Janice L. Moritz Lectureship Fund with the Institute for Research & Education on Women & Gender

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The 2008 JANICE L. MORITZ LECTURE

LORNA ARRINGTON

Women MUST Use Their Voice:

Policy and Power


Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 3 pm
105 Harriman Hall, South Campus                  
A reception will follow the lecture

It is essential that women become more involved wherever they can influence and improve policies that affect equitable treatment in the workplace and the welfare of families. Pay Equity Day was held on April 22 this year, and it highlights the fact that the average salary for a women (at $0.77 for each $1.00 earned by men) still trails that of men. Women work almost 16 months to earn what men earn in 12.

The under-utilization of the power that women can have is evident in the carefully built federal legislation (recently vetoed) that would have expanded health care coverage for children.  As women assume more leadership roles, they have an opportunity to have a significant impact on other policies involving trade, labor conditions and the environment. Union workers in the US can negotiate for its “left behind” workers when jobs are shipped abroad. Higher salaries, wages and better benefits for workers outside the US can help level the field and would reduce abuse of those workers.

Susan Cahn, Dept. of History
"Desegregated Desires: Adolescent Girls in a Changing South"

April 9, 2008

4 pm, 250 Baird Hall (Baird Recital Hall), North Campus

Dr. Cahn will speak on the subject of her most recent book, "Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age" (Harvard University Press, 2007).

Gender Institute Open House Reception

12-2pm, Commons 207, North Campus 

Please join the Gender Institute for an open house lunch reception at our new offices in the Commons on UB's North Campus! We'll be moving to Room 207 on the second floor of the Commons on May 1st.