Gender and Politics: Navigating Power and Perception | Session 2

As we approach the 2024 presidential election in the United States and other elections across the globe, issues of gender, power, perception, and representation are integral components of the political landscape. At this critical juncture, we gather current and former office holders, activists, scholars, and journalists to explore the intersection of gender and politics in the current moment and in comparative perspective.
In a series of multidisciplinary, multiparty sessions, speakers discuss the relationship between gender and elected office or other forms of political involvement; who gets heard in the political sphere; and the role of the media in gendered narratives.
Conversations spotlight local, state, national, and international experiences to explore societal and systemic barriers that inhibit political involvement by traditionally underrepresented gender groups or affect the voices of those who have successfully attained office.
0:00 Introduction
1:19 Trailblazer from the Field #2
Dallas Ducar, chief executive officer, Transhealth
18:23 Session 2: How to Make Your Voice Heard
27:45 Karyn Polito, former lieutenant governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; principal, Polito Development Corporation; and former member of the Massachusetts House of Representative, 11th Worcester District
38:06 Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico
50:49 Magda Hinojosa, dean of social sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
Moderator: Erica Chenoweth, Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; academic dean for faculty engagement and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School; and faculty dean of Pforzheimer House, Harvard College
1:03:28 Discussion and Q&A
This event is cosponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School.
Harvard Radcliffe Institute gratefully acknowledges the Perrin Moorhead Grayson and Bruns Grayson Dean's Leadership Fund for Academic Ventures, which is supporting this event.
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