Townsville International Women’s Conference – AUSTRALIA
3 – 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University
“Poverty, Violence and Women’s Rights:
…Setting a Global Agenda”
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Wednesday 3 July |
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| 6.00 – 8.00pm | Civic Reception hosted by the Townsville City Council,in the Museum of Tropical Queensland | |
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Thursday 4 July |
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| 9.00 – 10.30am | CONFERENCE OPENING | |
| Betty McLellan Lindy Nelson-Carr |
Traditional Welcome by Bindol & Wulgurukaba Elders Introduction Opening Address |
Australia Australia Australia |
| 10.30 -11.15am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.15am-12.30pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair: | |
| Kerrie Tim Sheila Jeffreys |
“Leading World Change – the Intersection of Racism and Sexism” “Trafficking in Women versus Prostitution: A false distinction” |
Australia Australia |
| 12.30 -1.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45 -3.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| Session1 Ailbhe Smyth Kathryn Rendell Melinda Mawson |
“Onceis Too Much, A Feminist Community Response toMen’s Violence Against Women” “Dangerous Contact: the violence continues” “Why do (only) men commit massacres?” |
Ireland Australia Australia |
| Session 2 Therese Chinn and Elisa Edridge Devaki Monani Mary Norman |
“A Life Taken…A Sentence Given” “Female Infanticide and the Dowry System in India” “In My Time: a reflection of almost 50 years living in a man’s world in a racistcountry” |
Australia Australia Australia |
| Session 3 Meenakshi Thapan Helen McDermott Elaine Dowd |
“The Burden ofPoverty: Well Being, Agency and Survival among women in a slum” “Feminism and Improving Policing for Women” “Sex Worker Rights, Human Rights” |
India Australia Australia |
| Session 4 Zohl de Ishtar Glenda Darville and Nonie Harris Jeanette V. Loanzon |
“Strivings towards a Common Language: a Non-Indigenous Research Praxis” “Revolution in the Classroom: Understanding the Transformation of Women’s Studies Students to a Feminist Identity” “‘The Hungry feed the Starving’: Justice for Women through University Research” |
Australia Australia Philippines |
| Session 5 Sarina Jan Selina Hale and Dianne Rogers Asha Sine |
“The Inequality of Indigenous Women in Western Australia” “How do we increase the participation of Indigenous women in Community Engagement activities” “Vanuatu – the Girl Child” |
Australia Australia Vanuatu |
| Session 6 Catalina Constantinescu Debbie Kilroy Melissa Lewis |
“Trafficking Human Beings – why, where and how it’s possible (The Romanian Context)” “Stop the State Sexually Assaulting Women in Prison” “Overcoming the Soul” |
Romania Australia US |
| Session 7 Dorcas Akande Ashlee Page Orovu Sepoe |
“A Stylistic Analysis of Some Linguistic Expressions of the New Information Age within the Context of Feminism and Indigenous Culture” “and she said….” – making a film about contemporary women’s issues “Violence and Women’s Rights: The Political Scenario for women in PNG” |
Nigeria Australia Papua / New Guinea |
| Session 8 PANEL |
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Australia (Joyce Wu, Sheila Jeffreys, Kathy Chambers, Renate Klein, Jennifer Rice, Mary Sullivan) “Human Wrongs in Prostitution and Trafficking: the Australian Situation” |
Australia |
| 3.00-3.45pm | AfternoonTea | |
| 3.45-5.00pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKERSChair: | |
| Dita Sari Bronwyn Winter |
“Women, Globalisation and Political Islam” “Women’s rights, globalisation and the nation-state: are human rights and democracy enough?” |
Indonesia Australia |
| 6.30-9.30pm | Aussie Barbecue & Performance-under-the-Stars, James Cook University | |
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Friday 5 July |
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| 9.00-10.30am | KEYNOTE SPEAKERSChair: | |
| Christine Delphy Delena Foster Meeta Iyer |
“A War for the Liberation of Women?” “Indigenous Women’s Role as leaders: from a gras sroots perspective” “The Unbearable Darkness of Being: A study of Race, Culture and Violence in Violence Against Women” |
France Australia Australia |
| 10.30-11.15am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.15am-12.30pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| Session 1 Erella Shadmi Sheila Jeffreys |
“Tradein Women and the Israel Police: An Unresolvable Tension?” “Unpacking Queer Politics: A lesbian feminist perspective” |
Israel Australia |
| Session 2 Julie Oberin Lynne Harne |
(women-only session) “Domestic and Family Violence in Australia: The Howard Government’s Privatisation Agenda” “In the name of love – violent fathering and the risks to children” |
Australia U.K. |
| Session 3 Angela Miles Jocelynne Scutt |
“We want a Market-Free Society, Not a Free-Market Society: Feminists for a Gift Economy” “Waiting on the Republic – Or going out to get it?” |
