Agenda: "Innovations in Understanding Violence against Women"
2004 International Research & Action Conference
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Day One
Opening plenary, "Charting a New Course: New Directions for Action and Research on Gender Based Violence." Carolyn West, USA
Day Two
Welcome by Linda M. Williams, USA, Introduction of Plenary Speaker Nan Stein, USA, Keynote Address, "Violence Against Women in War Zones and Conflict Areas: The Forgotten Crimes," Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian, Israel
Panel sessions
鈥淕ender Based Violence in Schools,鈥� moderator Susan McGee Bailey
- Susan McGee Bailey, USA, 鈥淯nsafe Schools: A Literature Review of School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries鈥�
- Nan Stein, USA, 鈥淕ender Violence and Gender Safety in U.S. Schools鈥�
- Rachel Jewkes, South Africa, 鈥淲hy Is Coerced Sex so Prevalent in South Africa? Towards a Sociological Analysis of the Context of Rape鈥�
鈥淣arratives of Violence Against Women,鈥� moderator Katherine Morrison
- Claudia Bernard, UK, 鈥淩ape, Trauma, Voice and Recovery: A Challenge for Black Women鈥�
- Floretta Boonzaier, South Africa, 鈥淲omen and Men鈥檚 Relationship Stories: A Narrative Analysis of Woman Abuse鈥�
- Katherine Morrison, USA, 鈥淎frican-American Survivors? Insights Concerning Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study鈥�
鈥淢ethodologies for Change鈥擧uman Rights in Action,鈥� moderator Monica Driggers
- Lori Michau, Uganda, 鈥淟inking Human Rights Awareness and Experiences of Domestic Violence: Community-Based Action Research with Women and Men in Kawempe Division, Uganda鈥�
- Sheila Dauer, USA, 鈥淒omestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation (Amnesty International and Due Diligence)鈥�
- Monica Driggers, USA, 鈥淭he Battered Mothers鈥� Testimony Project: A Primer for Human Rights Inquiry in the United States鈥�
鈥淕ender Violence Across Sociocultural Contexts,鈥� moderator Veronica Herrera
- Firoza Chic Dabby-Chinoy, USA, 鈥淯nderstanding Women鈥檚 Experiences of Violence Over Their Lifecourse鈥�
- Kristin Dunkle, USA, 鈥淭ransactional Sex Among Women in Soweto, South Africa: Exploring Prevalence, Links to Violence, Poverty and Substance Use, and Association with HIV Infection鈥�
鈥淲omen with Disabilities Experience Abuse,鈥� moderator Marry Ann Curry
- Marsha Saxton, USA, 鈥淚 Didn't Know It Was Supposed to Hurt When They Combed My Hair鈥�
- Mary Ann Curry, USA, 鈥淎 Survey of Disabled Women's Experiences of Abuse鈥�
- Mary Oschwald, USA, 鈥淭he Development of an Abuse Screening Tool Unique to Women with Disabilities鈥�
- Dena Houssneh-Phillips, USA, 鈥淲omen with Spinal Cord Injuries' Experience of Abuse鈥�
鈥淐onfronting VAW in Conflict Areas,鈥� moderator Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
- Anne Brodsky, USA, 鈥淭he Resilience and Resistance of Afghan Women: Lessons Learned Through Qualitative Research with an Indigenous, Underground Organization鈥�
- Kelley Ready, USA, 鈥淢ujeres Montanas: Confronting Violence Against Women in Post-War El Salvador鈥�
- Victoria Firmo-Fontan, Turkey, 鈥淭he Forgotten Few: Violence Against Women in Post-Saddam Iraq鈥�
- Jeanne Ward, USA, 鈥淔ield Test of a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Survey in East Timor and Kosovo: Lessons Learned鈥�
Roundtables
