Sunday, June 22

12:00 - 1:30 pm Sunday:  Opening Plenary, "Women, War, and Peace"

Amy Caiazza, Institute for Women's
Policy Research (IWPR)

Cynthia Enloe, Clark University
Julianne Malveaux, Economist, Author, and Commentator
Medea Benjamin, Code Pink

1:30 - 1:45 pm Sunday:  Break

1:45 - 3:15 pm Sunday: Mini-Plenary Sessions (simultaneous)

Women's Leadership in European Politics and Economics

Moderator/Discussant:
TBD

"Girl Power: Women's Leadership and Policy Paradigm Shifts in Germany and the European Union"
Joyce Mushaben, University of Missouri

"Transition, Privatization, and Gender in Serbia"
Tatjana Djuric Kuzmanovic, The Advanced Business School, Serbia

"Making Policymakers More Gender Aware - Experiences and Reflections from the UK"
Susan Himmelweit, UK Women's Budget Group and Open University

New Policy Perspectives on Care: Access and Worker Rights

Moderator:
Lisalyn Jacobs, NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund

Discussant:
Janet Gornick, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

"Child Care as a Human Right: A New Perspective on an Old Debate"
Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law

Title TBA
Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Designing Policies for Helping Single Mothers"
Barbara Bergmann, American University; University of Maryland

Do Big Pharmaceuticals Help or Hurt Women's Health?

Moderator:
Amy Allina, National Women's Health Network

Discussant:
Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective

"How to Win All Needed Prescription Drugs for All Women and All Americans at An Affordable Price"
Deborah Socolar, Boston University School of Public Health

"A Bitter Pill: How Big Pharma is Creating a New Disease, 'Female Sexual Dysfunction,' and New Sexual Expectations for Women"
Leonore Tiefer, New York University School of Medicine

"Marketing Menopause: Manufacturing Need, Manufacturing Knowledge"
Amy Allina, National Women's Health Network

Fighting Marginalization: Defining and Doing Feminist Poverty Research

Moderator/Discussant:
Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Liz Accles, Welfare Made a Difference Campaign
Ellen Bravo, 9to5 National Association of Working Women
Donna Haig Friedman, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts
Avis Jones-DeWeever, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Allison Murphy, Staffperson to U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Alice O'Connor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Maya Rockeymoore, National Urban League
Elaine Waxman, University of Chicago

Why Women Matter: Lessons in Political Leadership from Home and Abroad--The White House Project

Moderator/Discussant:
Marie Wilson, The White House Project

Amy Caiazza, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Karen O'Connor, Women and Politics Institute, American University
Rob Richie, Center for Voting and Democracy

3:15 - 3:30 pm Sunday: Break

3:30 - 5:00 pm Sunday: Panels and Roundtables I (simultaneous)

The Economic Impact of Motherhood on Women in the United States

Moderator/Discussant:
Rhonda Kave, National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC)

Ann Crittenden, Journalist and Author of The Price of Motherhood
Nancy Segal, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Julie Shields, Attorney and Author of How to Avoid the Mommy Trap
Joan C. Williams, American University School of Law

Fighting the War Against Sexual Trafficking

Moderator/Discussant:
Leslie R. Wolfe, Center for Women Policy Studies

Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Senator, Washington State Legislature
Layli Miller-Muro, Tahirih Justice Center
Velma Veloria, Representative, Washington State Legislature

Restrictions to Reproductive Health Services

Moderator/Discussant:
Gwen Mayes, Kentucky Office of Women's Health

"Using Legal Theories to Challenge Institutional Mergers that Impose Religious Restrictions on Healthcare"
Elena Cohen, National Women's Law Center

"Religious Refusals and Reproductive Rights: A Framework for Analysis"
Louise Melling, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Reproductive Freedom Project

"Public Dollars, Religious Doctrine: Taxpayer Funding of Religiously-Restricted Women's Health Care: Findings of a National Study by Uttley, Pawelko, and Hasbrouck"
Louis Uttley, Family Planning Advocates of New York State MergerWatch Project

