Women’s Health
Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative
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 Health and Rights
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.
The Marcy Syms Equality Initiative at the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Center's 2026 Dechert Symposium: “Constitutional Equality: The ERA and the Promise for Reproductive Rights and Justice," explores the intersection of the Equal Rights Amendment and reproductive rights through constitutional, comparative, and practical lenses.
The Institute of Global Politics hosted a policy roundtable on abortion rights in the United States and around the world with Former President of Chile and UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, Professor Yasmine Ergas, and Ting Ting Cheng, from Columbia Law School.