Gender and Equity

Faculty Affiliate Soledad Artiz Prillaman and Dr. Nivedita Narain discuss their research project dedicated to advancing women’s political representation in local Indian politics.

On the Grand Tamasha podcast, Faculty Affiliate Soledad Prillaman discusses what can be done to ensure women have a seat at the table even when the electoral spotlight is off.

Researchers are investigating the factors that impact adolescent girls’ adherence to HIV treatments in Kenya, with funding from the King Center for a follow-up study.

In VoxDev, a King Center initiative shows that women’s microcredit groups stimulate women’s political participation by building their networks.

The Human Capital Initiative at Boston University hosted Faculty Affiliate Soledad Artiz Prillaman for their third Spring Research Seminar, where she spoke on her new book.

Faculty Affiliate Ami Bhatt has been supporting Nigerian cervical cancer prevention efforts since 2015 alongside global partners and Stanford colleagues and students.

In VoxDev, Alessandra Voena highlights data that suggests aligning perceived and actual views may be a promising policy intervention to raise female labour force participation.

Faculty Affiliate Alessandra Voena and her co-authors write in CEPR about their findings on the misconceptions of gender norms across the world.

Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas shares insights from her recent working paper analyzing the state health insurance program in Rajasthan, India.

Stanford postdoctoral scholar Catherine Thomas writes in VoxDev how special "graduated" interventions were found to be effective.