The Prospects in the States for Improving Women's Status
A Bipartisan Panel of Top Women State-Wide Office Holders
Moderator:
Barbara Lee,
Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Panelists:
M. Jayne Brady
Attorney General
Delaware
Sharon Pratt
Former Mayor
District of Columbia
The Honorable Barbara Roberts
Former Gov. of Oregon
Professor, Oregon State University
Dorthee Staplefeldt
President
Hamburg Parliament
2:30-3:50 p.m., Saturday: Panel and Strategy Sessions
The Status of Women in the States: Tools for Research and Action
Terri deLangis
NH Commission on the Status of Women
Barbara Devaney
Economic Council on Women (Tennessee)
Cathy Hatfield
Women's Foundation of CO
Cheryl Hoium
Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women
Barbara Levy Tobey
Office of Women's Health, Indiana State Dept. of Health
Jeanne Ohta
Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women
Marian Lief Palley
University of Delaware
Janine Parry
University of Arkansas
Carol Sack
Executive Director
Southern Arizona Women's Fund
Barbara Levy Tobey
Office of Women's Health
Indiana State Department of Health
Money Matters: Implications of Welfare and Poverty on Women's Health
Moderator:
Sharon Levin
National Women's Law Center
Discussant:
Anne Kasper
Center for Research on Women and Gender
"Poverty and Inequality as Sources of Depression Among Women"
Deborah Belle
Radcliffe Public Policy Center
"Using Breast and Cervical Cancer Diagnosis to More Accurately Target Medically Underserved Areas"
Nancy Breen and Janice Barry Figueroa
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
"Health Effects of Welfare Reform in Chicago"
Usha R Ranji
Heath and Medicine Policy Research Group
Parents Who Live Apart: Child Support and Visitation
Moderator:
Vicky Turetsky
Center for Law and Social Policy
Discussant:
Joan Entmacher
Vice President and Director, Family Economic Security
National Women's Law Center
"Changes in Paternity Establishment and Child Support Policy Under
Welfare Reform: How Will Rural Residents be Affected?" Andrea H. Beller and Elizabeth Powers
University of Illinois-Urbana
"Mothers' Attitudes toward Father's Visitation in
Nonmarital Relationships and Implications for Social Policy"
Janice Laakso,
University of Washington, Takoma
"Differences by Race in Poor Unmarried Mothers' Interests in Child Support Enforcement: Evidence from Wisconsin"
Renee A. Monson,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Building Bridges: Policies Promoting Women in Non-Traditional Employment
Moderator:
Lathy Augustine
Executive Director
Hard-Hatted Women
Discussant:
Brigid O'Farrell
Senior Fellow
Women's Research and Education Institute
"Sex-Segregated Job Training for Low-Income Women?"
Cynthia Negrey
Institute for Women's Policy Research
"Lessons of Affirmative Action for Women in the US Highway Construction Industry"
Vivian Price
University of California, Irvine
"Women's Participation in Non-Traditional Employment: Blue Collar Jobs for Women in Construction in Nicaragua, South Africa & Cuba"
Lauren Sugerman
Chicago Women in Trades
Welfare Reform and Barriers to Employment
Moderator:
Barbara Gault
Director of Research
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Discussant:
Ruth Brandwein
Visiting Scholar
University of Washington School of Social Work
"Battered Women Speak Out: Welfare Reform and Their Decisions to Disclose"
Noel Bridget Busch and Terry Wolfer
University of Texas at Austin
"A Partnership for Women's Self-Sufficiency: The Enterprising Kitchen and Apna
Ghar"
Kathleen McCourt, Jennifer Nargang, Rafah Abuinnab, Christine George, and Lisa
Speicher,
Loyola University, Chicago
"Barriers Facing Harder to Serve Welfare Participants in Wisconsin"
Kelley Mikelson
The Urban Institute
4:00-5:30 p.m., Saturday: Closing Plenary
Strategies for Improving Women's Status and Economic Well-Being: Public Policy, Organizing, and Social Change
Leaders from all Sectors Discuss Creating Change By and For Women
Heather Booth, Moderator
Executive Director
NAACP National Voter Fund
The Honorable Patsy Mink
Representative, Hawaii
John Burbank
Director
Economic Opportunities Institute
Diana Spatz
Executive Director, Lifetime
Pat Friend
National President
Association of Flight Attendants
Irma Herrera
Executive Director
Equal Rights Advocates
Dr. Jody Heymann
Director of Policy
Harvard Center for Society and Health
