IV: Gendering the Economy
Monday June 21 
Auditorium ,Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 88
 
U 06, Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 50
U 01 Upper Pavillion
Capacity: 50
 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker  
  
  
 
 2nd. Session
Workplaces and Unions
Chair/Coordinator: Jennifer Keck (Canada)
Jacqueline DeLaat (USA) and Anne Schroer-Lamont (USA): Cross-Cultural Workplace Issues and Case Study Development, for Pedagogical Enhancement
Jennifer Keck (Canada): Challenging the 
Gender Divide: Women into Blue Collar 
Jobs at Inco
Hélène Lee-Gosselin (Canada): Why Does Equity get Sidelined for Women Professors

 

Health and Social Security 
Chair/Coordinator: Lynne Hunt (Australia)
Jeanette Dareblom (Sweden): The Public 
Sector ? A Modern Pitfall for Women? Opportunities for Women to Go from Health-Care Employment to Self-Employment
Anne Kristine Solberg (Norway): Female Leaders in the Health and Social Sector ? 
What Kind of Dilemmas and Conflicts Do 
They Face?
Lynne Hunt (Australia): The Importance of 
the Single Case: An Oral History of Women's Working Conditions in Western Australia
 
Labour Market and Economy
Chair/Coordinator: Lea Caragata (Canada)
Lea Caragata (Canada): Neoconservative Expectations and Economic Marginalization: Effects on Women and Families
Wuokko Knocke (Sweden): Labour Market Changes and Job Aspirations for Young Women of Immigrant Origin
Pia Höök (Sweden): Management Training ? An Arena for Change
 3rd Session
Workplaces and Unions (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Ping Ping (China)
Ping Ping (China): Engendering Factory Organization: Women Workers, Male 
Workers under Market Transitions in China
Ester Reiter (Canada): For the Union Makes 
Us Strong: A History of OWW, Organized Working Women and the Struggle for 
Equality Inside Their Unions in Ontario, Canada
Irene Tong (China): Perceptions of Gender Equality in the Hong Kong Civil Service
 
Health and Social Security (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Hildegunn Sagvaag (Norway)
Ingrid Sandin (Sweden) and Elvi Walldal (Sweden): The Latvian Nurses' Role as Professionals and Women in a Changing Society
Hildegunn Sagvaag (Norway): Substance Abuse and Labour, a Struggle for Self-Esteem
Labour Market and Economy (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Olivia Aripa Bunari (Papua New Guinea)
Baiba Rivza (Latvia): Gender Approach to the Labour Market (Co-author: Professor Maiga Kruzmetra)
Olivia Aripa Bunari (Papua New Guinea): Gendering Work and the Economy in PNG
Fatimah Daud (Malaysia): Surplus Value and Women Workers: Case of Malaysia
 4th. Session
Workplaces and Unions (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Irene Doelling (Germany)
Irene Doelling (Germany): The Reform of the Civil Sector/Public Management in Germany: Chances for Flattening the Gender Hierarchies?
Joanna Parish (Australia): Feminist Policy Directions within Australian Women's Work Environment
Ramavani Dantu (India): Socio-Economic Dimensions of Aging in Women: Problems 
and Perspectives 
 
Gender and Academia Programme: Gender and Power in Academia
Chair/Coordinator: Liisa Husu (Finland)
Jan Currie (Australia) and Bev Thiele (Australia): Anatomy of Power in Gendered Universities
Louise Morley (UK): Organising Feminism: The Micropolitics of the Academy
 5th. Session
Workplaces and Unions (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Elsabè Klinck (S. Africa)
Elsabè Klinck (S. Africa): Differences and Similarities in Substantive Equality; Researching EC Law as a Source of Comparative Law for South Africa
Hélène Lee-Gosselin (Canada) and Jacques Mercier (Canada): Pay Equity in Quebec: Reality or Fiction?
Anita Haataja (Finland): Effects of Equal Pay 
on Women’s Economic Independence. Findings by Microsimulation
 



 
 
 IV: Gendering the Economy
Tuesday June 22 
Auditorium ,Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 88
 
U 06, Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 50
U 01 Upper Pavillion
Capacity: 50
 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker
NB! Aud.Max. Adm. Building 
Kari Wærness (Norway): Caring and Gender in Late
Capitalism
 
 2nd. Session
Workplaces and Unions, Part 2
Chair/Coordinator: Gillian Creese (Canada)
Susan Chandler and Jill Jones (USA): Connecting Personal Narrative and Global Economic Forces: Women Casino Workers' Stories
Gillian Creese (Canada): Redefining Union Solidarity: Struggles over Employment Equity at the Office
Kathleen O'Loughlin (Australia), Varoe Legge (Australia) and Rosemary Cant (Australia): Retirement Expectations: Gender-Mediated Attitudes
 
