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EUC Spring Conference, April 3-5, 2003
   National Feminisms in a Transnational Arena:
   The European Union and Gender Politics
Myra Marx Ferree, EUC Acting Director  
The EUC is funded generously in part by the European Commission
 

Feminist movements in every European country have taken distinctive forms due to specific national political factors. Despite these differences, European feminist movements increasingly share common political terrain due to the expansion of the powers and boundaries of the European Union. This conference considers following themes:

  • Trafficking in women and issues of transnational migration in Europe
  • Part-time work, mainstreaming and labor force participatiopn
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault
  • Families and sexualities
  • Feminists using the law and the courts
  • Feminists using lobbying and directives
Confirmed Speakers include:Laura Agustin, Gill Allwood, Lisa D. Brush, Marcus Carson, Amy Elman, Myra Marx Ferree, Ute Gerhard, Carol Hagemann-White, Jacqueline Heinen, Barbara Hobson, Catherine Hoskyns, Liz Holzer, Sally Kenney, Renate Klein, Rosa Logar, Renate Klein, Patricia Yancey Martin, Amy Mazur, Sonya Michel, Claudia Neusuess, Joyce Outshoorn, Tatiana Pudrovska, Silke Roth, Chiara Saraceno, Dorothy Stetson, Mieke Verloo, Angelika von Wahl, Sylvia Walby, Marianne Weg, Fiona Williams, Allison Woodward and Katrin Zippel.		  



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