​With a shared commitment to justice and knowledge, we welcome you to the Women, Policy, and Advocacy research group.

We connect law, policy, and lived experience to better understand and advance women’s rights.

Our work produces evidence-based research that promotes accountability, equity, and social change.

Through partnerships and dialogue, we turn knowledge into meaningful impact for women and communities.

​​ ​In this page we present our research interests which are:

Women's Rights in Law and Policy
o National and international legal frameworks for women's rights
o Gaps between legislation and implementation
o Comparative analysis of women's rights policies

• Gender-Responsive Public Policy
o Gender mainstreaming in public policy design
o Gender-responsive budgeting and governance
o Policy impact assessments on women and girls

• Advocacy, Activism, and Social Movements
o Feminist advocacy strategies and outcomes
o Civil society, NGOs, and grassroots mobilization
o Digital advocacy and social media campaigns for women's rights

• Women, Citizenship, and Political Participation
o Women's representation in political and decision-making spaces
o Barriers to political participation
o Leadership development and policy influence

• Violence Against Women and Legal Protection
o Policy responses to gender-based violence
o Legal protection mechanisms and survivor-centered advocacy
o Institutional accountability and reform

• Economic Rights and Social Protection
o Women's labor rights and workplace policies
o Informal labor, care work, and social security
o Economic empowerment and poverty-reduction policies

• Intersectionality and Marginalized Women
o Rights of refugee, migrant, rural, and disabled women
o Intersection of gender with class, ethnicity, and legal status
o Inclusive advocacy and policy design

• Education, Awareness, and Rights Literacy
o Women's legal awareness and access to justice
o Rights education and community outreach
o Role of education in policy change

• International Frameworks and Local Contexts
o CEDAW and global women's rights instruments
o Localization of international norms
o Policy transfers and adaptation in national contexts

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Policy Accountability
o Measuring policy effectiveness for women's rights
o Advocacy tools for accountability and transparency
o Evidence-based policy recommendations

• Women's Health, Bodily Autonomy, and Health Policy
o Reproductive, maternal, and sexual health policies
o Mental health, trauma, and the impact of violence, displacement, and poverty on women's health
o Health inequities affecting marginalized women (refugees, rural women, women with disabilities, etc.)
o Accountability of health institutions and health-policy governance
o Women's participation in health decision-making and policy formulation, and their role in shaping gender-responsive policies that define national priorities for women's health