"Availability of Emergency Contraception at Virginia Pharmacies"
Laura Mandala, NARAL Pro-Choice America--Virginia (formerly the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League)

Innovative Programs to Expand Work and Educational Opportunities for Low-Income Women

Moderator/Discussant:
Mary Murphree

"Using the Self-Sufficiency Standard in State and Federal Legislation to Expand Access to Education and Training and Improve the Job Quality of Women"
Jennifer Brooks, Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)

"Education Works! Expanding Post-Secondary Access for Low-Income Parents"
Vivian Hain, LIFETIME
Diana Spatz, LIFETIME

"Women in the 21st Century Workplace: Skill Development Through On-line Learning Demonstration Project"
Mary Gatta, Rutgers University
Dianne Mills McKay, New Jersey Council on Gender Parity in Labor and Education

Bringing Women's Human Rights Home: The Challenge of Expanding Human Rights to the United States

Moderator/Discussant:
TBD

Catherine Albisa, Center for Economic and Social Rights
Leslie Calman, NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law

Using Philanthropy to Build Women's Movements

Moderator/Discussant:
Matthew Chayt, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Women's Studies/Public Policy: Training Feminist Policy Analysts-Exemplars

Moderator/Discussant:
Cynthia Harrison, The George Washington University

"Violence Against Women: Media (Mis)Representations of Femicide"
Sabrina Denney Bull, The George Washington University

"Sexuality Education: US Policy and Politics"
Dana McGrath, The George Washington University

5:00 - 6:30 pm Sunday: Poster Presentation and Reception

Hosted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

6:30 - 8:00 pm Sunday: Plenary Panel

Sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

"Women, Politics and Media"--An International Plenary Panel sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Monday, June 23

8:30 - 10:00 am Monday: Panels and Roundtables II (simultaneous)

Engineering Change: Triumph and Challenges of Women in Science and Technology

Moderator:
Barbara Gault, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Discussant:
Kimberly Budil, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

"Women in Science: Continuing Inequalities and their Implications for Policy"
Janine P. Buckner, Seton Hall University

"Recruiting Women for the Information Technology Age"
Jill Miller, Women Work!
Carolee Sparks, Women Work!

"Women in Technology (WIT): A Paradigm for Working Toward Systemic Change in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Employment"
Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board
Sharon Mecum, Maui Economic Development Board 

Child Care as Support to Working Families: How are We Faring?

Moderator:
TBD

Discussant:
Rachel Schumacher, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

"Child Care Subsidies and Mothers' Work Outcomes"
Julie Press, Temple University
Lynda Laughlin, Temple University

"Different Policies, Different Lives: The Impact of Subsidized Child Care Policies on American and Australian Women"
Nonie Harris, James Cook University

"Not to be Overlooked: The Interface Between Employment Options, Child Care Choices, and Public Policy for Rural, Low-Income Women"
Susan Walker, University of Maryland, College Park

Confronting Obstacles to Women's Economic Independence: The Continuing Struggle to Balance Work and Family

Moderator:
Susan Wefald, Ms. Foundation

Discussant:
Sandra Barud, Claremont Graduate University

"The Ability of Women to Repay Debt After Divorce"
Jonathan Fisher, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Angela Lyons, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Coping with the Changing Realities of Work and Life: Survey"
Mindy Gewirtz, GLS Consulting

"Love, Work, Dependence - A German Outlook on Family"
Elisabeth Stiefel, Economist, Cologne, Germany

Social Security in the United States: Proposed Reforms and their Effects on Women

Moderator:
Anna Rappaport, Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Laurel Beedon, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Melissa Favreault, The Urban Institute
Alison Shelton, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

First Aid for the Working First: Increasing Low-Income Women's Access to Primary Care

Moderator/Discussant:
Tamara Lewis Johnson, Health Resources Services Administration

August Burns, Women's Health Vermont, Bi-State Primary Care Association
Laura Edwards, North Carolina Primary Care Association
Vivian Huang, California Primary Care Association

