IWPR's International Women's Policy Research Conference 2005

	SUNDAY, JUNE 19 \| MONDAY, JUNE 20 \| TUESDAY, JUNE 21
	Sunday, June 19
	6:00— 7:00 pm Poster Session Research Network on Gender, Politics, and the State (RNGS) poster presentations (details coming soon). Reception Hosted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation 7:00— 9:00 pm Sunday Evening Plenary: Government Allies for Gender Equality: A Transatlantic Dialogue Organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation List of speakers coming soon.
	Monday, June 20
	9:00— 10:30 am Welcome & Opening Plenary Welcome and Opening Remarks Marcia Worthing, Board Chair, Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Mullin & Associates, LTD Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Opening Plenary: When Women Lead, Women Gain: Investing in Women for Global Change Introduction of Ambassador Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika Lenora Cole, Member, IWPR Board of Directors and University of Maryland University College Keynote Speaker: Her Excellency Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia Introduction of Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton Elaine Maly, Executive Director, Women’s Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor, State of Wisconsin Introduction of Dr. Bina Agarwal Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bina Agarwal, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi [top] Monday, June 20, 10:45 am – 12:15 pm Panel & Roundtable Sessions RNGS: Can Government Be an Ally for Gender Equality? Research and Policy Practices Presenters: Dorothy McBride, Florida Atlantic University Anne Maria Holli, University of Helsinki Marila Guadagnini, University of Turin Shirin M. Rai, University of Warwick Winning Elections in the United States Moderator: Nancy Tate, League of Women Voters Discussant: Michele Swers, Georgetown University Presenters: Elizabeth Esterchild (presenter) and Jen King, University of North Texas “The Race/Ethnic and Gender Composition of State Legislatures: How Does It Happen and How Does it Matter? ” Anna Manasco, University of Oxford , Great Britain “Going Beyond the Women’s PACs: Early Money and Women Candidates for US Congress, 1994-2004” Tanya Melich, Political Issues Management “Winning Pro-Choice Women for Bush” The Gender Wage Gap: Findings from Europe, Canada, & the United States Moderator: Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Discussant: Ellen Bravo, 9to5, National Association of Working Women Presenters: Francois Rycx , Robet Plasman, and Brenda Gannon, Department of Applied Economics of the Free University of Brussels (DULBEA), Belgium “Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from European Countries” Rosella Melanson, New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Canada “The Cost of the Current Gender Pay Gap” Catherine Weinberger, University of California, Santa Barbara and Peter Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara “The Narrowing of the US Gender Earnings Gap, 1959-1999: A Cohort-Based Analysis” Inching Towards Gender Equity in Academia Moderators: Martha Darling, Education Policy Consultant and IWPR Board Member Discussant: Robin Bartlett, Denison University Presenters: Lois Joy and Rachel Thomas, Women Faculty Forum, Yale University “Support for Women in Academia: The Yale University Women Faculty Forum as a Template for Organizations” Saranna Thornton, Department of Economics , Hampden-Sydney College “Stop the Tenure Clock: Policies in the Economics Departments of U.S. Colleges and Universities” Elena Silva, American Association of University Women “Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia” Women and Pension Reforms Around the World Moderator: Sara Rix, AARP Discussant: Sunhwa Lee, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Presenters: Sophie Korczyk, Analytical Services “Women’s Issues in the UK Pension System” Estelle James, Consultant, World Bank and Professor Emeritus, SUNY, Stony Brook “The Gender Impact of Pension Reform in Latin America” Agneta Stark, Dalarna University , Sweden “Women and Pension Reforms in Sweden – A Male Norm for Gender Equality” Shirley Burggraf, Florida A&M University “Pension Reform in Industrial Countries: If Your Mama Isn’t Happy, Nobody Will Be Happy” Barred from Society: Addressing the Needs of Women in Prison Moderator: Deborah Golden, DC Prisoners’ Legal Services Project Presenters: Johanna Foster, Department of Political Science Sociology Program, Monmouth University “Bringing College Back to Prison: The State of Higher Education for Programs for Incarcerated Women in Prison” Theresa de