| III: Women, Power and Politics |
Monday June 21
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| Auditorium 3, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 4, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 5, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
| 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker |
Aud.3 Medicine and Health
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| Athaliah Molokomme (Botswana)
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| 2nd. Session |
| Change at Community Levels
Chair/Coordinator: Yehudith Hübner (Israel) Monica Erwér (Sweden): Development beyond "the Status of Women" ? The Silence of Agency in the Political Space in Kerala, South India Ayala Gliksberg (Israel): Municipality Women's Council Yehudith Hübner (Israel): Women in Local Administration |
Family Relations
Chair/Coordinator: Leikny Øgrim (Norway) Sevil Sumer (Norway): Changes in Family Patterns and Gender Relations: A Comparative Study of Norway and Turkey Olga Zdravomyslova (Russia): Towards a Variety of Family Models: Economical Contributions of Spouses and Family Power (Russia / Czech Republic: A Comparative Study) Asta B. Håland (Norway), Hanne Størseth (Norway) and Leikny Øgrim (Norway): The Happy Family. Some Numbers and Analysis of the Norwegian Family from the 50's Until Today |
Private and Public Violence
Chair/Coordinator: Suellen Murray (Australia) Suellen Murray (Australia): Making the Personal Political: Power Politics and Domestic Violence in Western Australia Jennifer Schaffer (Australia): Older Women and Domestic Violence Shella Pecimo (Philippines): Community-based Approach to Violence against Women Shahrzad Mojab (Canada): No "Safe Haven" for Women: Violence Against Women Under the Regional Government of Kurdistan |
| 3rd Session |
| Change at Community Levels (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Toril Moan (Norway) Gail Kelly (Australia): The Power of Rural Women to Instigate Change at the Community Level Toril Moan (Norway): NettNo |
Family Relations (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Bagiain Aleyssa Abdulkarim (Philippines) Marilou Manzine-Covre (Brazil): Culture of Feminine in Family, like Public Spaces, in Order to Avoid Social Outcast Irene R. Amadi (Nigeria): Widowhood Practices in Imo State Nigeria, Problems and Prospects Charlott Nyman (Sweden): Understanding Women's Perception of Sharing and Fairness |
Women and Leadership
Chair/Coordinator: Lorella Cedroni (Italy) Lorella Cedroni (Italy): Gendering Political Leadership Janet Afary (USA): Islamic Women Leaders: Escape from Freedom or Traditional Marriage? Carolyn Yewchuk (Canada): Women of Eminence: Why Are There so few? (Co-authors: Seija Aysto and Seokee Cho) |
| 4th. Session |
| Women and Men in the Nordic Countries 1999Planning
Methods
Chair/Coordinator: Birgitta Hedman (Sweden) Participants: Randi Kjeldstad (Norway) Eeva-Sisko Veikkola (Finland) Sigridur Vilhjamsdottir (Iceland) Birgitta Hedman (Sweden) |
Family Relations (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Vappu Tyyskä (Canada) Jiaxiang Wang (China): Ethical Issues in Family Planning Should Be Legalised Gunhild Hoogensen (Canada): The Politics of Birth: Midwifery Versus the Province of Alberta Vappu Tyyskä (Canada): Child-Care Policy in the late 1990s: Women and Children Last Bagiain Aleyssa Abdulkarim (Philippines): Islamic Scholar’s Perspectives in Family |
Gendering Elites: Insights from the Comparative Leadership
Study
Chair/Coordinator: Jenny Neale (New Zealand) Participants: Jenny Neale (New Zealand): What Is It Really Like? Women Students and the Culture of Universities Johanna Esseveld (Sweden) Michael Palgi (Israel) Mino Vianello (Italy) |
| 5th. Session |
| Democracy
Chair/Coordinator: Ing-Marie Persson (Sweden) Kathryn Edgeworth (Australia): Women as Public Intellectuals: The Exclusion of the Private in Public Intellectual Life Ing-Marie Persson (Sweden): Women's Resource Centres ? A Measure for Gendering Democracy |
| III: Women, Power and Politics |
Tuesday June 22
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| Auditorium 3, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 4, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 5, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
| 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker |
NB! Main Aud. Medicine and Health
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| Irina Novikova (Russia)
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| 2nd. Session |
| Political Construction of Gender