International Models to Improve Women's Health and Reproductive Rights

Moderator/Discussant:
Maitreyi Das, Human Development Network, The World Bank

"Abortion, the World Health Organization, and the Relationship between Research and Policy"
Jenny Higgins, Emory University

"Guaranteeing Reproductive Health and Rights: What is the Role of Trade Agreements?"
Caren Grown, International Center for Research on Women

"Bangladesh's Reproductive Health Policies and the Emerging 'Smart Woman'"
Diana Santillán, Academy for Educational Development (AED); The George Washington University

Regulating the Lives of Welfare Recipients Through Public Policy

Moderator:
Diana Spatz, LIFETIME

Discussant:
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

"The Use of Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Measure: Assessing Racial Differences in Effects on Income"
Cheryl Miller, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Stacey Bochuet, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

"Family Cap Policies: Tools for Advocacy and Organizing'"
Anita Rees, LIFETIME
Vivian Hain, LIFETIME

Gender Politics: How Images and Perceptions of Women Shape Politics

Moderator:
Rita Henley Jensen, Women's E-News

Discussant:
Cathy Hurwit, Staffperson to U.S. Representative Janice Schakowsky

"Welfare Policy and Women's Leadership in the United States"
Marian Lief Palley, University of Delaware

"The Policy Consequences of Gender Politics in the United States"
Barbara Burrell, Northern Illinois University

"Attacking First-Time Women Candidates: The Same Old Game or a New Tech Phenomenon?"
Tanya Melich, Political Issues Management

Women's Organizing Around the World

Moderator:
Jean Sinzdak, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

"Engendering Alternative Politics: Women's Participation and Advocacy in the Philippines"
Maria Elizabeth Soriano, Xavier University

"Race, Poverty, and the Feminist Agenda: An Historical Examination"
Cynthia Harrison, The George Washington University

"The Rise of Popular Feminism in Latin America: Lessons for the Global Women's Movement"
Diana Santillán, Academy for Educational Development (AED); The George Washington University

10:00 - 10:15 am Monday: Break

10:15 - 11:45 am Monday: Panel and Roundtables III (simultaneous)

Above and Beyond: Women in Aviation

Moderator/Discussant:
Alice Carron, ArtReach International; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins University

Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, US Air Force (Retired)
Commander Trish Beckman, US Navy (Retired)
Elaine Harmon, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

A World Apart: Minority Women in the Sciences

Moderator/Discussant:
Sharon Stephenson, Gettysburg College

"Policy Implications of Supporting Women of Color in the Sciences"
Angela Johnson, St. Mary's College of Maryland

"African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post-Secondary Years and Beyond"
Sandra Hanson, Catholic University

"African American and Hispanic Girls: Differences in Science Access, Achievement, and Attitudes"
Michelle Jiles, Catholic University

Examining Policies to End Sex-Based Discrimination

Moderator:
Ellen Delany, Delany, Siegel, Zorn, & Associates

Discussant:
Christine Owens, AFL-CIO

"Why Do Many Colleges and Universities Fail to Comply with the Maternity Benefit Mandates of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978?: Work, Family, and Demographic Change"
Saranna Thornton, Hampden Sydney College

"Women's Policy Deficits and Inequalities in the U.S.--and the Need for Change"
Phyllis Raabe, University of New Orleans

"Anti-Discrimination Versus Anti-Poverty? A Comparison of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms"
Pamela Stone, Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
Arielle Kuperberg, Hunter College and Graduate City Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

It Takes a Woman: Perspectives on Economic Development

Moderator:
Amy Bhatt, Institute for Women's Policy Resarch (IWPR)

Discussant:
Patricia Flynn, Flynn Research

"Empowering Women in the Buffer Zone for Forest Resource Management-Experiences of the Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve Project-Cameroon"
Walters Arrey, Alabama A&M University
Pamela Arrey Agbor, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); ONADEF Southern Bakundu Forest Project, Cameroon

"Examining Economic Decline in the Maquiladora Industry: Will it Result in Disproportionate Effects on Women's Migration from Mexico to the United States?"
Christine Boerner, New Mexico State University

"Negotiating Economies Global and Moral: Women and Factory Politics in South India"
Yamini Atmavilas, Emory University