Langis, New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women “Double Jeopardy: The True Cost of Women’s Incarceration” Mary Gaines, Federal FORUM (Females Organizing and Restoring Unity for Mothers) “Women Prisoners Top 100,000 for the First Time” Rachel Roth, Ibis Reproductive Health “Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women ” [top] Monday, June 20, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm Mini-Plenary Luncheon Sessions RNGS: Perspectives on Securing Women's Rights By Issue Moderator: Lynn Kamenitsa, Northern Illinois University Presenters: Amy Mazur, Washington State University Dorothy McBride, Florida Atlantic University Joyce Outshoorn, University of Leiden, the Netherlands Diane Sainsbury, Stockholm University Birgit Sauer, University of Vienna Speaking of Values: Can the Religious Fight for Social Justice Reinvigorate the Women’s Movement? Moderator: Martha Burk, National Council of Women’s Organizations Presenters: The Honorable Rosa DeLauro, United States House of Representatives Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Operation Respect Mary Gonzales, Gamaliel Foundation and Ntosake Women’s Leadership Program Rosalyn Satchel, Center for Human Rights Educators and Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta Achieving the American Dream: The Future of Poverty Policy in the United States Moderator/Discussant: Robert Cherry, Brooklyn College, CUNY Presenters: Jason DeParle, New York Times Avis Jones-DeWeever, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Julie Kersick, New Hope Project Diana Spatz, Low-Income Families’ Empowerment through Education (LIFETIME) Make Room at the Top: Getting to the Heart of Women’s Exclusion from Science & the Professions Moderator: Barbara Gault, Institute for Women's Policy Research Presenters: Virginia Valian, Department of Psychology, Hunter College Nancy Hopkins, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Charlotte Fishman, Pick Up the Pace Barbara Moseley Davis, Delta Research and Educational Foundation [top] Monday, June 20, 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Panel & Roundtable Sessions RNGS: Lessons Learned Through National Experiences Moderator: Amy Mazur, Washington State University Presenters: The Netherlands --Joyce Outshoorn, University of Leiden Canada -- Melissa Hausmann, Suffolk University Austria -- Birgit Sauer, University of Vienna Italy -- Marila Guadagnini, University of Turin Spain -- Celia Valiente, University of Madrid Sweden -- Diane Sainsbury, University of Stockholm Finland -- Anne Maria Holli, University of Helsinki Germany -- Lynn Kamenitsa, Northern Illinois University Belgium -- Alison Woodward, Free University of Brussels Ireland -- Evelyn Mahon, Trinity University France -- Amy Mazur, Washington State University USA/UK -- Dorothy McBride, Florida Atlantic University The Ties that Bind: Women’s Values & Activism in Religious Social Justice Movements Moderator: Tamlyn Tucker Worgs, Hood College Presenters: Amy Caiazza, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Maricela Morales, Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy Afeefa Syeed, Al Fatih Academy Christine Grumm, Women’s Funding Network Improving Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment in Business Moderator: Ellen Delany, Delany, Siegel, Zorn & Associates Discussant: Irma Herrera, Equal Rights Advocates Presenters: Jelena Smiljanic, Belgrade Open School , Serbia and Montenegro “Obstacles Women Face in Trying to Advance at Work in Serbia” Susan Himmelweit, Open University and Women’s Budget Group, United Kingdom “Arguing for Work-Life Balance: the Economic Case or a Business Case?” Anneliese Dickman, Public Policy Forum “Diversity and Tomorrow’s Profits: Women in Corporate Leadership” Ellen Rosen, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University “Walmart and Sex Discrimination” (let her know that she’s moved if necessary) Elisabeth Vogelheim, Volkswagen AG “A Business Case for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment” The Importance of Women's Organizing to the Future Success of the Labor Movement Moderator: Yvette Delacruz, AFSCME Presenters: Karen Swift, AFSCME Tiffany Heath, Voice@Work/AFL-CIO Other panelists TBA Making Women’s Voices Heard in Social Security Reform Moderator/Discussant: Debbie Chalfie, National Women’s Law Center Presenters: Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center “Spousal Rights in Individual Accounts: Improving Women’s Retirement Security” Alison Shelton, AARP “Reform Options for Social Security” Christina Smith FitzPatrick, Joint Economic Committee “Options for Reforming Social Security’s Special Minimum Benefit” Laurel Beedon, AARP KeBin