Conference: "Women and Work: Choices and Constraints"
The focus of "WOMEN AND WORK: Choices and Constraints" is on key workplace challenges for women in the 21st century by reconsidering the notion of 'opting out'. The conference will bring together experts in the field to consider the factors that lead women to leave the workforce and what factors make it difficult for them to enter the workforce. The goal is not only to highlight the issues and challenges for employed women but to also engage in discussions that focus on solutions and supports for women that then can inform workplace policies.
Day two of the symposium will feature four workshop sessions held from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Panelists include:
Michelle Budig -- Sociology, UMA Amherst
Heather Boushey -- Senior Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Senate
Nancy Folbre -- Economics, UMass Amherst
Ellen Galinsky -- President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute
Naomi Gerstel-- Sociology, UMass Amherst
Bernie Jones - Suffolk University Law School
Susan Lambert-- School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
Joya Misra - Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- Psychology, UMass Amherst
Peggie Smith -- University of Iowa College of Law
Pamela Stone -- Sociology, Hunter College
Eve Weinbaum -- Labor Studies and Director of the Labor Center, UMass Amherst
This two-day conference is presented by the Center for Research on Families with support from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Office of the Vice Provost for Research through a Leadership in Action Award. Additional generous contributors are listed on the conference website.