Sanford Women in Policy

SWP is proud to support Sanford Grads in American Grand Strategy in bringing the ladies of the Bombshell Podcast to Duke! Supporting women in all policy careers, especially the male dominated ones (National Security!), is so important and these ladies are great examples of that. Give the podcast a listen wherever you get your podcasts from!

A Menstrual Pad Movie Earns An Oscar Nomination A guy in India wanted to create a better sanitary pad for his wife. His experiments led some neighbors to think he was a vampire. But the machine he invented has won awards and inspired two films.

This morning, SWP's Meg Fee and Megan Yeh published a piece in the Sanford Journal of Public Policy explaining why SWP is providing tampons and pads at Sanford School of Public Policy for the 28 days in February, and why menstrual equity was one of our core advocacy efforts this year.

Read more here:

Opinion: Menstrual Equity for All by Meg Fee and Megan Yeh, Co-Directors of Policy for Sanford Women in Policy

Save the Date!

As part of the Carlucci National Security Symposium, the ladies from the podcast “Bombshell” will be coming to Sanford School of Public Policy on March 1 at 3pm to do a live-taping. Please join us!

Bombshell brings together Radha Iyengar Plumb, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson to unpack the craziest national security and defense issues while debating the best cocktails known to (wo)man.

More details to come soon!

As you know, a record-breaking number of women - especially women of color - ran in this election for the Senate, House of Representatives, Governorships, and State Governments. After a great night of hard-fought races, we have a lot of firsts in gender and diversity to honor! Here are a few highlights:

-First Muslim Women: Democrats Rashida Tlaib (MI 13) and Ilhan Omar (MN 5) are the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

-Youngest Woman: At 29 years old, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY 14) is the youngest woman elected to Congress.

-First Native American Women: Democrats Sharice Davids (KS 3) and Deb Haaland (NM 1) are the first Native American women elected to Congress.

-First Black Woman in Massachusetts: Democrat Ayanna Pressley (MA 7) is the first black women elected to Congress in her state.

-First Women in Iowa: Democrats Abby Finkenauer (IA 1) and Cindy Axne (IA 3) are the first women in the House of Representatives for Iowa. Republican Kim Reynolds becomes the first elected woman governor of Iowa.

And so many more!

Probably not everyone won that we would have liked last night, but we should be proud that the Federal and State governments are much closer to physically representing the people they serve. Thank you for your efforts in this election. Now, take a well-deserved break and gear up, because the 2020 election is right around the corner and there is still work to be done.

Thank you to Tamera Luzzatto, Former Chief of Staff to Senator Hillary Clinton, for joining us for lunch today!

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to last Thursday when Sanford students walked out in protest of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Today, on National , we still

Read more from the Duke Chronicle:

Sanford students walk out Thursday afternoon in protest of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Just before Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is set to face a Senate confirmation vote Friday, Duke saw its first organized protest against the nominee. 

Thankful for this amazing team of Sanford Public Policy Women. Thank you for joining us in the walkout for . Call your Senators to oppose his confirmation!

Tomorrow, SWP and CDI will be co-hosting Hearing Women: An Open Dialogue. This event is an opportunity for all female-identified members of the Sanford community to come together for a discussion regarding Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony last week and the accompanying news cycle on sexual assault and women’s anger.

There is no set agenda for this roundtable. It is simply an opportunity for us to be together, eat (lunch will be provided), and talk. Tiffany Benford, LCSW-A, a representative from the Duke Women’s Center, will be on hand to guide us through a facilitated discussion.

Please feel free to come and go as you please during the 2-hour block – you are welcome to come for the entire time or just pop in when you can!

Hearing Women
Tuesday, October 2nd, 11:30-1:30pm
Sanford 201 (top floor next to Career Services)
Lunch provided

Tomorrow. 10am. Join us to watch Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

All are welcome.