Wu, AARP “Women Aged 65 and Older: Their Sources of Income” Women of Color Building Assets Over a Lifetime Moderator: Maya Rockeymoore, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Presenters: Sandra Venner, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis University Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Diana Spatz, Low-Income Families’ Empowerment through Education (LIFETIME) Paths to Economic Independence Moderator: Sara Melendez, The George Washington University Discussant: Joan Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women Presenters: Joan Combs Durso, Rubel School of Business, Bellarmine University “ U.S. Women Veterans: What Can We Know About Their Socioeconomic Status From Public Data Sets?” Maurita Poole (presenter), Katrina Connolly (presenter), and Michael Rich, Office of University-Community Partnerships, Emory University “Pathways to Self-Sufficiency: As Assessment of the Rising Incomes through Self-Enterprise Project” Dammi Herath, Women’s Opportunity Center “Challenges in Integrating Public Policy, Non-Profit Management: A Case Study of Women’s Opportunity” Nata Duvvury, Nandita Bhatla, and Swati Chakraborty, International Center for Research on Women “Property Ownership and Inheritance Rights of Women” Listening to Women & Ending Domestic Violence: International Perspectives Moderator: Robin Runge, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Discussant: Evan Stark, Rutgers University Presenters: Joohee Lee, University of Southern Mississippi “The Need for Linking Mental Health Services and Domestic Violence Services” Gill Hague, Violence Against Women Research Group, Great Britain “Empowerment and Accountability: The Voices of Domestic Violence Survivors in Service and Policy Development” Wilfreda Thurston (presenter), Lynn Meadows, Amanda Eisener, Cathie Scott, and Barbara McDonald, University of Calgary , Canada “Participation of Immigrant Women in Local Domestic Violence Health Policy” Sitara Parvin, University of Dhaka , Bangladesh “The Role of Information in the Realization of Human Rights of Victims of Gender-Based Violence” [top] Monday, June 20, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Panel & Roundtable Sessions RNGS: Government Actors Speak out: Views from the Field Moderator: Shirin Rai, University of Warwick Presenters: Laura Balbo, Former Minister of Equal Opportunity, Italy Agnès Hubert, Former Head of the Equal Opportunities Unit, European Union Natalia Zakharova, Gender Analysis Section/Division of the Advancement of Women, DESA, United Nations Sabine Lang, Former Director of Public Affairs/Executive Office of the State Secretary for Labor and Women’s Issues in Berlin Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Senior Advisor on Women's Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Campaign Stories: Winning Change for Women Moderator: April Shaw, YWCA USA Disscusant: Kathryn Hinsch, Women’s Bioethics Project Presenters: Terry Kendrick, Montana Women Vote “Civic Engagement of Montana Women” Erika Kates and Helen Levine, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts and Donna Haig Friedman, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts “IWPR Status of Women Reports: Generating Further Research and Policy Action” Emily Murase, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Barbara Schulman, New York Human Rights Initiative “CEDAW Implementation Locally: Lessons from San Francisco and New York” Kimberly Hall, Emerson College "The Impact of Public Policy, Culture, and Communication on Working Women's Access to Postsecondary Education" Gender, Migration, and Sustainable Development Moderator: Esmeralda Lyn, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University Discussant: Amata Sangho Diabaté, Department of Economics, Spelman College Presenters: Alys Willman-Navarro, The New School University “Making it at the Margins: The Criminalization of Nicaraguan Women’s Labor Under Structural Reform” Manish Thapa, Mountain Resources Management Group, Nepal “Natural Resources Management; From Gender Perspective” Adeola Akinsanmi, Universität Hohenheim, Department of Farming and Rural Systems Economics in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany “The Impact of Poverty on Rural Women in the Riverine Area of Southwest Nigeria” Work & Family Balance Across the Income Spectrum Moderator: Marianne Ferber, University of Illinois Discussant: Lissa Bell, National Partnership for Women & Families Presenters: Andrea Robles, Pamela Fendt, and Lisa Heuler Williams, Center for Economic Development, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “The Work Women Do to Go to Work: Women, Work, and Family in