List of Abstracts

Wednesday 3 July
6.00 - 8.00pm	Civic Reception hosted by the Townsville City Council,in the Museum of Tropical Queensland
Thursday 4 July
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
Session 1 Ailbhe Smyth Kathryn Rendell Melinda Mawson	"Once is Too Much, A Feminist Community Response to Men'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 racist country"	Australia Australia Australia
Session 3 Meenakshi Thapan Helen McDermott Elaine Dowd	"The Burden of Poverty: 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	Afternoon Tea
3.45-5.00pm	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair:
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
Friday 5 July
9.00-10.30am	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Chair:
Christine Delphy Delena Foster Meeta Iyer	"A War for the Liberation of Women?" "Indigenous Women's Role as leaders: from a grassroots 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	"Trade in 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	"A Response 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
Session 8 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
Session 2 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 comtemporary 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)
Saturday 6 July
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	Morning Tea
11.15am - 12.30pm	SPEAKERS' STONE Chair:
1.45-3.00pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 1 Caroline Taylor Fatima Burnad	"Judicial Law as Men¹s 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 Global Economy (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
Session 8 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
Sunday 7 July
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, Volence 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 "³Subverting the Agenda..."
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
Monday 8 July
8.00am - 6.00pm	Optional Post-conference Activity - Visit to Palm Island Aboriginal Community