Keeping it Together When a Job Ends: Women and Unemployment Insurance

Moderator:
TBD

Discussant:
TBD

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How the Unemployment Insurance System Fails Working Families"
Rebecca Smith, National Employment Law Project

"Unemployment and Women's Economic Well-Being"
Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Gi-Taik Oh, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

"Working for Unemployment Insurance Reform in New Mexico"
Kim Zamarin, New Mexico Human Needs Coordinating Council

Continuing to Undervalue Women's Work in the Labor Market: The Example of Care Work

Moderator:
Gabrielle Meagher, University of Sydney

"Re-Valuing Care: Recognizing Home Support Providers as Workers"
Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jennifer Klein, Yale University

"Making Homecare a Good Job"
Candace Howes, Connecticut College

"Between Workplace and Family Time: Workplace Flexibility and its Limits in the Everyday Lives of Nursing Home Aides"
Peggy Kahn, University of Michigan, Flint

Examining the Sex Trade: Attitudes, Policies, and Solutions

Moderator:
TBD

Discussant: 
Penelope Saunders, Different Avenues, Inc.

"Hysterical Policy: Morality in New Laws Addressing Trafficking and Sex Work"
Melissa Ditmore, Trafficked Persons Rights Project

"The Urban Justice Center Sex Workers Project Report on Police Interactions with Prostitutes"
Juhu Thukral, Urban Justice Center Sex Workers Project

"Reading the Street: 'Solicitation', Migration, Anti-Trafficking Initiatives in Bombay"
Svati Shah, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Poverty Around the World

Moderator:
Mariam Chamberlain, National Council for Research on Women (NCRW)

Discussant:
Judith Conti, DC Employment Justice Center

"Creating Economic self- Sufficiency Through Village Model Micro-Lending (U.S. & India)"
GiGi Colson, Institute for Poverty Awareness and Education, Inc.

"A Dream Deferred: Access to Social Security and Social Citizenship Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
Jasmine Waddell, Oxford University

"Welfare Dependence and Dynamics in Britain"
Melissa Cox, Brookings Institution; Oxford University

Using Government Institutions to Improve Women's Status

Moderator:
Dory Stacks, Maryland Commission on Women

"Women's Work: The  Northern Ireland Woman's Coalition as a Political Alternative"
Galit Desheh, Hebrew University

"Serving Gender Interests: Updating Institutions in a Democratic Setting"
Mercedes Barquet, El Colegio de Mexico

"Women's self- Help Groups - A Silent Revolution in India"
Veena Rao, Joint Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India

12:00 - 2:00 pm Monday: Luncheon Plenary, "Making Policy as Though Women Mattered"

Helen Neuborne, Ford Foundation

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Former
Lt. Governor of Maryland
Linda Chavez-Thompson, AFL-CIO
Geeta Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women

2:15 - 3:45 pm Monday: Panels and Roundtables IV (simultaneous)

Playing Well with Others: The Effects of Trade on Women

Moderator/Discussant:
Marceline White, Women's EDGE

Sarah Gammage, Center on Environmental & Social Studies for Sustainable Developments (CEASDES)
Olga Mapula, Alliance for Workforce Investment
Virginia Price, Alliance for Workforce Investment

The Co-Ed Conundrum: Gender Inequality in Educational Outcomes

Moderator/Discussant:
Martha Darling, Educational Policy Consultant

"Gender Inequalities in Higher Education Outcomes"
Lois Joy, Smith College

"Why Do Men and Women Choose Different Fields of Education at the University Level? An Empirical Study with Policy Implications "
Anne Boschini, London School of Economics

"The New Inequality: Effects of College for All on Non-College Women"
Sharon Mastracci, University of Illinois, Chicago

Who's the Boss? Women and Entrepreneurship

Moderator/Discussant:
Brooke Shearer, Education Consultant

"Employment, Earnings, and Economic Change: ICTs for Micro-Entrepreneurs"
Nidhi Tandon, Networked Intelligence for Development"

