Gender

Gender norms and biases continue to constrain human potential around the world. J-PAL’s Gender sector produces cross-cutting insights on promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment, and on how norms related to gender affect the outcomes of social programs.

In addition to supporting policymakers in applying evidence from randomized evaluations to their work, sector chairs and staff write policy insights that synthesize general lessons emerging from the research and condense results from evaluations in policy publications and evaluation summaries. The Gender sector also funds new research through the Gender and Economic Agency Initiative

Sector Chairs

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Co-Líder, Gender

Professor of Economics

Williams College

Headshot of Seema Jayachandran

Co-Líder, Gender

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Sector Contacts

Headshot of Beatriz Velho

Policy Manager, J-PAL Global

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Policy Associate, J-PAL Global