Milwaukee” Phyllis Hutton Raabe, Sociology Department, University of New Orleans “‘Women-Friendly’ Policies in the United States: Inequalities Among U.S. States” Constance Newman, USDA Economic Research Service “Work, Child Care, and Leisure: Different Tradeoffs by Income and Gender” Sunhwa Lee, Institute for Women’s Policy Research “Women’s Work Supports, Job Retention, and Job Mobility: Child Care and Employer-Provided Health Insurance Help Women Stay on Jobs” Caregiving and Economic Security of Older Women Moderator: Sarah Gotbaum, IWPR Member Discussant: Catherine Hill, American Association of University Women Presenters: Jillynn Stevens, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (presenter) and Jennifer Benedict, Great Basin Primary Care Association “Kinship Caregivers” Jia Yunzhu, Women’s Studies Institute of China “Economic Support for Old Women in Urban China” Kathleen Cloud, University of Illinois “The Inter-Generational Dependency Dilemma: Sex, Gender and Support for the Old” The Invisible Slave Trade: Combating Trafficking of Women Moderator: Joy Zaremblka, Break the Chain Campaign Discussant: Jeanne Kohl-Welles, State Senator, Washington State Senate Presenters: Yu-Ying Kuo, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan Yi Thun Hsu, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan “Implementation Evaluation on Foreign Brides’ Literacy Education in Taipei” Puja Batra, Bahan & Associates Della Bahan, Bahan & Associates “Seeking Justice for Trafficked Domestic Workers in American Courts” Theresa Squatrito, University of Washington “The US and EU on Trafficking in Women” Rebecca Miller, University of Auckland , New Zealand “Managing Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An Investigation into Organizational Culture and Its Impacts on Inter-Agency Cooperation” [top] Monday, June 20, 5:30— 7:00 pm Poster Session & Reception Presenters: Cathy Bartch, Temple University, Political Science Department "Back Policy: The Impact of the Battered Women's Movement on Policy of Domestic Violence" Ann Burnette, Texas State University, San Marcos “From ‘Security Mom’ to ‘Women on Their Own’: Political Messages Aimed at Women Voters in the 2004 Election” GiGi Colson, Institute for Poverty Awareness and Education, Inc. (IPAE) “ Lasting Solutions” Brittany Dawson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics “Do Knowledge and Risk Perceptions Predict Onset of Adolescent Sexual Activity?” Jérôme De Henau, Danièle Meulders, and Sile O’Dorchai, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Belgium (DULBEA) “The Childcare Triad? Indicators Assessing Three Fields of Child Policies Toward Dual-Earner Families in the EU-15” Judith Finer-Friedman, University of Toronto, Canada “Where Are the ‘Work/Life’ Role Models?” Diane Grzyb-Soper, George Mason University, School of Public Policy “The Effects of Marriage on Female Political Orientation and Participation” Dorothy Igunbor, University of Benin “Towards Effective Women Leadership in a Globalized World” Mohammad Ismail, RISE “Evidence on Honor Killing in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan” Jane Lincove, University of Southern California “Women’s Education, Labor, and Economic Growth” Margaret Mburu, Tabasco Community Based Organization "Poverty and Income Security" Emily Neff-Sharum, University of Washington "A Domain of Their Own: Women's Policy as Component-Drive Policy Versus a Policy Domain" Emily Neff-Sharum, University of Washington “The Case of Women and Children: Empirically Understanding Policy Divisions” Shannon O’Neill, Sr. Thea Bowman Center for Women, Siena College “Ethnicity and Eating Disorders: A Meta-Analysis” Susan Parish, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Disabled Women’s Health Care Access” Susan Parish and Jennifer Cloud, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Childcare of Low-Income Disabled Preschoolers” Diane Smith Randolph, Saint Louis University “Evaluating the Impact of the ADA on Unemployment and Income for Women with Disabilities” Shweta Singh, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Deconstructing ‘Gender and Development’ for ‘Identities of Women’” Shweta Singh, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Measuring Construct Validity of ‘Autonomy of Women’” Alissa V. Tolstokorova, University of Economics and Law (KROK), Kyiv, Ukraine “Closing the Gender Gap in Language: Linguistic Sexism as a Violation of Women’s Righ ts” Emiko Usui, Department of Economics, Wayne State University “Wages, Non-Wage Characteristics, and Predominantly Female Jobs” [top]
	Tuesday, June 21