"Making a Difference by Making Work Different: Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs"
Mary Riebe, Metropolitan State University

"The Production of the Entrepreneurial Subject: How and Where are Women Situated Within Entrepreneurial Discourses"
Melanie Knight, University of Toronto

"The Need for Multi-Sector Support for Women's Entrepreneurship"
Julie Weeks, National Women's Business Council

Show Us the Money: Gender Difference in Income and Assets

Moderators:
Ayse Talen, Fannie Mae Foundation

Discussant:
Joseph Cordes, The George Washington University

"Shortchanged: Gender Differences in the Process of Wealth Attainment"
Mariko Chang, Harvard University

"Income Measurement and Its Implications for Policy Design"
Tammy Ohler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Race and Gender Differences in Social Security: Perspectives from Around the World

Moderator/Discussant:
John Turner, American Association of Retired Persons

"Late Life Work and Retirement Aspirations of Women in the United Kingdom"
Athina Vlachantoni, Oxford University, Institute of Aging

"Social Security and African American Families: Unmasking Race and Gender Discrimination"
Laura Foster, University of Cincinnati

"Gender Differences in Individual Pension Income in Old Age: Evidence for Britain"
Elena Bardasi, Institute for Social and Economic Research

"Gender Inequality in the Access of Social Security Benefits in Brazil, For a Feminist Perspective"
Virginia Botelho, United Neighborhood Houses of New York

U.S. and International Perspectives on Domestic Violence

Moderator:
Barbara Devaney, Tennessee Economic Council on Women

Discussant:
Evan Stark, Rutgers University

"Women's Attitudes Toward Wife Beating in Zimbabwe: Violence Against Women and Girls"
Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

"Making the Law Work: Budgetary Implications of Domestic Violence Policies in Latin America"
Simel Esim, International Center for Research on Women

"Battered Mothers Speak Out: A Human Rights Report on Domestic Violence and Child Custody in the Massachusetts Family Courts"
Monica Driggers, Wellesley Centers for Women

The Physical, Psychological, and Social Well-Being of TANF Recipients

Moderator:
Robyn Lipner, Jacobs Institute for Women's Health

"Getting Beyond the Training vs. Work Experience Debate: The Role of Labor Markets, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Community Resources in Long Term Poverty"
Jo Anne Schneider, Catholic University of America

"Environmental Stressors, Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress, and Psychological and Physiologic Health Outcomes in Women Leaving TANF: Preliminary Findings"
Shawn Kneipp, University of Florida College of Nursing

"Challenges Faced by Women with Disabilities Under TANF"
Mary Kay Schleiter, University of Wisconsin, Parkside

"Self-Efficacy as A Welfare-to-Work Goal: Emphasizing Both Psychology and Economics in Program Design"
Toby Herr, Project Match
Suzanne L. Wagner, Project Match

U.S. World Domination -- The Consequences for Women

Moderator/Discussant:
Sayre Sheldon, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND)

Ellen Golombek, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Margo Okazawa-Rey, Women's Leadership Institute, Mills College
Rachel Willis, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND)

Women Making a Difference Globally: Participation in United Nations Conferences

Moderator/Discussant:
Mary Haney, National Council for Research on Women (NCRW)

Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group
Kristen Timothy, National Council for Research on Women (NCRW)
Dessima Williams, Brandeis University

3:45 - 4:00 pm Monday: Break

4:00 - 5:30 pm Monday: Panels and Roundtables V (simultaneous)

Workforce of Today and Tomorrow: What Policies Make the Most Sense?

Moderator/Discussant:
June Taylor, Get Women Working!

Sara Horowitz, Working Today
Charles Kolb, Committee for Economic Development
Karen Kornbluh, New America Foundation
Robert Walker, Get America Working!

