Here are further details, including a programme and booking details,
concerning
this previously announced study day.
Apologies for cross posting
Tina Haux
Principal Lecturer in Social Policy,
School of Social Science and Law
Sheffield Hallam University,
Collegiate Crescent Campus,
SHEFFIELD S10 2BP
Tel: +44 (0)114 225 2428 Fax: +44 (0)114 225 2430
Email: [log in to unmask]
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SOCIAL POLICY ASSOCIATION STUDY DAY
WOMEN, RISK AND SOCIAL POLICY:
International comparisons
March 4th 2000
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Vera Anstey Room, 10am-5pm
This SPA Study Day is jointly organised by the Women in Social Policy
and
Comparative Social Policy groups at the LSE, Houghton St, London WC2A
2AE. The
nearest tube station is Temple (Circle and District lines).
Programme
10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30-11.15 Sue Harkness, University of Sussex
The Family Gap in Pay: Comparing countries
11.15-12.00 Elisabetta Ruspini, University of Padova
The Dynamics of Women's Poverty: an international perspective
12.00-12.15 Coffee
12.15-1.00 Sigrid Leitner, University of Goettingen
Old Age (In)security: Why women are at risk
1.00-1.15 Discussion on all three papers concerning women's income
1.15-2.00 Buffet lunch (vegetarian)
2.00-2.45 Jill Radford, University of Newcastle
Women's Experience of Domestic Violence: Comparing the legal position
2.45-3.30 Arthur Gould, University of Loughborough
Punishing the Punter: the politics of prostitution in Sweden
3.30-3.45 Discussion on afternoon sessions
3.45-4.00 What kind of session would the Women in Social Policy Group
like to
organize at SPA Conference 2000? Ideas welcome
4.00-4.30 Tea/coffee and farewell
The cost of attending the Study Day is #15 (waged) or #10 (unwaged).
This fee
includes registration, a buffet lunch and coffee/tea during the day.
To book, please send a cheque, payable to 'Social Policy Association',
to:
Jay Ginn, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2
5XH
Tel: 01483 876 986 (Office); 01883 345 199 (Home) Email:
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Alternatively you may contact Rob Sykes, School of Social Science and
Law,
Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Crescent Campus, Sheffield S10
2BP
Tel: 0114 225 2428 (Office) Email: [log in to unmask]
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