Call for Papers

The 2007/2008 Call for Papers is currently closed. Please check back fall of 2008 for the Call for Papers for our 2009 volume.


The journal is a student-run non-partisan review dedicated to publishing interdisciplinary work on policy making and politics affecting women. By bridging the divide between academics and practitioners, the journal seeks to educate and provide leadership that improves the quality of public policies affecting women with the intention of furthering communities’ economic, social, and political empowerment.

We seek papers that explore the impact public policies have on women both in the United States and around the world and provide new insight into issues affecting diverse groups of women. Articles and commentaries can either offer a gendered or a woman’s perspective on pressing political, social and economic policy issues, or investigate the role of women in the policymaking sphere.

The WPJH believes that every issue is a women’s issue.

         Suggested Topics for Editorial Submissions Include:

• Economic Empowerment and Microfinance
  
• Health Services and Pensions
  
• Terrorism and National Security
  
• Religious Social Justice Movements
  
• Civic Engagement and Organizing
  
• Work and Family Balance
  
• Energy and Environmental Policy
  
• Caregiving and Economic Security of Older Women
  
• Women in Nontraditional Work Arrangements
  
• Immigrant and Citizenship Issues
  
• Reproductive Health
  
• Access to Higher Education and Vocational Training
  
• Conflict, War and Occupation


Selection Criteria

The WPJH selects papers for publication based on the following criteria:

• Timeliness of topic to current policy discussions
• Originality and depth of research and ideas
• Sophistication and style of arguments
• Contribution to scholarship and policy-making

• Research articles should be between 4,000 and 7,000 words, and include a 100 word abstract
• Commentaries should be between 2,000 and 3,000 words
• Work must be original and unpublished;
• Formatted on any version of Microsoft Word;
• Citations should be formatted in the author-date system via running text, according to the guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style. Footnotes are not accepted;
• All figures, tables and charts must be submitted as entirely separate files.
• A cover letter with the author's name, address, email address, daytime phone number, and a brief biography;
• Five hard copies of the article; and
• An electronic copy of the submission on a labeled CD.
• Authors are required to cooperate with editing and fact checking.

Mail Submissions to

Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Box 142
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 496-8655 | Fax: (617) 384-9555
Email: wpjh@ksg.harvard.edu