	Tuesday, June 21, 8:30 am – 10:00 am Panel & Roundtable Sessions Gender Dimensions of Post Conflict Reconstruction Moderator: Liane Schalatak, Heinrich Böll Foundation Presenters: Elaine Zuckerman, Gender Action Marcia Greenberg, Cornell University and Gender Consultant Fatuma Ndangiza, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, Rwanda Nata Duvvury, International Center for Research on Women State Action on Employment Policy Discussant: John Burbank, Economic Opportunity Institute Presenters: Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women's Policy Research Lissa Bell, National Partnership for Women and Families Joan Grace, University of Winnipeg, Canada "Dueling for Dollars: Women's Organizing and the Minimum Wage" Occupational Desegregation: Advancing Girls and Women in Science, Technology, and Skilled Trades Moderator: Mary Murphree, Sloan Center for Innovative and Workforce Development, Rutgers University Discussant: Joan Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women Presenters: Bonnie Watt-Malcolm, University of Alberta , Canada “Employers and Canada’s Policy Initiatives to Promote Women in Skilled Trades” Debra Smith, Equal Rights Advocates, Lauren Sugarman, Chicago Women in Trades and Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow, and Beth Youhn, Executive Director of Tradeswomen, Inc. “Tradeswomen’s Legal Advocacy Manual” Who Decides Who Deserves? Welfare Reform & Human Rights Moderator: Heather Boushey, Center for Economic and Policy Research Discussant: Cynthia Deitch, The George Washington University Presenters: Walter Stafford, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University and Diana Salas, Women of Color Policy Network, New York University “Race, Gender, Class and Welfare Reform: The Need for Targeted Support” Diana Spatz, Low-Income Families’ Empowerment through Education (LIFETIME) and Sheila Katz, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University “Family Violence is Not an Option: The Failure of CalWORKs to Serve Battered Women with Children” Susanne Beechey, The George Washington University “Who Are the Deserving Poor? State Variation in Welfare Rhetoric and Time Limit Policy Since PRWORA” Empowering Women as Full Participants in Society: Immigrant & Citizenship Issues Moderator/Discussant: Carol Greene, IWPR Board Member Presenters: Susan Pearce and Elizabeth Clifford, Towson University and Reena Tandon, Johns Hopkins University “Two Steps Forward? Reinventing US Immigration Policy for Women” Xin-ying Hu, Simon Fraser University, Canada “What Makes Them So Upset? Chinese Immigrant Women in theVancouver Labour Market” Julie Samples, Oregon Law Center “Indigenous Female Farmworkers” Jill Borak, Virginia Farmworkers Legal Assistance Project “Women Migrant Workers: Embracing Empowerment Over Victimization” Cutting Edge Policy Research by GWU Graduate Students Presenters: Ami Lynch, The George Washington University “Hate Crime as Tool of the Gender Border Patrol: The Importance of Gender as a Protected Category” Anita Sachariah, The George Washington University “Gender and Outsourcing in India: Implications for International Trade” Emily Martin, The George Washington University “Women Legislators of Maryland and Washington: Insight into Women’s Political Collaboration” Jody Herman, The George Washington University “Bathrooms as a Site of Gender Regulation: Policy Implications at the Intersection of Gender and Restrooms Facilities” Activism and Policy Advances in Health Services for Underserved Populations Moderator: Brooke Shearer, International Partnership for Microbicides Presenters: Beth Glover Reed, William Birdsall, Julie Cushman, and Katherine Luke, University of Michigan “‘Evaluation of a Policy Approach to Increase Women-Centered Services: The Impact of the Women’s ‘Set-Asides’” Clair Kaplan, Yale University “Disabled Women and Gynecologic Care: Activism and Policy Innovation from Connecticut” Leigh Ann Simmons, University of Kentucky and Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland “Income Matters: Understanding Health in Rural Low-Income Women” Catherine Marshall, Women’s International Leadership Institute, Elizabeth Kendall, Griffith University, and Kay Lesh, Women’s International Leadership Institute “Sharing the Call: Women as Partners in Research, Action, and Access for Indigenous Women with Chronic Illnesses” [top] Tuesday, June 21, 10:15 am – 11:45 am Panel & Roundtable Sessions Women as Change Agents: Feminist Movements & Policymaking Moderator/Discussant: Claudia Withers, Winston Withers & Associates, LLC Presenters: Fiona Mackay, University of Edinburgh , Great Britain “The Impact of Devolution on Women’s Citizenship in Scotland” Cynthia Harrison, The George Washington University “Race, Class, and the Feminist