Chair/Coordinator: Malin Rönblom (Sweden) Malin Rönblom (Sweden): Male Politicians Constructing Gender Britt-Marie Thuren (Sweden): To Conquer the Bars: Spanish Forms and Places for Cultural Negotiations Around Gender Michael Eveline and Joan Eveline (Australia): Politics through Pictures. The Political Framing of Australian Women Meltem Gevrek (Turkey): Reconstruction of Turkish National Identity in the News Media between 1993 and 1996 |
Social Planning in a Gender Perspective
Chair/Coordinator: Ingunn Limstrand (Norway) Ingunn Limstrand (Norway): Social Planning in a Gender Perspective – What Are the Challenges and Visions? Marit Stemland (Norway) Britt Elin Stene (Norway) |
Towards New Ideals, Practices and Institutions for
Social Justice and Transnational Democracy
Chair/Coordinator: Aino Saarinen (Finland) Marina Kalinina (Russia): Feminist Debates on Social Justice Aino Saarinen (Finland): ICT, Gender and Transnational Democracy: The ”Third Wave” in the European North Elena Kudriashova (Russia): Northwest Russia on the Move: Democratic Transition in Northwest Russia from a Gender Perspective |
| 3rd. Session |
| Women and New Democracies
Chair/Coordinator: Betty Ongom Amongi (Uganda) Betty Ongom Amongi (Uganda): Women and Politics in Uganda: Democracy in the Makings Atsuko Matsuoka (Canada) and John Sorensen (Canada): Eritrean Women after National Independence |
Women Claiming Their Rights in the Public Sphere
Chair/Coordinator: Jie Du (China) Jie Du (China): Political Participation by Chinese Women Yuan Feng (China): A Resource for Rights: Women and Media in China Qun Zhao (China): Women's Labour and Appropriate Technology: A Case Study of Rights and Reality |
Feminist Policies & Strategies
Chair/Coordinator: Mieke Van Haegendoren (Belgium) Mieke Van Haegendoren (Belgium): Evaluation of Post-Beijing in Belgium: A Women’s Political Programme for the 21st Century in Belgium Ludmila Popkova (Russia): Affirmative Action for Women: European Experience and Russia Irving Krauss (USA): Growing Inequality in the United States: Its Impact on Women, and Possible Economic and Political Countermeasures |
| 4th. Session |
| Women and New Democracies (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Danute Vainionytè-Narkevicie (Lithuania) Danute Vainionytè-Narkevicie (Lithuania): Lithuanian Women and Political Careers Shuhua Lu (China): The Challenge to Older Women in the Reform Period in China |
Women Claiming Their Rights in the
Private Sphere (Continued) Chair/Coordinator: Xin Tong (China) Xin Tong (China): Efforts and Challenges in the Struggle against Violence Li Xu (China): Gender Relations and Reproductive Decision Making in the Context of Rural China in the Post-Reform Period Lixi Zhang (China): Women's Rights: To Be Educated But Not Different |
Feminist Policies & Strategies (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Carol Bacchi (Australia) Carol Bacchi (Australia): Theorizing Policy: Implications for Feminists’ Strategies Maria Hadjipavlou-Trigeorgd (Cyprus): Conflict Analysis and Resolution from a Feminist Perspective. The Case of Cyprus |
| 5th. Session |
| Femina Borealis: How to Produce
Appropriate Knowledge to Empowering Women in the North Chair/Coordinator: Asbjørg Fyhn (Norway) Seija Keskitalo-Foley (Finland): Empowerment in Educational Stories Ingunn Limstrand (Norway) Larissa Riabova (Russia) Vappu Sunnari (Finland) Marit Aure (Norway) |
Feminist Knowledge, Power and Legitimacy
Chair/Coordinator: Darima Margataeva (Russia) Sarah Bracke (Netherlands): I Started Looking at the World in a Different Way. A Feminist Analysis of Stories of Young Female Muslim Students Active in a Fundamentalist Environment in Kazan Darima Margataeva (Russia): The Problems of Adaptation of Native Women for New Socio-Economic Conditions Louise Aitsi (Papua New Guinea): Cultural Constraints and Powerlessness of Women in Papua New Guinea |
| III: Women, Power and Politics |
Wednesday June 23
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| Auditorium 3, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 4, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 5, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
| 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker |
NB! Kulturhuset
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| Zofia Kuratowska (Poland/South Africa) and Maria de Lourdes
Pintasilgo (Portgal): Women in Power - A New Face for Politics
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| 2nd. Session |
| Palestinian Women in Transition: Their Empowerment
in a Civil Society
Chair/Coordinator: Varsen Aghabekian (Palestine) Varsen Aghabekian (Palestine): State Building and the Empowerment of the Palestinian Women Asma Imam (Palestine): Empowerment of Palestinian Women Managers and Political Leaders Najah Manasra (Palestine): The Destination of the Palestinian Mentally Ill Women |
Political Representation