鈥淪afety and Justice for All: Examining the Relationship Between Women's Anti-Violence Movement in the Criminal Legal System,鈥� Alisa Klein, USA, Patricia Eng, USA, and Mimi Kim, USA
鈥淰ictim Testimonies of Global Violence Against Women,鈥� Nina Cummings, USA and Andrea Parrot, USA
鈥淐entering Women/De-Centering a Woman's Issue? Dilemmas in Researching the Medicolegal Response to Sexual Assault,鈥� Deborah Parnis, Canada and Janice DuMont, Canada
鈥淪OS Hotline for Girls Database鈥擬ethodology Problems,鈥� Suncica Vucaj, Serbia and Montenegro
鈥淭he Picture of Partnership Violence as Conveyed by Surveys,鈥� Minna Piispa, Finland
鈥淰iolence Against Women in the Accounts of Young People Living in Reformatory Schools,鈥� P盲ivi Honkatukia, Finland
"Human Rights, Critical Consciousness and Transformative Processes: A Latino Domestic Violence Intervention as a Case Point," Julia Perilla, USA
鈥淚n the Name of the Fathers: Honor-Killings in South-Eastern Turkey,鈥� Aysan Sev鈥檈r, Canada
鈥淧acking a Different Punch: The Dynamics of Girl-on-Girl Violence,鈥� Rachel Chertok, USA
鈥淏attered Women's Stories as a Social Change Indicator,鈥� Sharon Rice Vaughan, USA
"Born to Die: Killing Daughters Continues in Masculine India," Anita Raj, USA
鈥淭he Power of Listservs: Using Technology To Fight Violence Against Women,鈥� Anne O鈥橠ell, USA, Kelly Otte, USA, Kathleen Waits, USA, and Joy McRae-Fox, USA
鈥淕ender-Based Violence Survey Among Internally Displaced Women and Girls in Colombia: Methodology and Findings,鈥� Jeanne Ward, USA with Rocio Murad, Colombia, in Spanish
鈥淓vidence on Honor Killings in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan,鈥� Mohammad Ismail, Pakistan
鈥淟egal Abortion as Part of Comprehensive Services to Survivors of Sexual Violence,鈥� Deborah Billings, Mexico
鈥淚mpact of Family Violence on Girls' Relationships with Friends,鈥� Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Lithuania
"Sfulinga," Kakana Mukhopadhyay, India
鈥淭rafficking for Prostitution of Women from West Africa to Europe,鈥� Esohe Aghatise, Italy
鈥淭he Not so Visible: Intimate Female Homicide in South Africa,鈥� Shanaaz Mathews, South Africa
鈥淩ural/Community-Based Anti-Violence Response and Prevention in Ghana: A Pilot Case,鈥� Margaret Brew-Ward, Ghana
鈥淲hat Do Women Want From the Health Services After Sexual Assault? A South African Study" NiCola Christofides, South Africa
鈥淰iolence Against Black Women: Exploring the Nuances of Assault and Harassment in the Home, Community, and Workplace,鈥� Nicole T. Buchanan, USA, April L. Few, USA, Tameka Gillum, USA
鈥淲ho Do We support, How Do We Support Them, and What Does "Support" Mean Anyway? Placing the Ethical Duty To Support Research Participants and Staff in Socio-Cultural Context,鈥� Kristin Dunkle, USA
鈥淎lor Disha鈥擜 Community Initiative to Combat Violence Against Women," Dolon Ganguly, India
鈥淪afety Stories: What Matters to Girls,鈥� Judy Schoenberg, USA
鈥淪ubstance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian Relationships,鈥� Monika Kolondziej, USA
鈥淭he 鈥淕reenbook鈥� National Demonstration Initiative: Evaluating Complex Systems Change To Address the Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment,鈥� Heather Karjane, USA
鈥淒on't Say a Word. The Silence and Scourge of Intra Familial Sexual Abuse,鈥� Suzanne Charles, Jamaica
