardHBS professor @francescagino
RT @HarvardIOP: Tonight in the JFK Jr. Forum: "Disability: The Critical but Absent Part of Public Policy" with @JimLangevin, @SaraSMinkara,…
On Tuesday, March 7th, WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet was a featured panelist at a policy forum hosted by @ipinst, @INTGenderChamps and @swiss_un on “Using Innovation and Technology to Advance Gender Equality" in recognition of #IWD2023.
Harvard @Kennedy_School alum @AdinaRom recommends WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet's book "What Works: Gender Equality by Design" as a tool to help uncover our unconscious biases.
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
“When our curiosity is triggered, we think more deeply and rationally about decisions and come up with more-creative solutions... curiosity inspires employees to develop more trusting relationships with colleagues.” — @HarvardHBS professor @francescagino
On Tuesday, March 7th, WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet was a featured panelist at a policy forum hosted by @ipinst, @INTGenderChamps and @swiss_un on “Using Innovation and Technology to Advance Gender Equality" in recognition of #IWD2023.
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…
RT @HarvardIOP: Tonight in the JFK Jr. Forum: "Disability: The Critical but Absent Part of Public Policy" with @JimLangevin, @SaraSMinkara,…
Harvard @Kennedy_School alum @AdinaRom recommends WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet's book "What Works: Gender Equality by Design" as a tool to help uncover our unconscious biases.
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
“When our curiosity is triggered, we think more deeply and rationally about decisions and come up with more-creative solutions... curiosity inspires employees to develop more trusting relationships with colleagues.” — @HarvardHBS professor @francescagino
Harvard @Kennedy_School alum @AdinaRom recommends WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet's book "What Works: Gender Equality by Design" as a tool to help uncover our unconscious biases.
RT @HarvardIOP: Tonight in the JFK Jr. Forum: "Disability: The Critical but Absent Part of Public Policy" with @JimLangevin, @SaraSMinkara,…
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…
On Tuesday, March 7th, WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet was a featured panelist at a policy forum hosted by @ipinst, @INTGenderChamps and @swiss_un on “Using Innovation and Technology to Advance Gender Equality" in recognition of #IWD2023.
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
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.