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Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative
Led by Jennifer Klein and Rachel Vogelstein, the IGP Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative produces research and policy solutions in four areas critical to advancing women’s rights and opportunity in the United States and around the world: economic opportunity; health; safety and security; and leadership, democracy, and human rights.
Our Work
Women’s Economic Opportunity
We develop policy and research to improve women’s economic participation and promote growth, including by strengthening care infrastructure, eliminating the gender wage and wealth gap, and promoting women’s access to jobs in the industries of the future.
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Women’s Health
We develop policy and research to improve women’s access to high-quality, affordable health care, including reproductive health and rights, addressing the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis, and understanding the health impact of climate change on women and girls.
Women’s Safety and Security
We develop policy and research to prevent and address gender-based violence wherever it occurs, both on- and offline, and promote security by increasing women’s participation in peace and security processes.
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Women’s Leadership, Democracy, and Human Rights
We develop policy and research to close the gender gap in leadership, strengthen democracy through women’s political and civic participation, and advance human rights and gender equality under the law.
Featured News
Announcement
The Women’s Initiative at the Institute of Global Politics has been renamed the Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative — a tribute to Ann Kaplan’s decades of transformative impact at Columbia University and her enduring commitment to advancing women’s rights and opportunities worldwide. The renaming reflects a generous gift from her family in her honor.
Women's Safety and Security
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.
Featured Publications
Report | March 2026
Authors: Rachel Vogelstein and Jennifer Klein
Report | September 2025
Authors: Jennifer Klein, Rachel Vogelstein, and Lauren Hoffman
Report | October 2024
Authors: Nina Jankowicz, Isabella Gomez-O’Keefe, Lauren Hoffman, and Andrea Vidal Becker