Chair/Coordinator: Marian Sawer (Australia) Marian Sawer (Australia): A Matter of Simple Justice? Arguments about Women and Parliamentary Representation Manon Tremblay (Canada): Electing More Women or More Feminists? Electing More Feminist Women! Sandra Burt (Canada): Women in the Ontario NDP Government, 1990?1995: Revisiting the Concept of Critical Mass |
Women, Poverty and Empowerment
Chair/Coordinator: Carol Munn-Giddings (UK) William Obeng Ampofo (Ghana): Empowering African Women Carol Munn-Giddings (UK) and Thomasina Borkman (USA): Women and Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups: Collision or Challenge? Amrita Singh (India): The Women's Movement in India and the Issue of Violence against Women |
| 3rd Session |
| Palestinian Women in Transition: Their Empowerment
in a Civil Society (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Varsen Aghabekian (Palestine) Salwa Najjab (Palestine): Legislation and Policies Related to Women’s Health in Palestine Vartouhi Kukeyan (Palestine): Empowering Midwives in Palestine |
Political Participation
Chair/Coordinator: Sulikanti Agusni (Indonesia) Sulikanti Agusni (Indonesia): The Development of Popular Participation: Case Studies of Women's Organisations in West Sumatra and West Java, Indonesia Caleb Clark (USA) and Janet Clark (USA): The Gender Gap in U.S. Voting: Exploring Dimensions |
Women, Work and Poverty: Social Policies and Strategies
for Survival and Empowerment
Chair/Coordinator: Elaine Carey-Belanger (Canada) Elaine Carey-Belanger (Canada): Longitudinal Research as a Tool for Policy Change and Empowerment Kristine Ryan (Australia): Gender Politics in Eritrea Youli Ge (China): Poor Rural Women's Rights to Micro-Credit in China: A Means for Empowerment? |
| 4th Session |
| Citizenship
Chair/Coordinator: Maria Teresa Guerra Medici (Italy) Maria Teresa Guerra Medici (Italy): An Arduous Citizenship for Women Ines Castro Apreza (Sweden) and Edme Dominguez (Sweden): Women and Citizenship in Mexico |
Women in Politics
Chair/Coordinator: Gitte Sofia Kirkeby (Denmark) Gitte Sofia Kirkeby (Denmark): “Politics Needs Motherhood”: From Gendered Politics to Political Gender. The Experiences of Female Movement Leaders in Mexico Janet Acquah (Ghana): African Women in Politics Lilia Venegas (Mexico): Mexican Women in Political Parties: The Right Wing |
Public Homeplaces: Promoting Voice, Mind, and Social
Action
Chair/Coordinator: Lynne Bond (USA) Participants: Anne Rath (Ireland) Trine Annfelt (Norway) Emma Matos (USA) Mary Field Belenky (USA) |
| 5th Session |
| III: Women, Power and Politics |
Thursday June 24
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| Auditorium 3, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 4, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 5, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
| 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker |
NB! Main Aud. Medicine and Health
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| Larissa M. Romanenko (Russia): Women in Modern Russia:
Achievements and Contradictions of Post-Totalitarian Feminine Resocialisation
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| 2nd. Session |
| Gendering Politics
Chair/Coordinator: Betty McLellan (Australia) Abul Hossain (Bangladesh): Women, Power and Politics Betty McLellan (Australia): Left Out: Radical Feminism's Search for Relevance in an Increasingly Conservative World Gunn Strand Hutchinson (Norway): Gender Differences in Political Involvement and Influence |
For a Redefinition of the Spaces of Politics
Chair/Coordinator: Paola Melchiori (Italy) Participants: Angela Miles (Canada) Gabriela Rossetti (Italy) Linda Christiansen-Ruffman (Canada) |
Ambiguities of Representation
Chair/Coordinator: Marga Altena (Netherlands) Dubravka Zarkov (Netherlands): From Victims to Militants and Beyond: Feminine Representations of Women in War Iris Shiripinda (Netherlands): Women from the South, Higher Education and Development Catrien Notermans (Netherlands): Fostering, a Social Construction of Mothering |
| 3rd. Session |
NB! Aud. Max. Adm. Building
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| Breaking the Malestream-Nordic Policy on Gender Equality:
A Panel Debate with the Nordic Ministers of Equality (NB! Different location)
Chair/Coordinator: Berth Sundström (Sweden) Solveig Bergman (Finland): Various Strategies for the Mobilisation of Women in Politics in the Nordic Countries. Øystein Holter (Norway): Men as Allies in Equality Politics. |
| 4th.Session |
| Baltic Workshop: Women and Citizenship
in the Baltic Countries Chair/Coordinator: Katrin Kivimäe (Estonian) Elizabete Picukane (Latvia): Women, Citizenship and Ethnic Politics in Latvia Giedre Purvaneckiene (Lithuania) and Irina Novikova (Latvia): Violence Against Women: Research Aimed at Social Change Dalia Marcinkeviciene (Lithuania): Catholic Divorce from 19th to the Beginning of 20th Century in Lithuania |