鈥淚nterlinkages between Violence Against Women and Women鈥檚 Right to Adequate Housing," Yamini Mishra, Thailand
鈥淐hild Sexual Abuse and HIV in South Africa: Beyond Virgin Cleansing,鈥� Rachel Jewkes, South Africa
鈥淐ountries Supporting Each Other's Efforts in Fighting Trafficking,鈥� Lyubov Maksymovych, Ukraine
Panel plenary
"Women at the Crossroad: Violence and the Intersection of Multiple Oppressions" Moderated by Nada Aoudeh
- Sherene Razack, Canada, 鈥淚mperiled Muslim Women, Dangerous Muslim Men and Civilized Europeans: Legal and Social Responses to Forced Marriages鈥�
- Khatidja Chantler, UK, 鈥淒omestic Violence: Critical Perspectives on Persecutors, Rescuers and Victims鈥�
- Naeemah Abrahams, South Africa, 鈥淪outh African Responses to Gender Based Violence: Engaging with the Issues of Race, Class, Culture and Gender鈥�
Panel sessions
鈥淭he Persisting Power of Public/Private Ideology in U.S. Law of Sexual Harassment, Rape, and Domestic Violence,鈥� moderator Maria Bevacqua
- Carrie Baker, USA, 鈥淲omen v. the State: Legal Narratives of Sexual Harassment and Privacy Rhetoric鈥�
- Maria Bevacqua, USA, 鈥淪hielding Men: Power, Privacy, and the Legal Regulation of Rape鈥�
- Wendy Murphy, USA, 鈥淩ape and the Failure of Law Reform: What's Still Wrong and What You Can Do About It鈥�
鈥淩e-Envisioning a Coordinated Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence,鈥� moderator Lisa Goodman
- Deborah Epstein, USA, 鈥淭he Victim Informed Prosecution Project鈥�
- Lisa Goodman, USA, 鈥淓valuating the Victim Informed Prosecution Project: Design and Initial Results鈥�
- Lauren Cattaneo, USA, 鈥淎ddressing Intimate Partner Violence in an Interdisciplinary Context: Obstacles and Lessons Learned鈥�
鈥淔amily Violence Against Women in Russia,鈥� moderator Irina Gorchkova
- Irina Gorchkova, Russia, 鈥淔amily Violence Against Women in Russia: Scale and Character鈥�
- Irina Shyriginia, Russia, 鈥淰iolence Against Wives and Distribution of Power and Families鈥� Resources Between Wives and Husbands鈥�
- Irina Kalabikhina, Russia, 鈥淩eproductive Behavior, Reproductive Health, Time Use and Family Violence in Russia: Are There Some Links?鈥�
- Shaura Shakurova, Russia, 鈥淰iolence Against Women in Russia: Gender and Ethnicity鈥�
鈥淢ethodologies for Change-- Research and the Voices of Women,鈥� moderator Moderated Naeemah Abrahams
- Laura Murray, USA, 鈥淪earching for a Voice and Fighting To Be Heard: Dominican Sex Workers Share their Life Stories of Violence, Survival, and Activism鈥�
- Diane Purvin, USA, 鈥溾�橲o When He Came into the Kitchen I Changed the Subject . . .鈥�: Uncovering Intimate Partner Abuse Through Ethnography鈥�
- Vallei Kalei Kanuha, USA, 鈥�"Being Native" vs. "Going Native": Conducting Research as an Insider鈥� Nairruti Jani, India, 鈥淔olk Songs and Dance: Means of Fighting Violence in Rural India鈥�
鈥淐ontext and Culture: The Case of Domestic Violence,鈥� moderator Alytia Levendosky
- Kerry Leahy, USA, 鈥淭he Influence of Community Violence on the Functioning of Battered Women鈥�
- Erika DeJonghe, USA, 鈥淪tereotypical Sex-Role Adherence and Behavior Problems in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence鈥�
- Shallimar Jones, USA, 鈥淩ace, Family Support, and Domestic Violence鈥�
- Alytia Levendosky, USA, 鈥淚n Her Own Words: Women's Narratives of Domestic Violence鈥�
鈥淚nterventions with Batterers and Male Involvement in Stopping VAW,鈥� moderator Vera Mouradian
