Seminar and Project Director
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
Associate Dean of International Affairs
Nonresident Leader in Practice at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2019-2021)
Distinguished Advisors to the Director and the Project
Women, Law and Leadership is a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School initiative profiling women’s leadership in law and business, and developing indicators and policy imperatives to accelerate the goals of gender equality and diversity.
The Women, Law and Leadership Ideas Lab was an incubator for innovative ideas. It was a platform for students to test ideas, to create, and to experiment. Most of all, it was a space for students to ask questions on the under representation of women in leadership and how that hurts the global economy, hampers the diversity of thought, and undermines the public good. The concept for our Lab led by Rangita de Silva de Alwis was to research and develop a wide range of policy initiatives on women’s leadership. The goal will not just be to study and recommend adoption of best practices but to explore and innovate new practices. The students ideated and discussed solutions to address the under representation of women in leadership and the future of work.
News
Policy Brief- Afghanistan Policy Lab at Princeton University
To mark the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Hon. Naheed Farid, former Member of Parliament and Rangita de Silva de Alwi developed this Policy Brief for the Afghanistan Policy Lab at Princeton University. This is part of a first phase of a study they are conducting on the impact of girls’ secondary school closures on women teachers in Afghanistan. The Policy Brief will be circulated to Security Council members.
Institutional allyship—a solution to help improve diversity and combat workplace sexual harassment
Contributing to the research update article: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Gen Z allyship research insights: Institutional allyship as a partial fix for sexual harassment
Written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Emerging Insights from Male Allyship Study of Gen Z Law Students at Penn Law
Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis leads the research on transformative leadership and allyship in collaboration with Penn Law students and Thomson Reuters. The student-led research team: Zahra Keshwani (L21), Research Team Leader; Michael Machado (L20), Chukwufumnanya Ekhator (L20), May Alajlan (LLM 20), Margaret Gallagher (LLM 20), and Lindsay Holcomb (L21)
A New Study Looks at Perspectives of Male Law Students on Shaping Future Inclusive Workplaces
This research project is developed and supervised by Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis and led by Penn Law students: Zahra Keshwani, Fumnanya Ekhator, May Alajlan, Michael Machado, Lindsay Holcomb, and Sarah Heberlig
How to redefine leadership through the allyship lens
Written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Male Allyship as the New Theory and Practice of Gender Equality
A co-authored study from Thomson Reuters and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Spotlight
Every month we will feature an original article or interview with a trailblazer who has helped to advance policies and programs that can shape a gender equal ecosystem.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Redefining Leadership in the Age of the SDGs: Accelerating and Scaling Up Delivery Through Innovation and Inclusion (Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Women and Public Policy Program, Working Paper, 2019-2020)