Policy Agenda in the United States” Liesl Haas, California State University, Long Beach “Feminist Policymaking in Latin America” Alison Woodward, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium “Where Did The Women Go? The Shifting Fate of Women’s Policy Agencies in Belgium in the Face of Diversity” Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne, Australia "Gender Portrayal Guidelines: An Evaluation of Self-Regulation Policies Regarding Representations of Women" Setting a Global Agenda for Women and Girls Moderator: Mary Haney Presenters: Kristen Timothy, National Council for Research on Women “The Human Security Discourse and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals: A Gendered Perspective” Zora Radosevich, Girls International Forum “Engaging Girls in Setting a Public Policy Agenda” Jacqui True, University of Auckland, New Zealand “Gender Mainstreaming and Trade Governance in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum” Alexandra Spieldoch, Center of Concern "WTO + 10 Meets Beijing + 10" Mentoring Our Young Leaders: Lessons from the Field Moderator: Robin Leeds, Winning Strategies Discussant: Susan Scanlan, Women’s Research and Education Institute Presenters: Sally Kenney, Center on Women and Public Policy, University of Minnesota “Teaching Case Studies in Women and Public Policy” Stephanie A. Parker, The Aurora Foundation, Inc. “Leaders for a Lifetime: Growing the Ferocious Voice of Leadership in Young Disabled Women” Leslie Wilkins, Women in Technology Project of the Maui Economic Development Board “Keeping Middle School Girls Engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education” Alison Stein, National Council of Women’s Organizations "Where Have All the Mentors Gone? Younger Women's Perspectives on a Universal Issue" How Can We Change Expectations About Work and Family Roles? Moderator: Elizabeth Gehl, Business & Professional Women USA Presenters: Judith Finer-Freedman, University of Toronto , Canada “The Subtle Sabotage of “Work/Life” Policies” JoAnne Preston, Department of Sociology, Tufts University “Delaying a Life? The Consequences of Career Deferment for The Radcliffe Class of 1950” Patricia Hill, Social Policy Research Centre, University of South Wales “Equalizing the Gender Division of Labor: Who Benefits?” Karen Crow, Leila Azari, Kate Tarrant, Julie Evans, and Diana Brauner, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University “Costing the Care Economy” Working Time for Working Families: Europe and the United States Moderator/Discussant: Ulrike Teubner, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany Presenters: Ariane Hegewisch, Washington College of Law, American University Jo Morris, British Trade Union Congress Mary Still, Washington College of Law, American University Rachna Choudhry, Working Women’s Program, AFL-CIO Making Ends Meet After Welfare Reform Moderator: Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs Discussant: Cynthia Harrison, The George Washington University Presenters: Nancy K. Cauthen and Kinsey Alden Dinan, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University “Working More Without Getting Ahead: Assessing State Policies for Working Families” Katherine Walker, United States Census Bureau “The Effect of Welfare Reform on Low-Income Single Mothers use of Income Packing: Paid Work, Program Participation, and Network Support” Elisabetta Pernigotti, Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot (UP7) “European Comparative Analysis of Female Rural Poverty” Marya Dantzer-Rosenthal, Northeastern University “Off the Ledger: How Informal Income Sustains Welfare and Wage Regimes in the United States” Access to Child Care Discussant: Danielle Ewen, Center for Law and Social Policy Presenters: Karen Schulman, National Women’s Law Center “Women Speak Out About Cuts to Child Care” Katie Hamm, Institute for Women’s Policy Research “In Our Own Backyards: Reviewing Local and State Strategies to Increase the Quality of Family Child Care” Heather Boushey, Center for Economic and Policy Research John Burbank, Economic Opportunity Institute “Early Childhood Education Wage and Career Ladder” Fair Treatment & Civil Rights of Sex Workers Moderator/Discussant: Cyndee Clay, Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) Presenters: Samantha Majic, Cornell University “Live! Nude!