Women, Children, and Poverty (1995)

WOMEN, CHILDREN AND POVERTY

Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop

Columbia Law School

in association with the

Barnard College Institute for Research on Women

Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall, 3rd Floor

Chaired by Martha Fineman and Twila Perry

Tuesday. JUNE 6. 1995

10:00 AM - Concepts

Response Ability: Remarking the Terms of Endearment

Nancy Barta-Smith

Drake Univ.

Dept. of English

Dependency Work, Political Discourse, and a New Basis for Coalition Amongst Women

Eva Kittay

SUNY/Stony Brook

Dept. of Philosophy

Discussant - Carol Sanger, Columbia Law School, Visiting Professor

2:00 PM

Tax Policy and the Invisibility of Family Labor

Ann Alstott

Columbia University

School of Law

Discussant - Martha McCluskey, Columbia University

Dinner at Martha Fineman's home 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1995

10:00 AM - Myths

Divorce and Poverty

Demie Kurz

University of Pennsylvania

Women's Studies Program

Stigmatizing Single Parents

Nancy Dowd

University of Florida

School of Law

Discussant - Lorne Sossin, Columbia University

2:00 PM

Systemic Failures in Poverty Law and Social Reform: Feminist Practitioners' Perspectives

Mindy Dutton

Alicia Glen

Martha Raimon

Brooklyn Legal Services

Discussant - Lisa Igleslas, Rugters Law School

THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1995

10:00 AM - Impact of Welfare Reform

The Transformation of Caregiving: Caregivers and Autonomy in the Welfare State

Joanna Weinberg

Univ. of California

Dept. of Social and Behavioral Science

Welfare and Women's Health

Trude Bennett

Univ. of North Carolina

Dept. of Maternal and Child Health

Discussant - Mimi Abramovitz

2:00 PM

Domestic Violence and Welfare Reform

Susan Kraham

Martha Davis

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

Discussant - Michele Richardson, Chicago-Kent School of Law

FRIDAY, JUNE 9. 1995

10:00 AM - Law and Rhetoric

Family Law as a Means of Banning Women from the Market: The German Case

Konstanza Plett

University of Bremen

Discussant - Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Columbia University Law School

2:00 PM

The Orphanage

Lucie White

Harvard University Law School

Irresponsible Reproduction

Linda McClain

Hofstra University School of Law

Discussant - Clark Freshman

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1995

10:00 AM - Law and the State

Unconstitutional Conditions and Welfare

Dorothy Roberts

Rutgers University School of Law

Child Savers and Family Fixers: Some Observations on Child Welfare Systems

Martha Matthews

National Center for Youth Law

Discussant - Marcia Sells, Columbia University Law School