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Achieving Equity for Women
April 2, 2009
Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New Administration
IWPR and Wellesley Centers for Women Symposium
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, D.C.
The symposium brought together top researchers and policy makers to focus on key policy issues for women, including: healthcare, early child care and education, retirement and social security, women's leadership and employment equity.
Together, WCW and IWPR bring more than 50 years of combined experience to the study of issues of importance to women and families.
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For questions about the Symposium, contact Elisabeth Crum at 202.785.5100 or crum@iwpr.org
This program was made possible with support from: the Annie E. Casey Foundation; the Cowles/Sulzberger Fund at Wellesley Centers for Women; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; the Ford Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation. The Institute for Women's Policy Research works in affiliation with the graduate programs in public policy and women's studies at The George Washington University.
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Past Conferences
IWPR's Ninth International Women's Policy Research Conference in conjunction with the
2008 Economic Justice Summit
"Bringing Together Research and Advocacy From Local to Global to Advance Economic Justice and Empowerment for Women"
April 11-12, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Convenors: NOW Foundation, Institute for Women's Policy Research, National Council of Negro Women
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Scheduled Speakers include:
Dr. Martha Burk, Author, Your Money and Your Life
Katharine Cheairs, SistahGirl: Black Women & HIV/AIDS Documentary Project
Kim Gandy, President, National Organization for Women (NOW) Foundation
Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women's Policy Research
DiShonda Hughes and Edna Rodriguez, Atlanta Women's Foundation
Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Director of Resarch, Public Policy and Information Center, National Council of Negro Women
Joan Kuriansky, Executive Director, Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)
Lilly Ledbetter, Plaintiff in landmark U.S. Supreme Court pay discrimination case
Janice Mathis, Esq., Vice President, Citizenship Education Fund
Hon. Carol Mosley Braun, President/CEO, Ambassador Organics
Gail Perry-Mason, Author, Girl, Make Your Money Grow!
Loretta Ross, National COordinator, SisterSong: Women of COlor Reproductive Health Care Collective
Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
Jane Smith, Ed.D., Executive Director, Spelman College Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement
Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair, National Congress of Black Women
The Summit is a conference that will bring together feminist grassroots activists, academics and educators, women's policy researchers, NGO's, non-profits, social justice organizations, and labor, business, and government leaders committed to strengthening the economic and political power of women - as workers, business owners, caregivers, family providers, voters, and leaders. The summit will provide diverse perspectives combining academic findings on the economic status of women with action strategies for promoting equality. Participants will identify trends, challenges, and solutions from the local to the global arena, considering class, race, cultural, religious and gender realities.
Goals of the Summit include expanding the body of knowledge on critical economic issues; increasing our global understanding of the economic challenges women face; building and strengthening alliances in the economic justice movement; developing recommendations and strategies for enhancing women's economic empowerment; and informing the policy globally and locally, including the 2008 U.S. Presidential election debate
The summit will include a special day-long series of workshops facilitated by IWPR on women’s political activism and the values that drive it on Friday, April 11.
Network Building Across Movements
The workshop series is designed to bring together women activists from across different movements for change: religious and secular, feminist and social justice. Workshops will explore the basic values that inspire and shape our work, examine how those ideas shape our goals and strategies, and assess how our similarities and differences shape potential collaborations.
Encouraging the Development of Local Collaborations
A central goal will be to build new alliances among women who are active in all kinds of social justice movements: feminist organizing, religious social justice organizing, secular social justice organizing, community organizing, civil rights, and others. The workshop series will encourage women to develop their own collaborations across movements for change among women in their local communities and constituencies.
Women’s Action Agenda
The workshop series will encourage the development of a women’s action agenda based on women’s values. IWPR will present a draft national agenda, analysis of issues in the agenda, and exploration of language for women’s organizing that moves beyond traditionally “secular” and “religious” approaches. The document will serve as a “white paper” to spark conversation. Participants will be asked to engage and react to it, and will help mold the final version.
The cost of registration for the Breaking Boundaries and Building Bridges workshop series is $90. Participants must pre-register for the series and will be sent background materials ahead of time.
The cost of attending the full two days of the Economic Justice Summit, including the workshop series, is $149 before March 1st or $199 thereafter. Students are eligible for a scholarship rate of $49 for the full Summit.
For more information on the Workshop Series,
please contact Erica Williams at williams@iwpr.org or 202-785-5100.
IWPR's Eighth International Women’s Policy Research Conference, When Women Gain, So Does the World
June 19-21, 2005
Thank You for Attending! View proceedings online in PDF format by clicking here.
A big thanks to all who participated.
View proceedings online in PDF format by clicking here.
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