…Organized Workers? Examining the Organizational Efforts of Sex Workers in Las Vegas, Nevada” Eden Savino, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation “Women, Men and Migrantinnen: 25 Years of German ‘Whore Congresses’” Veena Rao, Government of India “Is the Sex Industry Inevitable in Society? If So, Can It Exist Without Trafficking?” Alexandra Lutnick, St. James Infirmary; University of California , San Francisco “The Immediate Needs of Female Sex Workers in San Francisco” [top] Tuesday, June 21, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Panel & Roundtable Sessions (Lunch included) The Future of Feminism: Building a Movement Beyond the Third Wave Moderator: Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sistas, Inc. Discussant: Nicole Mason, National Women's Alliance Presenters: Erin Mohan, Allison Mitchell, and Taylor Hatcher, Younger Women’s Task Force Deborah Siegel and Gwendolyn Beetham, National Council for Research on Women “‘Everything Political Is Personal Right Now’: The Mainstreaming of Feminism from Riot Grrls to Blogs” Crystal Lander, Feminist Majority “Feminists are a Majority on College Campuses” Women in Politics Around the Globe: New Opportunities, Old Challenges Moderator/Discussant: Karen O'Connor, Women and Politics Institute, American University Presenters: Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, Malawian Parliament, Women’s Campaign International and Pamela Sherrid, Women’s Campaign International “WCI and the Recent Election in Malawi” Monir Hossain Moni, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan “The Role of Women in Japan: Breaking the Silence” Toni Schofield, The University of Sydney, Australia “Gender Dynamics in Policy Making: A New Model” Medha Nanivadekar, Women and Politics Institute, American University “Feminist Fundamentalism over Women's Reservation Bill: Lessons from Quota Debate in India" Making Research Count-for Women and Girls Presenters: Elaine Maly, Women's Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Shelly Schnupp Tax and Budget Reform Through a Gender Lens Moderator: Juanita Tamayo Lott, U.S. Census Bureau Presenters: Marilyn Rubin, Department of Public Management, John Jay College and John Bartle, University of Nebraska at Omaha “Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Looking Through a New Lens” Ronnie Steinberg, Lindsay Kee, and Emily Tanner-Smith, Women’s Social Policy and Research Center , Vanderbilt University “Footing the Bill: Women and Taxes in Tennessee” Paloma Villota, Universidad Complutense, Spain “The Real Situation of Women Employees in Spanish Labor Market: A Glance through Fiscal Statistics” Leave No Woman Behind: Improving Access to Higher Education & Vocational Training Moderator: Emily van Agtmael, Van Agtmael Interiors and IWPR Board Member Discussant: Mary Gatta, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University Presenters: Marcia Bok, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut “Investing in Education and Vocational Training for Low-Income Women: Issues of Labor Supply and Demand ” Roberta Rubin, Klein Hornig, LLP and Adjunct Professor, Tufts University and Northeastern University School of Law (presenter) and Donna Haig Friedman, Center for Social Policy Research, University of Massachusetts “The Impact of Welfare Reform and Shifts in Federal Housing Policy on Educational Opportunities” Sheila Katz, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University “Mothers on Welfare Use Educational Strategies for Leaving Poverty after ‘Ending Welfare as We Know It’” Avis Jones-DeWeever, Institute for Women’s Policy Research “Reaching for More: Acquiring Higher Education in the Context of Welfare Reform” Improving Women’s and Girls’ Reproductive Health Through Education and Advocacy Presenters: Hernanita Peliño and Merlie Alunan, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Tacloban Campus “Integrating Sexuality Education in the Social Sciences Curriculum at the Tertiary Level” Onyinye Belinda Ndubuisi, Seed for Change Initiative, Nigeria “Adolescent/Girl-Child Sexuality and Reproductive Rights” Sanders Korenman, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY and Danielle Ferry, The Graduate Center, CUNY “Why Did Reproductive Health Improve in Washington, DC in the 1990s? The Role of Demographic and Social Changes ” Ederlina Co, Proactive Policy Institute, NARAL Pro-Choice America “Breaking Barriers: A Policy Action Kit Promoting the Reproductive Health of Women of Color and Low-Income Women” Care Worker Rights: Public Policies and Organizing Strategies Discussant: Kirsten Lindquist, Center for Policy Alternatives Presenters: Robert Penney, The George Washington University and Julia Martinez Ortega, American Rights at Work “Nurses Organizing for a Voice in Patient Care: Barriers and Triumphs” Misha Werschkul, Institute for Women’s Policy Research; The George Washington University “The Nursing Occupation: Developing Strategies for Resistance and Organizing” Renee Despres, Wayne Powell, and Dan