Cananda Australia |
| Session 4 TBA Elodie Oxenham Titiporn Siriphant |
(women-only session) “No Going Back on Beijing Platform for Action” “The Meaning of the F-Word amongst Generation Y Women” “Social Exclusion of Thai Buddhist Nuns: A Critical Analysis” |
Australia Australia Thailand |
| Session 5 Carol Hughes and Anne Schofield, Robyn Mason, Olga Djanaeva |
“Bridging the Gap through IT – Queensland Rural Women’s Network Brigit Project” “Rural Feminist Activism: Women’s services and women’s social citizenship” “Women and Poverty in Krygyzstan” |
Australia Australia Kyrgyzstan |
| Session 6 Cath Rogers-Clark Dianne Rogers Philippa Harris |
“Resilient Survivors: living through the trauma of cancer” “Mother Blame and Attention Deficit Disorder” “‘When Triple P is Not Enough’: A Partnership with the Community” |
Australia Australia Australia |
| Session 7 Jennifer Horn, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, and Annabel Taylor, Helen McDermott |
“AResponse to the Language of Violence and Oppression” “The Role of Early Victimisation in Women’s Criminal Offending: New Zealand Responses to Victimisation” “Empowering women and doing justice -Dilemmas for policing” |
Canada New Zealand Australia |
| Session8 PANELS |
North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service, Townsville (Jennyne Dillon, Ines Zuchowski, Joanne Baker,John Brown, Catherine Bessant, Jo Stewart, Shirley Slann, Jane Collyer, Pauline Woodbridge) “Many Pieces Make a Whole” “Providers of Anti-violence Education (PAVE)” (Lindy Edwards, Morgan King and Pauline Woodbridge) “Joined Up Responses to Violence Against Women – Townsville Women’s Services Collaboration” |
Australia Australia |
| 12.30-1.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45-2.45pm | WORKSHOPS / PANELS | |
| Session 1 PANEL |
Women’s Services Network (WESNET), Australia (Julie Oberin, Pauline Woodbridge, Shirley Slann, Ara Cresswell, Maxene Schulte) “Domestic and Family Violence Peak Round Table – Reflections, Future Directions / Strategic Directions for Advocacy and Lobbying” |
Australia |
| Session2 WORKSHOP |
Maree Parker and Louise McCosker “Developing a Strategic Agenda for Women” |
Australia |
| Session 3 WORKSHOP |
Suzanne Daley “Enhancing Quality of Life via Personal Safety & Fear Management Education” |
Australia |
| Session 4 PANEL |
Laurel Guymer and Renate Klein “From IVF to Cloning: a radical feminist perspective” |
Australia |
| Session 5 PANEL |
Bronwyn Winter and Susan Hawthorne “September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives” (a dialogue) |
Australia |
| Session 6 FILM |
“and she said……” a film about contemporary women’s issues – gender, relations, friendships, betrayal, family and sexual orientation -written, directed and produced by women students. | Australia |
| 2.45 -3.45pm | POSTER SESSION and Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.45-5.00pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair: | |
| Imrana Jalal Caroline Taylor |
“Gender Issues in post coup d’etat Fiji – Snapshots from the Fiji Islands (a short story of life in the feminist trenches)” “When Men Climb Mountains While Women Scale Mountain Ranges: the gendered valuing of experiential knowledge” |
Fiji Australia |
| 6.00-9.30pm | The Strand Experience (markets, book-reading, music, wine, coffee ……..beside the sea) | |
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Saturday 6 July |
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| 9.00-10.30am | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair: | |
| Merilyn Tahi Gracelyn Smallwood Renate Klein |
(to be advised) “Violence on Indigenous Women – Here We Go Again!” “When Silence is not Golden: the radical feminist dilemma of not criticising other feminists” |
Vanuatu Australia Australia |
| 10.30-11.15am | MorningTea | |
| 11.15am -12.30pm | SPEAKERS’ STONE Chair: | |
| 1.45-3.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| Session 1 Caroline Taylor Fatima Burnad |
“Judicial Law as Men’s Lore: how the law responds to men who rape their children within the family unit” “The Rights of Dalit People: A Woman’s Perspective” |
Australia India |
| Session 2 Zohra Andi Baso Coleen Clare and Heather Jensen Margaret Bearlin |
(women-only session) “Feminizing Poverty and GlobalEconomy (A Case Study in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)” “The role of gender in overseas Aid-Encounters with women in India” “Women Building Security and Peace in and for Australia” |
Indonesia Australia Australia |
| Session 3 Ruth Lechte Summer Bland Joanne Baker |
“Women, Peace & Security in the Island Nations of the Pacific” “Systematic Rape as a Weapon of War” “Girl Power or Male Privilege? The Oppression and Feminism of Young Women” |
Fiji Australia Australia |
| Session 4 Richard Monypenny Nirupama Prakash Betty Green and Irene Pearce |
“Local community choice in response to corporate globalisation” “Status of Women in India: Past and Present Scenario” “The Criminalisation of Women: The Impact and Implications of Financial Abuse” |
