IWPR's Seventh International Women's Policy Research Conference:
Women Working to Make a Difference

June 22-24, 2003
Capital Hilton, Washington, D.C.


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Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program of The George Washington University, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, IBM, and AFL-CIO. 

The 2003 Conference brought together policymakers, advocates, researchers, and practitioners from the academic, labor, corporate, government, non-profit and media worlds to discuss new research findings, current trends, and policy strategies relating to women's lives in the United States and throughout the world.  More than 60 sessions and over 200 presenters addressed a range of issues related to women's economic, political, health, and social status.

 

Plenary Speakers Included:

Medea Benjamin, Founder, Code Pink
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
Linda Chavez-Thomson, AFL-CIO
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Former Lt. Governor of Maryland
Martha Burk, National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO)
Marie Wilson, the White House Project
Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority
Ritu Sharma, Women's EDGE
June Zeitlin, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)
Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research
Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Sue Himmelweit, UK Women's Budget Group and the Open University
Elisabeth Vogelheim, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Ellen Bravo, 9to5 National Association of Working Women
Holly Fechner, Senator Edward Kennedy's Office
Barbara Bergmann, American University
Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law
Nancy Folbre, University of California, Santa Barbara
Janet Gornick, Baruch College, CUNY
Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts, Boston

 

Conference Topics

Employment, Earnings, & Economic Change
Women's Political & Civic Participation
Family, Work, & Demographic Change
Poverty & Income Security
Health, Safety, & Well-Being

 

 

Employment, Earnings, & Economic Change

  • The Impact of International Trade and Globalization on Women

  • Women in Business, Women as Whistle Blowers, and Corporate Accountability

  • Trends in Pay Equity and EEO Policy

  • Pensions, Health Insurance, Working Conditions, and Quality of Jobs

  • Women and Collective Bargaining

  • Education, Training, and Technology for Women and Girls

Women's Political & Civic Participation

  • Women's Leadership, Effecting Change

  • Women and Philanthropy

  • Tax and Budget Issues-Using Fiscal Policy to Help Women

  • Globalization and National and International Governance

  • Women in Peace and War, Women and Human Rights

  • Women's Movements Around the World

  • Indicators of Women's Status Across Place and Time

Family, Work, & Demographic Change

  • Changes in Family Structure, Household Work, and Caregiving

  • Aging Workers, Aging Societies

  • Leave Policies, Flexible Scheduling, and Part-Time Work

  • Child Care and Child Care Workers

  • Same-Sex Parent Families

Poverty & Income Security

  • Trends in Poverty Among Women

  • Welfare, Unemployment Insurance, and Family and Children's Allowances

  • The Intersection of Poverty, Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Status

  • Community Economic Development Strategies

  • The Informal Economy, Micro-Enterprise, and Subsistence Agriculture

Health, Safety, & Well-Being

  • Trends in Health Insurance and Health Care Delivery

  • Reproductive Rights and Health

  • Violence against Women and Girls

  • Preventive Health, Mental Health, and Self-Esteem

  • Environmental Impacts on Women's Health

  • Women and Crime, Women in Prisons

  • Trafficking of Women

 

 

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