Women and Public Policy Program Seminar Series

Organizing for the US Equal Rights Amendment: Strategic Strengths and Failures

  Organizing for the Equal Rights Amendment the first time round, in 1972-82, tapped the strengths and experienced the weaknesses of social movements in general.  The st

Shifting Policy, Workplace Norms and Culture to End Workplace Sexual Violence

Millions of people disclosed sexual harassment and violence against them following the #MeToo breakthrough in October 2017. Despite the fact that advocates, individuals a

HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series: LGBT Ex-Combatants in Colombia

Join us for an HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series event featuring Theresia Thylin, PhD Candidate in the Essex University (UK) Department of Sociology and a Gender and

Do Sexual Harassment Programs Make Workplaces More Hospitable to Women?

Do corporate sexual harassment programs reduce harassment?  If they do, new programs should boost the share of women in management because harassment causes women to quit

Unintended Consequences of Diversity Initiatives: Types, Causes, and Interventions

The purpose of diversity initiatives is to help groups that face disadvantage in society (e.g., women, racial/ethnic minorities, etc.) achieve better outcomes in organiza

Babies, Work, or Both? Highly-Educated Women’s Employment and Fertility in East Asia with Mary Brinton

Only two OECD countries continue to exhibit an M-shaped curve of female labor force participation across the life cycle: Japan and South Korea. In this seminar, Mary Brin

What Works: Designing an Inclusive Workplace with Iris Bohnet

Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversit

They, Them, and Theirs: Including Nonbinary Gender Identities in Law and Policy with Jessica Clarke

Nonbinary gender identities have quickly gone from obscurity to prominence in American public life, with growing acceptance of gender-neutral pronouns, such as “they, the

HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series -- Transgender Military Service: What's at Stake in the Debate?

This HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series event features Aaron Belkin, Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and author of How We Won: Progre

Global Colorism with Trina Jones

Scholars have widely discussed colorism – the differential treatment of same-race individuals based on skin color – with regard to the African-American community. They ha

Why Women Mobilize: Dissecting and Dismantling India’s Political Gender Gap with Soledad Prillaman

In India, there persists a striking gender gap in political participation and representation. This political gender gap persists despite decades of democracy and universa

Does Group Farming Empower Rural Women? India’s Experience with Bina Agarwal

Few programs for economically empowering rural women focus primarily on farming—the one occupation in which women have the most experience in largely agrarian economies.

The Mommy Effect: Do Women Anticipate the Employment Effects of Motherhood? with Jessica Pan

  After decades of convergence, the gender gap in employment outcomes has recently plateaued in many wealthy countries, despite the fact that women have increased their i

Stereotype Threat and Professional Women’s Engagement: A Global Perspective with Zoe Kinias

How does women's concern about confirming gender stereotypes (i.e., stereotype threat) predict their engagement in professional leadership contexts? In this seminar, Zoe

What Does it Mean to “Help”? Investigating the Helping Orientations of Men Working in Elite Jobs with Stephanie Creary

  Despite efforts to diversify the ranks of top management across the private and public sectors, women and racial minorities continue to be underrepresented in these lea

Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers’ Gender Bias with Michela Carlana

In this seminar, Michela Carlana analyzes the impact of teachers' gender stereotypes on student achievement. She collects a unique dataset including information on the Ge

Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping with Sabrina Karim

In this seminar, Sabrina Karim focuses on the role women have played in peacekeeping, arguing that increasing the number of women is important, but so are gender norms wi

Out of the Running? Gender and Race Differences in Political Ambition among HKS and Other Elite Millennials with Shauna Shames

Millennials are often publically criticized for being apathetic about the American political process and their lack of interest in political careers. But what do millenni

To Delegate or not to Delegate: Gender Differences in Affective Associations and Behavioral Responses to Delegation with Modupe Akinola

Do women and men view delegation differently? In this seminar, Modupe Akinola shares her research showing that women imbue delegation with more agentic traits, have more

The Influence of Sexual Orientation and Race on Gender Prescriptive Stereotypes with Sa-Kiera Hudson

Gender stereotypes persist in society. Many of these stereotypes are prescriptive, indicating how men and women should behave in social situations. However, an outstandin