Politics & Public Policy

In her book Women, Power, and Policy, Ellen Boneparth (1984) clearly states “the greatest challenge facing the contemporary women’s movement is the translation of its goals and objectives into public policy”. Beyond the political message, the State's recognition of specifically female interests raises several questions. It is primarily a matter of admitting that women can be the object of political measures in a political arena that is massively male dominated worldwide. The fact that public decision-makers have been and still are men is the main obstacle to putting feminist issues on the political agenda. 

In the U.S., more specifically, there are many decision-making positions that have not seen Black women as leaders yet.

The place and role of Black women in institutions that structure the State, the legislative bodies, and political parties must be more ambitiously reconsidered. In this logic, the Center for Women, Gender, and Global Leadership (CWGGL) in collaboration with pundits of politics and public policy at Howard, strives to greatly contribute to the leadership formation of female students. The CWGGL plans to create programs that will get female students ready to change the current political dynamics.