Home/Work, Family and Partnerships
Chair/Coordinator: Päivi Yli-Pietilä (Finland)
Päivi Yli-Pietilä (Finland): Changing Patterns 
of Work: What Happens to Working Parents?
Susan Halliday (Australia): Partnering Reproduction and Productivity ? Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Discusses 
the Australian Inquiry into Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination
Andrei Artyukhov (Russia): The Family in 
the Value Systems of Women Workers and Non-Workers
Gender and Academia Programme: Academic Women in Different Cultural Settings
Chair/Coordinator: Louise Morley (UK)
Cheryl de la Rey (South Africa): Career Narratives of Women Professors in South Africa
Mary Ann Danowitz Sagaria (USA): The Work and Lives of Women Indonesian Academics
Liisa Husu (Finland): Gender Discrimination in the Promised Land of Gender Equity: Academic Women in Finland
 3rd. Session  
Economy, Industries and Sectors
Chair/Coordinator: Anoja Wickramasingh 
(Sri Lanka)
Diana Woodward (UK): ’Belonging’ and ’Otherness’: Sex Equality in Banking in 
Turkey and Britain (Co-author: Mastafa Fatih Özbilgin (UK))
Jan Pahl (UK): Patterns of Exclusion in the Electronic Economy
Anoja Wickramasingh (Sri Lanka): Women's Work and Economic Opportunities in Free Trade Zones in Sri Lanka
Home/Work, Family and Partnerships (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Elene Mezentseva (Russia)
Elena Mezentseva (Russia): Women's Professional Careers and Family Power Relations in Modern Russia
Linda Rhodes (Australia): Two for the Price 
of One: The Mining Industry as a 
Two-Person Career
Omolola Irinoye (Nigeria): The Interaction of Seniority and Gender in Marital Power Relationships: The Link to Gender-Based Violence among the Yoruba People of 
Western Nigeria
 
Entrepreneurs and Self-Organised Work, 
Part 1
Chair/Coordinator: Anita Opoku (Ghana)
Rohana Yusof (Malaysia) and Carole Truman (UK): A Study of Factors Influencing Start-Up Behaviours and Perceptions of Entrepreneurship Among Malay Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia
Anita Opoku (Ghana): The Plight of Women in Street Labour in Ghana (Kayayo)
Lyudmila Zalkind (Russia) and Joulina Solovieva (Russia): Gender Asymmetry in Small Business The Case of the Murmansk Region
 4th. Session
Economy, Industries and Sectors (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Dewi Susilastuti (USA)
Helen Ralston (Canada): Gender, Race, Class and Paid Work Experience in British Columbia, Canada: South Asian Immigrant Women in a Multicultural Society
Dewi Susilastuti (USA): Female Labor 
Force Participation and Autonomy: An Egyptian Case
Jose Darley (India): The Invisible Work Force: Women in Traditional Farming Systems of Kerala, Southern India (Co-author: N. Shanmugaratnam)
Home/Work, Family and Partnerships (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Meg Luxton (Canada)
Meg Luxton (Canada): A Challenge to Restructuring ? Unpaid Work: Measuring and Valuing Women's Work in the Home
Varoe Legge (Australia) & Kathleen 
O'Loughlin (Australia): Serving for Life or Surving for Purpose? Women as Volunteers
Joan Eveline (Australia): Men, Work and Family: 
The Australian Scenario
Entrepreneurs and Self-Organised Work, (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Evelyne Ngwaelung Tegomoh (Cameroon/Norway)
Evelyne Ngwaelung Tegomoh (Cameroon/Norway): Power, Property and Gender
Maimunah Ismail (Malaysia): Malaysian Women Entrepreneurs Turned Politicians: Motivations and Working Strategies
Shyam Parshad Sharma (India): Work Participation of Women in India: An Inter-State Study with Special Reference to Female Agricultural Labourers, 1961 to 1991
Ramavani Dantu (India): Growth of Professionalism Among Women in India: A Case Study of Young Women Entrepeneurs in Bangalore 
 
 5th. Session



 
 
 IV: Gendering the Economy
Wednesday June 23
Auditorium ,Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 88
 
U 06, Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 50
U 01 Upper Pavillion
Capacity: 50
 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker      
   
  
 2nd. Session
Domestic Work and Households
Chair/Coordinator: Savita Singal (India)
Maikiko Komatsu (Japan): Gender Biases of Home-Help Workers and Their Working Conditions in the Care Work Market
Kamini Lalitha Gunawardena (Sri Lanka): Understanding Household Economy Using Time-Use Diaries
Grietje Lof (Netherlands): Female Headed Households: Between Objectification and Humanisation
Savita Singal (India): Gender Differentials in Work Patterns of Rural Households in 
Haryana, India
 