Derksen, Kellogg Community Voices Project, Center for Community Partnerships, University of New Mexico and Patsy Nelson, New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division “ New Mexico’s Emerging Workforce of Community Health Workers” Joan Fitzgerald, Northeastern University “Can Career Ladders Improve the Quality of Care and Work in Direct Care Occupations?” [top] Tuesday, June 21, 1:45 – 3:15 pm Panel & Roundtable Sessions The Role of Women’s Rights in Developing Countries Moderator/Discussant: Caren Grown, International Center for Research on Women Presenters: Varsha Venugopal, Association for the Study and Development of Community “Empowerment of Women in Development Transitions-Case Study: Harisiddhi Village, Nepal” Samira Ahmed, United Nations, Sudan “The Impasse of Women’s Rights and Social Changes in Sudan” Shannon Sims, Pomona College “Impossible to Deny? The Role of Women’s Rights in Turkey’s Bid for European Union Membership” Rebbecca Jordan, C. Karina O’Meara, Courtney Roy, Trinity Fellows Program, Marquette University “Islamic and Western Perceptions of Justice and their Impact on Women” Sameena Nazir, Freedom House "Survey of Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa" Conflict, War, and Occupation: Women’s Struggles & Roles in Peace-Building Moderator: Nata Duvvury, International Center for Research on Women Presenters: Sushma Joshi, Nation Weekly Magazine , Nepal “Guerilla Girls: Why Young Women Join the Civil Conflict in Nepal” Erin Currier, The George Washington University “Women and Conflict Resolution: Feminism, Peace-Building, and Politics in the European Union” Nirja Mattoo, Chinar Foundation “Impact of Conflict and Women’s Rights” Ann Cudd, University of Kansas “Women and Occupation: Humanitarian Intervention Through the Lens of Gender” Planning a Sustainable Future: Gender in the Built Environment Presenters: Lynda Laughlin and Danielle Farrie, Temple University “Gender and Neighborhood Desirability” Dory Reeves, Reeves Associates, Great Britain and Pattsi Petrie, University of Illinois “Women in the Planning Profession: Making the Built Environment Better” Mildred Warner, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University “Joining the Mainstream: Linking Child Care with Economic Development Planning” Work, Family, and Social Policy Moderator: Janet Gornick, Baruch College, CUNY Presenters: Janet C. Gornick, Alexandra Heron, and Peter Whiteford, Baruch College, CUNY “Working Time Regulation as Work/Family Reconciliation Policy: Comparing Europe, Japan, and the United States” Jody Heymann and Alison Earle, Harvard School of Public Health “ U.S. Work-Family Policy: An Outlier in Global Perspective” Roberta Spalter-Roth, American Sociological Association “Allocation and Use of Work-Family Policies in the Academy: Merit Based or Needs Based?” Erin Kelly, University of Minnesota “Employers in the Middle: Implementing Work-Family Policy in the United States” Supporting Working Mothers: Policy Lessons From Around the World Moderator: Amy Augustine, Calvert Group, Ltd. Discussant: Bridget Hiedemann, Seattle University Presenters: Jérôme De Henau, Danièle Meulders, and Sile O’Dorchai, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Belgium (DULBEA) “Maybe Baby! The Comparative Effectiveness of Public Policies to Fight Motherhood-Induced Employment Penalties in the Former EU-15” Linda White and Steve White, Department of Political Science , University of Toronto, Canada “Understanding the Impact of Work-Related Family Policies on Women’s Labor Market Participation” Patricia Boling, Purdue University “If U.S. Family Policies Were a Speedo: Modest, Skimpy or Invisible?” Healthy Women, Healthy World: Public Policy Strategies for Improving Women’s Health Moderator: Cynthia Hall, Women’s Policy, Inc. Discussant: Amy Allina, National Women's Health Network Presenters: Elaine Ditsler, Iowa Policy Project “Everyday Low Benefits: Access to Health Insurance in the Age of Wal-Mart and Kelly Services” Judith Waxman, National Women’s Law Center “Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card” Pamela Walsh, Wayne State University “The Impact of Women State Legislators on Women’s Health Polices” [top] Tuesday, June 21, 3:30— 5:00 pm Tuesday Afternoon Plenary: Sock It in the Pocket: Achieving Economic Equity for Women Moderator: Irasema Garza, AFSCME Speakers: Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Martha Burk, National Council of Women’s Organizations Barbara Krumsiek, Calvert Group Ritu Sharma, Women’s Edge Coalition Evelyn Murphy, WAGE Project Tuesday, June 21, 5:00— 5:30 pm Closing Plenary Keynote Speech: The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona [top]