Friday, October 1
Welcome & Featured Speakers--2:30pm-3:30pm
Estela Barnes de Carlotto and Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblitt, Asociación de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Ritta Arditti, Union Institute
Concurrent Sessions A--4:00pm-5:15pm
A1 Serving Patriarchy: Gender, Race & Religion
A2 Local Action/Global Change: Learning About the Human Rights of Women & Girls
A3 Empowerment & Social Justice
A4 The Mental Health of Incarcerated Women
A5 Sexual Exploitation
A6 Creative Expression & Sexual Politics
A7 Testimonial Narratives of Resistance & Change
Concurrent Sessions B--5:30pm-6:45pm
B1 Women's Rights in Iran: Historical Perspectives
B2 Activism & Resistance
B3 Homelessness & Poverty
B4 Fundamentalism, Caste & Sexual Politics
B5 Bringing Cuba Home: Learning From the Other Side
B6 Texts & Pedagogies
B7 The Voices of Contemporary Women Artists
B8 Work & Economics I
B9 Amnesty International: Ending Violence Against Women
Featured Speaker--7:45pm-8:45pm
Mildred Robbins Leet, Trickle Up Program
Reception with Rigoberta Menchu Tum --8:45pm-10:00pm
Saturday, October 2
Featured Speaker--9:00am-10:00am
Tuzyline Jita Allan, Baruch College
Concurrent Sessions C----10:30am-11:45pm
C1 Women's Rights in Iran: Contemporary Perspectives
C2 Grassroots Activism
C3 Biology/Ideology
C4 Microenterprise: A Solution to Women's Poverty?
C5 Gendered Information
C6 Teaching South Pacific, Middle East, and Muslim- America Womenís Lives
C7 Defying the Establishment: Creative Strategies in Womenís Testimonial Fiction
C8 Work & Economics II
C9 Amnesty International: Lesbian Human Rights Issues
C10 Women Owned Business: Empowerment Through Health, Business & Personal Charisma
Keynote--1:00pm-2:00pm
Cynthia Enloe, Clark University
Concurrent Sessions D----2:00pm-3:15pm
D1 Personal As Political
D2 Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Motherhood
D3 Women on Death Row
D4 Microenterprise: A Solution to Women's Poverty? (Continuation from Session C)
D5 Making My Mother Visible: A How-To Workshop on Infusing the Curriculum with Cross-Cultural and Cross- Gender Perspectives Using Stategies and Resources That Work
D6 Texts & Contexts
D7 Women as Icons in the Literary & Performing Arts
D8 Suppressed Memories of War
Featured Speakers--4:00pm-5:00pm
Hawa Ghaus & Zieba Shorish Shamley,
Feminist Majority Foundation & Women's Alliance for Peace & Human Rights in Afghanistan