Achieving Gender Equality in our Lifetimes: A Bold Vision for Advancing the Status of Women

A discussion of women’s leadership & engagement, and work family issues, culminating IWPR’s Status of Women in the States: 2015 series.

See below for video and powerpoint presentations from the May 20, 2015 event:

1:30 pm |  Welcome: Holly Fechner, Chair of IWPR Board of Directors; Partner, Covington & Burling

1:35 pm | Remarks from Heidi Shierholz, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor

1:45 pm | Video: “Changing the Conversation on Women’s Status”

1:50 pm |  Key Findings from the Status of Women in the States, 2015
Barbara Gault, Ph.D., Vice President and Executive Director, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Key Findings on Status of Women (powerpoint)

2:00 pm |  Panel 1: Women’s Leadership and Political Representation: How do we achieve parity?

Moderator: Avis Jones-DeWeever, Founder, Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women

Panelists:

Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District

Sue Carroll, Senior Scholar, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP),
and Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University

Wendy Naugle, Executive Editor, Glamour Magazine

3:00 pm |  Remarks: “Lifting Up Women Who Work and Women Who Lead”
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers

3:15 pm |  Panel 2: Work and Family:  Are we reaching the tipping point?

Moderator: Kavitha Cardoza, Special Correspondent, WAMU

 
4:15 pm | Closing Remarks
Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

4:30-5:30pm | Reception, Remarks from Congresswoman
Debbie Dingell, Michigan’s 12th Congressional District,
Introduction by Martha Darling, member, IWPR Board of Directors

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