Entrepreneurs and Self-Organized Work, Part 2
Chair/Coordinator: Maria EstelaVarua (Australia)
Maria Estela Varua (Australia): Women's Invisible Work: The Case of the Philippines
Marian Stone (Australia): What Next? The Development of a Consulting Business
Dora Elia Ramos Munoz (Mexico): Gender Relations Change Because of the Mercantilist in Traditional Pottery in Amatenango del 
Valle, Chiapas
Gender and Academia Programme: Persistent Inequalities in Academia
Chair/Coordinator: Jan Currie (Australia)
Ursula Müller (Germany): Gender Inequality and Asymmetric Culture in Higher Education: The German Case
Diana Leonard (UK): Equality in Higher Education: The Case of Doctoral Studies
 3rd Session
Domestic Work and Households (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Promila Sharma (India)
Hege Brækhus (Norway): Women's Unpaid Care-Work in Private Homes
Betty Ennin Adunyame (Ghana): Gendering Work and the Economy: Domestic Work
Promila Sharma (India): A Study of Female-Headed Households in Two Districts 
of Uttar Pradesh, India
Entrepreneurs Between the Household and 
the Market
Chair/Coordinator: Elisabeth Ljungren (Norway)
Participants:
Elisabet Ljunggren (Norway), Liv Toril Pettersen (Norway) and Tone Magnussen (Norway): Women and Men as Stakeholders 
in the Business Environment in Rural Areas
Anjali Bahuguna (India): Rural Women and Work in Uttarakhand: Problems and Priorities
Lene Foss (Norway): Gender, Human Capital, Life-Course and Social Network: A Study of Norwegian Entrepreneurs
 
A Nordic Mainstreaming Project: Experience of Practical Work
Chair/Coordinator: Monica Silvell (Sweden)
Participants:
Dorte Østergaard Theibel (Denmark)
Elisabeth Nilsson (Sweden)
Vivian Nikula (Åland Islands)
Gertrud Åstrøm (Sweden)
Liisa Horelli (Finland)
Jorun Hjertø (Norway)
Stefania Traustadóttir (Iceland)
 4th Session
Development and Economy
Chair/Coordinator: E. Kasnakoglu (Turkey)
E. Zehra Kasnakoglu (Turkey): Women and Agricultural Development in the Near East
Ragnhild Lund (Norway): Asian Financial Crisis, Women's Work and Forced 
Migration in South-East Asia
Kanmani Kandaswamy (India): Tribal 
Women, Gender-Specific Knowledge and Microenvironments
Anamalai Hills, Southern India
 
A Nordic Mainstreaming Project (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Monica Silvell (Sweden
 5th Session
Development and Economy (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Maithe Mathes (Germany)
Beatrice Motaze (Cameroon): Environmental Needs for Professional Women in the Third World Countries: The Case of Cameroon
Maite Mathes (Germany): Shoes Are a Girl's Best Friends ? What about Sustainability?
 



 
 
 IV: Gendering the Economy
Thursday June 24 
Auditorium ,Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 88
 
U 06, Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 50
U 01 Upper Pavillion
Capacity: 50
 1st. Session: Keynote Speaker
NB! Aud.Max. Building
 Marit Wiig (Norway)
 
 2nd. Session  
Leadership, Organizations and Training, 
Part 1
Chair/Coordinator: Kerstin Rosenberg (Sweden)
Elisabeth Wieneman (Germany): Coaching ? 
An Excellent Support for Women in Management Positions
Kerstin Rosenberg (Sweden): Complementary in Working Groups from a Perspective of Equality Between Men and Women
Berit Åberg (Sweden): Cooperation at Gender-Mixed Workplaces
 
Professional, Academic Work, and Universities
Chair/Coordinator: Mary Brabeck (USA)
Margaret Madden (USA): Academic Administration in Small Colleges: Lessons 
from Feminist Psychology
Pamela Trotman Reid (USA): Make Room! Diversity at the Top in Academic Administration
Mary Brabeck (USA): All Female on the First Floor: Working with an Administrative Team That is All Women 
Gender and Academia: Tools for Change
Chair/Coordinator: Diana Leonard (UK)
Laura Grunberg (Rumania): UNESCO Programme Promoting Gender Equality in Eastern Europe
Mona Eliasson (Sweden): Can Mentor Programs Advance Women in the University?
Claire Deschenes (Canada): Five University Chairs for Promoting Sciences and Engineering for Women in Canada
 3rd. Session
 NB! B 1005 Faculty of Social Sciences 
Annette Kolodny (USA): Women and Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Some Feminist and International Perspectives
 