Prospering Together: Women in Business Cooperatives

Moderator/Discussant:
Jessica Gordon Nembhard, The Democracy Collaborative

Ann Hoyt, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
Linda Leaks, Washington Innercity Self Help
Lou Hammond Ketilson, University of Saskatchewan
Adjowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Ella Joe Baker Intentional Community 

Shut Out: Low-Income Mothers and Post-Secondary Education

Moderator/Discussant:
Christin M. Driscoll, Workforce Alliance

"Student Mothers Fight to Stay in School Under Michigan's Welfare-to-Work Regime"
Peggy Kahn, University of Michigan, Flint
Valerie Polakow, Eastern Michigan University

"Parents as Scholars: A Model Post-Secondary Education Program for Low-Income Women in the New Welfare Landscape"
Sandra Butler, University of Maine

"Credentials Count: How California's Community Colleges Help Parents Move from Welfare to Self-Sufficiency"
Anita Mathur, University of California, Berkeley

"Unraveling State Welfare Policies: Defining Real Access to Education and Training for Welfare Recipients"
Erika Kates, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Confronting Retirement: The Experiences of and Policy Implications for Different Women

Moderator/Discussant:
Nan Bauer-Maglin, City University of New York (CUNY) and Co-editor of Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide

"Women Confronting Retirement"
Nancy Dailey, www.drnancydailey.com 

"The Generation of Firsts"
Carol A. Scott, Urban League of Greater Charlotte

"From Rags to Rags"
Jennifer Christesen, WSOC-TV Charlotte

Winnable Strategies for Paid Family Leave

Moderator:
Barbara Koziak, St. John's University

Discussant:
Donna Lero, Centre for Families, Work, and Well-Being, Ontario

"Creating Policy and Building Advocacy for Paid Family Leave in the States"
Marilyn Watkins, Economic Opportunity Institute

"Political Pathways for Family Leave in State Legislatures: An Insider's View"
Lisa Brown, Washington State Senator

"Valuing Care: The Politics of Implementing a National Policy of Paid Maternity Leave in Australia"
Bettina Cass, University of Sydney

The Importance of Women-Controlled HIV Prevention: Research and Advocacy

Moderator/Discussant:
Imogen Fua, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Amy Allina, National Women's Health Network
Anna Forbes, Global Campaign for Microbicides

Women in the Criminal Justice System: Justice or Abuse?

Moderator/Discussant:
Christina Vogt, University of Southern California

Nausheen Hassen, California Women's Law Center
Denise Johnston, Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Gloria Killian, Beyond Walls--California Criminal Justice Consortium
Rachel Roth, The Woodrow Wilson Center

Women Affecting Policy: Lessons from the Grassroots

Moderator:
April Shaw, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Discussant:
Jennifer Woolley, Center for Policy Alternatives

"The Case of Children and Family Services, Inc."
Minnie Bommer, Children and Family Services, Inc.

"The Case of the Blount County Women's Empowerment Coalition and Network"
Wendy Pitts Reeves, American Association of University Women

"Women Affecting Policy: The Tennessee Economic Council on Women"
Lachelle Norris, Tennessee Economic Council on Women

Medical Outcomes in At-Risk Populations

Moderator/Discussant:
Gwendolyn Keita, American Psychological Association

"Screening Pregnant Women for Illicit Substance Use: The Influence of Hospital Providers' Attitudes Towards Race"
Bonnie D. Kerker, Casey Family Services; Yale University

"Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment for Low-Income Uninsured Women: The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA) of 2002"
Kyle Ann Kenney, The George Washington University

"Low-Income Lone Mothers are at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in the US and Canada: Analysis of NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) III and NPHS (National Population Health Survey) 98-99"
Lynne Young, University of Victoria School of Nursing

"Self-Efficacy and Adolescent Sexual Risk: Comparing the Predictive Power of a Composite Index Model with Three Specific Behaviors"
Sarah Benatar, The George Washington University; Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

5:30 - 6:30 pm Monday: Meet the IWPR Staff and Board! 

