Spring 2027

Women, Gender, and Public Policy

Examines women, gender, and sex interactions with public policy, covering equality, liberty, feminism, and intersectionality in policymaking.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mariel Barnes3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the extent to which gender influences political and policy interests.

  • Illustrate the causes and consequences of current and historical inequities based on gender and sex, and how policymakers have tried to address them.

  • Compare similar gendered policy problems across diverse global contexts.

  • Apply concepts integral to intersectional gender policy analysis and critique current methods of policy analysis.

  • Summarize the role of equity and inclusion in the public policymaking process.

Source: UW Guide

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PUBAFFR 352

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARIEL BARNES is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Equality, liberty, feminism, and intersectionality in policymaking
  • Specific policy areas: poverty, labor market, immigration, reproductive rights, violence, climate, transport, peace
  • Gender in the politics of policymaking and strategies for gender-equitable policies

Skills

  • Identify how gender influences political and policy interests
  • Illustrate causes and consequences of gender-based inequities and policy responses
  • Compare gendered policy problems across global contexts
  • Apply intersectional gender policy analysis concepts
  • Summarize the role of equity and inclusion in public policymaking

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PUBAFFR 352 · Spring 2027

Women, Gender, and Public Policy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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