 4th.Session
Leadership, Organizations and Training (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Fiona Haslam McKenzie (Australia)
Fiona Haslam McKenzie (Australia): 
Successful Women Doing Business in Rural Regions of Western Australia
Linley Lord and Lisbeth Pike (Australia): Mentoring as a Process of Change
Sandra Lotz Fisher (USA): How to Market Yourself, Your Research and Your Organization
 
Professional, Academic Work and Universities (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Mira Freund (Israel)
Sue Rosenberg Zalk (USA): From Activist to Administrator: Compatible or Dissonant Identities?
Izabel Soliman (Australia): Career Development and Academic Women: Theory and Practice
Mira Freund (Israel): Gendering Gambling: A Critical Approach
Gender and Racial Discrimination 
Chair/Coordinator: Anette Eliawomy Meena (Tanzania)
Anette Eliawomy Meena (Tanzania): Experiences at Institutions of Higher Learning: The Cases of the University of Cape Town in South Africa and in Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania
Maxwell Amagyi Antwi (Ghana): Discrimination Against Ghanaian Women in the Workplace
 5th. Session
Women in Leadership in the Australian Leadership (Workshop)
Chair/Coordinator: Linley Lord (Australia)
Participants:
Linley Lord (Australia)
Liz Pike (Australia)
Adrianne Kinnear (Australia)
Fiona McKenzie (Australia)
Professional Academic Work (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Lyndall Steed (Australia)
Shlomit Bechar (Israel): Gendering the Professional Lawyers Ethos: Women Lawyers in Israel
Nancy P. Greenman (USA) & Ellen B. Kimmel (USA): Academic women's stories of change
Lyndall Steed (Australia): Stress Experienced by Professional Women Working in Remote Mine Site
Ning Tang (UK): First Priority? ? Academic Mothers in China and the UK
 



 
 
 IV: Gendering the Economy
Friday June 25 
Auditorium ,Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 88
 
U 06, Lower Pavillion
Capacity: 50
 1st.Session: Keynote Speaker
NB! Aud.Max. Adm. Building 
Agneta Stark (Sweden)
 
 2nd. Session
Leadership, Organizations and Training
Chair/Coordinator: Carol Nemec (USA)
Carol Nemec (USA): Female Directors on Fortune 500 Firm Boards: 
Has There Been Progress In Recent Years?
Lorene Gottschalk (Australia): Women's Leadership Through Language 
Unni Hagen (UK) and Marian Court (New Zealand): Shared 
Leadership In Schools: The Norwegian Case in Light of 
New Zealand Experiences
Martin E. H. Lee-Gosselin (Canada), Sean T. Doherty (Canada) and Hélène Lee-Gosselin (Canada): Women as Leaders of Environmental Action at the Household Level: The Case of Personal 
Travel in Canada
 
Leadership, Organizations and Training
Chair/Coordinator: Carol Nemec (USA)
Carol Nemec (USA): Female Directors on Fortune 500 Firm Boards: Has There Been Progress In Recent Years?
Lorene Gottschalk (Australia): Women's Leadership Through Language 
Unni Hagen (UK) and Marian Court (New Zealand): Shared Leadership In Schools: The Norwegian Case in Light of New Zealand Experiences
Martin E. H. Lee-Gosselin (Canada), Sean T. Doherty (Canada) and Hélène Lee-Gosselin (Canada): Women as Leaders of Environmental Action at the Household Level: The Case of Personal Travel in Canada
 3rd. Session
Education and Educational Work (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Trine Annfelt (Norway)
Susanne Knudsen (Denmark): Discipline, Disciplined Knowledge and Gender in the Study of Mother Tongue and Chemistry
Trine Annfelt (Norway): From Gender to Gender-Neutral Education
Kari Dehli (Canada): Mobilization Families and Schools for Global Competitiveness? A Feminists Re-writing of the Globalizing Script in Education
 
Leadership, Organization and Training (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Regine Bendl (Austria)
Connie Anderson (USA): To Hell With Hierarchy! A New Decision-Making Model
Regine Bendl (Austria): Gender Logics in Organization Theories, A First Approach
Dahlia Moore (Israel): Gender Traits and Identities in a 'Masculine' Organization: The Israeli Police Force
 4th. Session
Education and Educational Work (Continued)
Chair/Coordinator: Edna Ranck (USA)
Mary Mambune Chimy (Cameroon): Gender Issues in Education, Equality and Difference: A Case Study of 
Ngaoundere, Cameroon
June Corman (Canada): Work Patterns of Prairie Teachers: Career Women, Farm Women, Homemakers and Income Providers
Edna Runnels Ranck (USA): Growing Up to Teach and Learn: Lives of Early Childhood Pioneer Women
 
 5th. Session