“To address the maternal health crisis in America, Washington must invest in a proactive agenda of healthcare access, affordability and equity,” writes IGP Ann F. Kaplan Women's Initiative Director Jennifer Klein.

High maternal mortality in the U.S. is preventable, according to advocates, physicians, policy leaders and executives, including IGP’s Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative Director Jennifer Klein, at an Axios Future of Health event on May 13.

Cohosted by the Institute of Global Politics’ American Democracy Initiative and Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative, the cross-sector panel explored how policies that support families and workers can also strengthen democratic institutions and restore public trust.

The Women’s Initiative at Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics will be named the Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative in honor of the alumna, Columbia Trustee, and founding donor.

The Institute of Global Politics Women’s Initiative and the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute convened a public discussion on the future of human rights in US foreign policy.

To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Institute of Global Politics (IGP)’s Women’s Initiative  convened leading policymakers and advocates from around the world to release a new report, Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage

Efforts to keep girls in school and other actions to reduce child marriage are being disrupted by economic shocks, cutbacks in global humanitarian assistance, retrenchment in women’s rights and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers and experts in international development.

The Women’s Initiative at Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP), together with the Center for Global Development (CGD), has released a new report titled Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage.

In a wide-ranging conversation hosted by Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics, Mona Lena Krook discussed her new book, Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, which examines how to achieve greater gender parity in politics.

IGP’s Women’s Initiative hosted the Gambian human rights activist Jaha Dukureh to discuss child marriage and the future of women’s rights, drawing on her experience as a survivor of child marriage.