Tuesday, June 24  

8:00 - 9:30 am Tuesday: Mini- Plenary Sessions (simultaneous)

Gender and Economic Development

Moderator/Discussant:
Elaine Zuckerman, Gender Action

Joanna Kerr, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Marceline White, Women's EDGE
June Zeitlin, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)

Paid Family Leave at the Crossroads: Assessing Policy Options from a Feminist Perspective

Moderator/Discussant:
Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Ellen Bravo, 9to5, National Association of Working Women
Holly Fechner, Senate Labor Committee
Janet Gornick, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Jodi Grant, National Partnership for Women and Families
James Levine, The Fatherhood Project
Tiffany Manuel, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

After Cairo: Working to Improve Women’s Reproductive Health and Rights

Moderator:
Elaine M. Murphy, George Washington University

"Addressing Trafficking of Women through Laws and Conventions"
Susan Bloodworth, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)

"Women’s Reproductive Health and Health Reform: Can They Work Together?"
Tom Merrick, World Bank Institute

"Improving Women’s Reproductive Health: Pluses and Perils of Male Involvement"
Meg Greene, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Global Health Council

Poverty and the Low-Wage Labor Market

Moderator:
Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs

"The Changing Impact of Work, Marriage, and Children on African American and White Women's Poverty (1960-2000)"
Hilarie Lieb, Northwestern University

"Who Cares? The Child Care Choices of Working Mothers"
Heather Boushey, Center for Economic and Policy Research

"Assessing Employment Outcomes from the SPD 2nd Longitudinal File: What Type of Jobs Do Welfare Leavers Get?"
Katy Walker, U.S. Census Bureau

"Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families"
Avis Jones-DeWeever, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

IWPR's Status of Women in the States Project: A Model for Research and Action

Moderator/Discussant:
Marcia Worthing, Mullin & Associates

Joan Browning, Coalition for West Virginia Women
Amy Caiazza, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Betsy Nowland-Curry, Kentucky Commission on the Status of Women

9:30 - 9:45 am Tuesday: Break

9:45 - 11:15 am Tuesday: Panels and Roundtables VI (simultaneous)

Logging On: Women in IT

Moderator:
Maria Ferris, IBM

Discussant:
Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sisters

"Female Literacy Rates, Information Technology, and Democracy in Developing Countries"
Rebecca Clark, Kent State University

"WorldWIT, a New Vehicle for Global Networking"
Liz Ryan, WorldWIT

Women at Work: Challenges and Assessments

Moderator:
TBD

Discussant:
Joan Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)

"Not Elsewhere Classified:  The Movement of Women into Managerial Jobs, 1983-2000"
Elizabeth Esterchild, University of North Texas

"Temporary Agency Work: Sustaining or Transforming Women's Employment Opportunities?"
Nikki Townsley, University of Colorado, Boulder

"Gender and Racial Disparities in High Tech/IT Industry Employment"
Cynthia Deitch, The George Washington University

The Importance of Unions to Women

Moderator/Discussant:
TBD

Information coming soon

How Secure is Our Safety Net for Older and Disabled Workers?

Moderator:
Catherine Hill, National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)

Discussant:
TBD

"Improving the Economic Security of Elderly Women Through a Reformed Minimum Benefit"
Christina Smith FitzPatrick, National Women's Law Center
Catherine Hill, National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)  

"Unreported Earnings: The Impact of Individual Accounts on Women of Color"
Kilolo Kijakazi, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) 

"Gender Differences in Disability Trends"
Theresa Wilson, Social Security Administration (SSA)

"Gender and Economic Security in Retirement"
Sunhwa Lee, Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Thinking Beyond Paid Family Leave: Policy, Politics, and Law

Moderator/Discussant:
Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Lissa Bell, National Partnership for Women and Families
Michele Landis Dauber, Stanford University Law School
Holly Fechner, U.S. Senate Labor Committee Staffperson
Netsy Firestein, University of California, Berkeley
Marjorie Schaafsma, University of Chicago

Safe Mothers, Healthy Mothers: Maternal Health Policies and Practices Around the World

Moderator:
Joan Wainwright, Merck & Company

Discussant:
TBD

"Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan"
Seema Khandelwal, The George Washington University
Shilpa Challa, The George Washington University

"Women's Health After Childbirth and the Effects of Leave from Work: A Pilot Study"
Patricia McGovern, University of Minnesota

"An International Approach to Breastfeeding and Employment: Why the United States Presents Particular Difficulties"