Australia India Australia |
| Session 5 Mercedes Llarinas- Angeles Mary Sullivan Sheila Jeffreys |
“Monitoring the Philippine Rape Laws: The Policy and the Myths” “Can a harmful cultural practice be made safe?: Occupational Health and Safety Strategy for Victoria¹s legalised brothel prostitution” “Cutting Up: Harmful Beauty Practices and Male Domination” |
Philippines Australia Australia |
| Session 6 Bronwyn Winter Paola Melchiori Cecille Iguiron-Fantastico |
“Culture and domination: some feminist perspectives” “Women Redefining Politics: Between New Challenges & Old Illusions” “Gender Concerns in Globalization-Related Legislations: Congress Debates and Impacts on Women in the Philippines” |
Australia Italy Philippines |
| Session 7 Janet King Rachel Emerson, Sharon Gingell and Adele Renwick Guldara Kashapova and Diana Feodorova |
“Coping Strategies of Female Partners of Male Full-Time Defence Force Personnel” “Choices and Pathways for Young Women who are Pregnant and Parenting: Supporting Healthy Relationships, Education and Training” “Uzbek Woman at the Beginning of the Third Millennium” |
Australia Australia Uzbekistan |
| Session8 PANEL |
Queensland Women’s Health Network (Cath Rogers-Clark, Gillian Myers, Christina Hosking, Lynda Dunn) “Women’s Health at the Crossroads – Operating in the New Context” |
Australia |
| 3.00-3.45pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.45-5.00pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair: | |
| Laura Abrantes and Carolina do Rosario Ruchama Marton |
“The Situation of East Timorese Women from Fokupers Perspective” “The imbalance between power and responsibility in the Israeli Palestinian ‘peace negotiations’: A feminist perspective” |
East Timor Israel |
| 7.00-10.00pm | Dinner with a Difference On Palmer Street, South Townsville |
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Sunday 7 July |
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| 9.00-10.30am | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair: | |
| Nighat Said Khan Boni Robertson Suzuyo Takazato |
(to be advised) (to be advised) “A gender perspective on militarism: the work of Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence” |
Pakistan Australia Japan |
| 10.30-11.15am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.15am-12.45pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| Session 1 Susan Rees Nouria Salehi Helen Turner |
“Prolonging Trauma in the Lucky Country. The Experiences of East Timorese Women Asylum Seekers Residing in the Australian Community” “Let’s Turn the Page with the Women of Afganistan and their Children” “The New Stolen Generation” |
Australia Australia/ Afganistan Australia |
| Session 2 Sharon Gosper Manorjitham Sathiaseelan and Grace Vimala Raja Alima Amanturlina & Gulzira Amanturlina |
“The Wrong Way: Understanding and Responding to Aboriginal Family Violence” “Health, Poverty, Violence and Rights of Indian Women – Issues and Challenges” Poverty, Violence and women’s “problems: View from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic” |
Australia India Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan |
| Session 3 Susan Hawthorne Florence Onus Diane Goodwillie |
“The Structures of Violence: A Feminist Analysis of Patents and Free Trade” “The Ongoing Impact of Racist Policies of the Past” “Bullies or Buddies: Aid issues in the Pacific Islands” |
Australia Australia Fiji |
| Session 4 Emma Woodley Debra Miles Marites Quiano Raposas |
“Political Self-Consciousness and Responsibility” “Women’s Experience as Workers in Feminist Organisations” “Depicting and Enhancing Women Media’s Role in Social Transformation and Action” |
Australia Australia Philippines |
| Session 5 Gwen Roberts Roslyn Baxter |
“The history of intimate partner abuse and health professionals” “Coordinating Efforts to Address Violence Against Women” |
Australia Australia |
| Session 6 Helma Quinn-Leeman Nonie Harris Glenda Rains |
“Reclaiming My Family, My Land, My Soul” “Policy and Ideology: The Impact on Women’s Lives” “Euthanasia” |
Australia Australia Fiji |
| Session 7 PANEL |
Women’s Services Network (WESNET), Australia (Julie Oberin, Ara Cresswell, Pauline Woodbridge) “National Strategy for Family Law Act Reform” |
Australia |
| 12.30-1.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45-3.00pm | HYPOTHETICAL Moderator: Betty McLellan “Subverting the Agenda…” |
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| 3.00-3.45pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.45-5.00pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | |
| Carmen Lawrence Jocelynne Scutt |
“Poverty of the Spirit” “Government, Law, State – the Role of ‘Respectable Men'” |
Australia Australia |
| 5.00-5.30pm | CONFERENCE CLOSING | |
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Monday 8 July |
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| 8.00am -6.00pm | Optional Post-conference Activity – Visit to Palm Island Aboriginal Community |
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