- Poonam Kathuria, India, 鈥淓liciting Male Involvement in Combating Violence Against Women鈥�
- Nata Duvvury, USA, 鈥淎nd What About Men? Masculinity and Domestic Violence in India鈥�
- Donna Chung, Australia, 鈥淩esearching Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programs as Feminists: Improving Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Safety or Misplaced Effort?鈥�
鈥淭rafficking, Prostitution and Mail Order Brides,鈥� moderator Nan Stein
- Marina Chawla Singh, India, 鈥淕lobalization, Sexuality and Trafficking in South Asia: Some Interventions in Understanding VAW鈥�
- Mary Sullivan, Australia, 鈥淟egal and Safe: Occupational Health and Safety for Victoria鈥檚 Legalized Brothel Prostitution鈥�
- Jeanne Kohl-Wells, USA, 鈥淚nternational Matchmaking Organizations: Washington State's Public Policy Response to Providing Protections to Mail-Order Brides鈥�
- Lyubov Maksymovych, Ukraine, 鈥淧revention of Trafficking in Ukraine鈥�
- Shobha Hamal-Gurung, "Violence Against Women 鈥� Work in the Carpet Factory, Trafficking, and Sex Trade: Who Is To Blame? Poverty, Patriarchy, or Something Else?"
鈥淰AW Across Cultures,鈥� moderator Khatidja Chantler
Sharmila Mhatre, Canada, 鈥淏eyond Victims and Villains: The Culture of Sexual Violence in South Johannesburg, South Africa鈥�
- Ranjan Karmaker, Bangladesh, 鈥淐ommunity Violence Against Women in Bangladesh鈥�
- Saraswati Raju, India, 鈥淏orn to Die: Killing Daughters Continues in Masculine India鈥�
- Lilia Labidi, Tunisia, 鈥淒ebating Violence Against Women in the Arab World: Four Cases鈥�
- 鈥淕rassroots Asian American Women Against Violence, Exploitation, and Human Trafficking: Resistance at the Intersection of Activist and Researcher鈥� moderator Norma Timbang
Norma Timbang, USA, Joanna Alcantara, USA, Jennifer Brower, USA
Day Three
Panel sessions
"Violence Against Women in Global Context," moderator Joan Kaufman
- Kersti Yllo, 鈥淢arital Rape and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A Human Rights and Public Health Crisis鈥�
- Laura McClosky, USA, 鈥淪exual Abuse, Domestic Violence and HIV in Tanzania: Findings from a Household Survey鈥�
- Tahira Khan, Thailand, 鈥淢arriage-Related Violence Against Girls in Rural Pakistan鈥擡xamining the Role of Community and Family鈥�
- Naeema Abrahams, South Africa, 鈥淓xploring the Impact of Witnessing Mothers' Abuse: A Study of South African Male Workers鈥�
"Combating Violence Against Women," moderator Vera Mouradian
- Janice DuMont, Canada, 鈥淰ictim Impact Statements in the Context of Sexual Assault: Narratives of Empowerment or Entrapment?鈥�
- Janine Zweig, USA, 鈥淛ustice System Reponses to Helping Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims: Does Interaction Between Community Agencies Matter?鈥�
- Suman Bisht, India, 鈥淐ombating Violence Against Women: Some Reflections from the Field鈥�
鈥淐ritical Pathways to Surviving VAW,鈥� moderator Veronica Herrera
- Montserrat Sagot, Costa Rica, 鈥淭he Critical Path of Women Affected by Family Violence: From Research to Action in Central America鈥�
- Sally Merry, USA, 鈥淢obilizing Rights Against Violence Against Women: A Sociological and Historical Analysis of Patterns of Complaining in Hawaii鈥�
Closing session
"The Women's Movement: Confronting the Backlash, Consolidating our Gains and Organizing for Change" Indai Sajor, USA
