1:30-3:00 p.m., Friday: Panel Sessions

Protecting Women's Rights: Violence Against Women, Health Policy and the ERA

Moderator:
Nancy Zirkin
Director of Government Relations
AAUW

Discussant:
Cathy Collette
Director, Women's Rights Department
AFSCME

"Women, Health, & Politics: The Social & Political Determinants of Women's Health Policy"
Karen L. Baird
Purchase College, SUNY

"The Violence Against Women Act
Kristen Hansen
National Center on Full Faith and Credit, a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

"Reconstituting the ERA: Policy Implications for Sex-Discrimination"
Roberta Francis
National Council of Women's Organizations"

"Low-Life-Sleazy-Big-Haired-Trailer Park Girl v. The President: The Paula Jones Case and Sexual Harassment Policy in the United States"
Barbara Palmer
Southern Methodist University

Girls and Delinquency: How Policy Gaps Impact Young Female Victims of Violence

Moderator:
Pat Reuss
Vice President of Governmental Relations
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

Discussant:
Mildred Wurf
Girls, Inc.

"Policy Changes and Initiatives of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Addressing the Needs of Girls"
Gwendolyn Dilworth and Denise Baer
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Training and Technical Assistance Division
Development Services Group, Inc.

"Investing in At-Risk Girls: Incarcerate OR Prevent and Educate?"
Janice Ereth

 "Addressing the Developmental Needs of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System"
Sheila Peters
Greene, Peters and Associates

What About the Children? Child Care and Women's Experiences in the New 
Welfare System

Moderator:
Deborah Weinstein
Children's Defense Fund

Discussant:
Barbara Ferguson Kamara
Execultive Director, Office of Early Childhood Development
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

"Child Care and Women in the TANF system: Kin, Friends, and the Quality of Care"
Sue Pearlmutter and Elizabeth Bartle
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Department of Sociology, California State University at Northridge

"Gendered Responsibilities: Welfare Reform & Women's Childcare Strategies"
Jill Weigt, Lisa Gonzales, Sandra Morgen, and Terri Health
Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon

"Child Care in the Wake of the 1996 Welfare Law: What We Know (and Wish We Knew"
Rachel Schumacher
Center for Law and Social Policy   

What's at Stake for Women in the "Wired" Workplace?

Moderator:
Maureen Bigger
Planning Associate
AXA Advisors, LLC

Discussant:
Mary Murphree
Regional Administrator, Women's Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor

"Technology Through the Life Cycle of Women"
Jane Fountain
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Public Policy Center

"Women and Work: Ensuring Parity in the New Economy"
Mary Gatta
Rutgers University

"Design of Information Technology: Who's Values?"
Sarah Kuhn
Radcliffe Public Policy Center, Harvard University

Access to Effective Education and Training for Welfare Recipients 

Moderator:
Julie Strawn
Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Law and Social Policy

Discussant:
Karen Sampson johnson
Urban league of Pittsburgh, Inc.

"Factors Influencing A Successful Welfare to Work Transition"
Christine George and Lisa Speicher
Center for Urban Research Learning

"Rhetoric vs. Reality: Access to Education for Welfare Recipients in Massachusetts, United States, and in Auckland, New Zealand"
Jill McLean Taylor
Simmons College

"Clipping Our Wings': The Impact of Welfare Reform on the College Aspirations of Low Income Women"
Leslie R. Wolfe and Jennifer Tucker
Center for Women Policy Studies

Researching Women's Status: Data, Methodology, and Diversity

Moderator:
Diane Bell
Director of the Women's Studies Program
George Washington University

Discussant:
Janice Peterson
Study Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research

"Micro-Analytical uses of SIPP: Researching Women and Diversity in the US Economy" 
Margaret S. Coleman and Charita L. Castro
US Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economics Statistics Division

"Methods of Measuring Women's Status Across Time, Place and Group"
Elizabeth Esterchild
University of North Texas

"Collaborative Qualitative Policy Research: Benefits and Challenges"
Anne Statham, Katherine Rhoades, and Mary Kay Schleiter
University of Wisconsin- Parkside 

3:30-5:00 p.m., Friday: Panel Sessions

Policymaking and Public Support for Welfare and Child Care

Moderator:
Judith Sutphen
Executive Director
Vermont Governor's Commission on Women