The Five Master Suppression Techniques
Lecture by Berit Ås (Norway) Video showing (59 minutes) |
Ambiguities of Representation (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Dubravka Zarkov (Netherlands) Janine Klungel (Netherlands): Our Eyes Met: The Politics of Representing Difference Halleh Ghorashi (Netherlands): What Is Wrong with Emotion? Representation and Power within Textual Context Susanne Findenegg-Lackner (Netherlands): Zwischen Muttermord und Muttersehnsucht. Die Darstellung der Frau als Mutter und Tochter im Lichte der Ecriture Feminine. |
| 5th. Session |
| Ambiguities of Representation (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Susanne Findenegg-Lackner (Netherlands) Rada Drezgic (USA): How Socialism Perceived Feminism and How Feminism Perceived Women in Socialism Marga Altena (Netherlands): Photography of Female Factory Workers: Construction of Gender and Class |
| III: Women, Power and Politics |
Friday June 25
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| Auditorium 3, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 4, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
Auditorium 5, Medicine and Health Building
Capacity: 72 |
| 1st.Session: Keynote Speaker |
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| 2nd. Session |
| All around the World
Chair/Coordinator: Wilma Rule (USA) Wilma Rule (USA): World Wide Patterns of Women's Legislative Recruitment: Implications for Developing Countries Katja Gådin (Sweden): “We Will Never be Quiet Because of Them…" Power Relations and Strategies for Power Among Boys and Girls in a Swedish Compulsory School (Co-author: Anne Hammarström) |
Gendering the Welfare State
Chair/Coordinator: Eithne McLaughlin (Northern Ireland) Eithne McLaughlin (Northern Ireland): Do We Know What We Want? Feminist Social Reform Agendas in the 1990's in the U.K. Elaine Carey-Belanger (Canada): Women and Social Policy: Canada ? Quebec/Norway from a Canadian Quebec Perspective with Special References to Caring and the Social Economic Policies |
Migration
Chair/Coordinator: Ruth Margerison (Thailand) Ruth Margerison (Thailand): Women on the Edge ? Survival on the Burma/Thailand Border Eva Evers Rosander (Sweden): Trans-Local Islam: Senegalese Mourid Women in the Diaspora Gabriele Griffin (UK): Race, Ethnicity, Migration and Gender in Europe: A position paper Rutvica Andrijasevic (Croatia/Netherlands): Questions of Female Migration within the Sex Trafficking Discourse |
| 3rd. Session |
| All around the World (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Margrethe Alnes (Norway) Margrethe Alnes (Norway): Women's Issues in the Barents Co-operation Susan Margaret Belcher El-Nahhas (Canada): The Demonization of Women in Egypt |
Gendering the Welfare State (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Stina Johansson (Sweden) Mona Scheffer Kumpula (Sweden): What Does "Women Friendly" Mean? Feminism, Women and Emancipation in the Scandinavian Welfare States Stina Johansson (Sweden): Women as the Norm ? On Caring and Gender Equality Hanne Marlene Dahl (Denmark): Constructions of Caring Qualifications and Caring Needs: Homehelpers in Denmark |
Power, Equality and Difference
Chair/Coordinator: Natalia Koukarenko (Russia) Natalia Koukarenko (Russia): Feminist Contribution to the Concept of "Equality" Maryann Valiulis (USA) and Pat O’Connor (Ireland): Power, Gender, Equality and Difference: A Conversation about Power, Equality and Difference Parsla Eglite (Latvia): Development of Gender Equality |
| 4th. Session |
| Multiculturalism
Chair/Coordinator: Vera Eckhardt (Denmark) Mona Lena Krook (USA): Feminism and Multiculturalism: The Theoretical Debate Vera Eckhardt (Denmark): Feminist Perspectives on Integration of “New Citizens” |
Gendering the Welfare State (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Nancy Naples (USA) Lilja Mósesdóttir (Sweden): Pathways Towards the Dual Breadwinner Model. The Role of the Swedish, German and American States Nancy Naples (USA): Feminist Social Democratic Praxis and the Welfare State. Community Work, Antipoverty Activism and Community Building Esther Hertzog (Israel): The Emergence of Female Class Hostility in the Welfare State |
Power, Equality and Difference (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Elena Kudriashova (Russia) Zerrin G. Tandogan (Turkey) and Emine Onaran Incirlioglu (Turkey): Reconciling Differences: A Case Study from Turkey Ülle Papp (Estonia): Gender Equality Politics in the Baltic Countries Catrine Holst (Norway): Gender & Power |
| 5th. Session |
| Power, Equality and Difference (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Agnese Kanberga (Latvia) Solvita Vevere (Latvia) Ramune Trakymiene (Lithuania) |