Discussant:
John Burbank
Executive Director
Economic Opportunities Institute 

"GAIN: The Political Process of Shaping a Welfare-to-Work Program" 
Charlotte Brandin Campbell
Dept. of Sociology, Lund University 

"Women, Welfare Policy and Public Opinion: Soccer Moms Versus Single Moms?"
Cynthia Deitch
Women's Studies Program, George Washington University 

"Unmasking the Hidden Welfare State: The Origins and Impacts of the Private Model of Child Care Provisions in the U.S." 
Kimberly Morgan
New York University, Institute of French Studies 

Health and Well-Being Among Women of Color

Moderator: 
Maya Rockeymore
Senior Resident Scholar for health and Income Security
National Urban League

Discussant:
Tamara Lewis Johnson
Senior Health Advisor, Office of Minority Women's Health Bureau of Primary Health Care
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

"Culturally Sensitive Breast Cancer Control for African-American Women: Effectiveness, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness"
Marianne C. Fahs, Jeanne Mandelblatt, Clyde Schechter, Peter Muenning, Nina Kontos, William Lawrence, and K. Robin Yabroff
Milano Graduate School, New York University

"Experiences of Poor and Low-Income Women with Breast Cancer" 
Anne Kasper
University of Illinois

"Collateral Damage: Declines in Medicaid-Funded Births to Foreign-Born Women after Welfare and Immigration Policy Reforms in California"
Carol Korenbrot, Adams Dudley, and John Greene
University of California, San Francisco

The Costs and Benefits of Policies for Women and Families

"Estimating the Cost of High-Quality Universal Prekindergarten for All Three- and Four-Year Olds in the States: A Proposed Model"
Stacie Golin
Institute for Women's Policy Research Staff

"Making Birth Control More Accessible to Women: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives"
Holly Mead
Institute for Women's Policy Research

"Policy Implications of Cost Estimates for Paid Family Leave"
Marilyn P. Watkins
Economic Opportunity Institute

Organizing Women Workers

Moderator:
Sheldon Friedman
Assistant Director, Public Policy Department
AFL-CIO

Discussant:
Elisabeth Vogelheim
Former Member, Board of Directors
Public Services and Transport Worker's Union of Germany

"Women and Organizing: 2001 Update"
Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner
Cornell University

"Building a More Supportive Organizing Climate"
Enid Eckstein
Department of Field Mobilization, AFL-CIO

"Card Check and Employer Neutrality: How to Get There"
Prof. Jill Kriesky
West Virginia University

Strategies for Fighting Poverty Among Older Women

Moderator:
Lisa Maatz
Legislative Director
Older Women's League  

Discussant:
Cindy Hounsell
Director
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement 

"Older Homeless Women: Beneath the Safety Net"
Lynne Kendal-Wilson and Anne Kisor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work/VISSTA

"Women's Stake in the Great Social Security Debate" 
Kate Mawdsley
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

"Meanings and Equity in Work and Retirement: Towards an Understanding of Paid and Unpaid Labor in the Lives of Women Over Sixty"
Fiona M. Patterson
Department of Social Work, University of Vermont

"The Potential of the SSI Program to Fight Poverty Among Poor Elderly Women"
Alexi Strand, Kalman Rupp, and Paul Davies
Social Security Administration

Evaluating Outcomes of Welfare Reform

Moderator:
Sheila Collins
Chair, Political Science Department
William Patterson University 

Discussant:
Deepak Bhargava
Director of Public Policy
Center for Community Change 

"Words and Deeds: Discourses of Welfare Reform in a State Leaver Study"
Joan Acker, Sandra Morgen, and Kate Barry 
Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon

"Stigmatization of Single Motherhood in Welfare Reform: The Cases of Britain, Sweden and the United States" 
Natalie Rose
Antioch College

"The Status of Women After Welfare: Their Health, Wealth, and Well-Being"
Irene J. Kim, Julie Slay, and Roger Boothroyd
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida 

5:00-5:45 p.m., Friday: Spotlight on IWPR: IWPR's Current Agenda 

Discussion for friends and members with IWPR staff.

6:00 p.m., Friday: Reception 

AFL-CIO Headquarters
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

Entertainment by Luci Murphy, singer and activist. Hosted by Linda Cropp, Chair, District of Columbia City Council. 

Join the conference staff and attendees for cocktails and entertainment. All are welcome!