Dare to Use the F-Word
May 9, 2014

Sakhi for South Asian Women

Released May 9, 2014

(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 11) In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we interview Caritas Doha of Sakhi for South Asian Women about her work to help young women who immigrated to the U.S. as children apply for employment authorization under a new program called DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Caritas explores the unique vulnerabilities experienced by women and children who are undocumented immigrants and survivors of violence.

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activism, children, gender, human rights, immigration, labor, violence

Avery Plaza, in front of Schermerhorn
Sep 20, 2012 | 4:00PM

Girls Rock! at IRWAG

Martha Redbone, Still Saffire, Ajo, Olivia Harris, and Lady Bits

As part of their 25th anniversary, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG) presents Girls Rock! – free outdoor concert featuring: Martha Redbone Still Saffire from the Willie Mae Rock Camp Ajo Olivia Harris Lady Bits For more information and related events, visit IRWAG25.com.

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academy, arts, children, gender, performance

Sulzberger Parlor
Oct 24, 2011 | 6:30PM

States of Exception: Children’s Human Rights and the Humanities

Wendy S. Hesford

This year’s McIntyre lecturer, Wendy S. Hesford, integrates critical legal studies and feminist rhetorical criticism to examine the figure of the child as a limit condition to the liberal subject of human rights law. Through her analysis of contemporary representations of children living in varied states of political exception and social exclusion—stateless children, children born […]

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academy, children, family, history, human rights, immigration, policy, violence, war

Scholar and Feminist Online: 9.1-9.2
Fall 2010/Spring 2011

Critical Conceptions: Technology, Justice, and the Global Reproductive Market

Rebecca Jordan-Young

Contributors include Gwendolyn Beetham, Claudia Castañeda, The Center for Bioethics and Culture, Wendy Chavkin, Jeanne Flavin, Sarah Franklin, Ana María García, Faye Ginsburg, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Rebecca Haimowitz, Anna Harrington, Judith Helfand, Sujatha Jesudason, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Jessaca Leinaweaver, Iris Lopez, Susan Markens, Carol Mason, Faith Pennick, Rayna Rapp, Catherine Sameh, Vaishali Sinha, Debora Spar, Kalindi Vora, Catherine Waldby, and Karen Winkler.

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activism, africana, arts, biology, children, class, disability, environment, film, health, intersectionality, latina, media, parenting, policy, pregnancy, prisons, queer, race, reproductive technology, scholar & feminist, science, technology, transgender, transnational

New Feminist Solutions: Volume 6
April 2011

Reproductive Justice in Action

Rebecca Jordan-Young, Lucy Trainor, Janet Jakobsen

Reproductive justice is an inclusive framework for thinking about reproductive freedoms, holistic well-being and comprehensive justice. Organizing for reproductive justice encompasses a multiplicity of issues; the individuals and networks working in this model are just as diverse in their missions, constituencies, and methods of action. Reproductive Justice in Action is the result of a collaboration between the Barnard Center for Research on Women, Groundswell's Catalyst Fund, the New York Women's Foundation and seventeen of their grantee partners doing reproductive justice work in New York City. Seeking to explore the ways in which these seventeen organizations think about their mission and work, we jointly embarked on a participatory action research project in order to better understand how the organizations relate to (or feel limited by) the model and language of reproductive justice.

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activism, africana, childcare, children, class, domestic work, economic justice, environment, family, gender, health, immigration, intersectionality, latina, parenting, pregnancy, prisons, race, reproductive justice, transgender, violence

Justice at the Intersections: Action for Reproductive and Economic Justice in NYC

Documentary featuring interviews with 16 organizations doing reproductive justice work in New York City. Directed by Tiona McClodden.

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activism, africana, childcare, children, class, domestic work, economic justice, environment, family, gender, health, immigration, intersectionality, latina, parenting, pregnancy, prisons, race, reproductive justice, transgender, violence

Registration in The Diana Center Lobby
Sep 22, 2010 | 9:00AM

Critical Intersections: Reproductive and Economic Justice

This conference, co-sponsored with the New York Women’s Foundation, will explore how reproductive justice and women’s economic security are inextricably linked and will highlight the work being done in these areas by 17 organizations here in New York. With the leadership predominantly of women of color and young people, these organizations focus on diverse issues […]

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activism, africana, childcare, children, class, domestic work, economic justice, environment, family, gender, health, immigration, intersectionality, latina, parenting, pregnancy, prisons, race, reproductive justice, transgender, violence

Scholar and Feminist Online: 8.2
Spring 2010

Children of Incarcerated Parents

Megan Sullivan, Tanya Krupat and Venezia Michalsen

Contributors include Ann Adalist-Estrin, asha bandele, Nell Bernstein, Stacey Bouchet, Creasie Finney Hairston, Denise Johnston, Tanya Krupat, Carrie Levy, Venezia Michalsen, Dee Ann Newell, Megan Sullivan, and Angie Vachio.

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activism, arts, childcare, children, class, family, gender, intersectionality, parenting, photography, policy, prisons, queer, race

802 IAB, 420 West 118th Street
Oct 5, 2009 | 6:30PM

Los Demonios Del Edén: Gender, Violence and Activism in Mexico

Lydia Cacho

With her 2005 book Los Demonios del Edén (Demons of Eden), author and human rights activist Lydia Cacho revealed the existence of organized sexual abuse of minors in Mexico. Following the publication of her book, she was subject to police harassment and became a symbol of a growing movement for greater freedom of the press. […]

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children, harassment, human rights, policy, sexuality, violence

Sulzberger Parlor
Apr 13, 2009 | 6:30PM

Boys and Girls in Post-Conflict Societies

Megan Callaghan, Abosede George, Jessaca Leinaweaver, and Nara Milanich

Long after formal peace treaties have been signed, war continues to shape social institutions and interactions. Young people who have grown up amid violent conflict often experience its lingering effects through the loss of family, estrangement from local communities, destruction of the physical environment, or the instability of the government. This panel takes an interdisciplinary […]

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children, history, peace, transnational, violence, war

Michele Goodwin: Remarks at The Scholar & Feminist Conference 2009

Full-length video of Michele Goodwin's remarks from "Marginality and Exclusivity in ART Practices," a panel discussion at The Scholar & Feminist Conference 2009, "The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of Life."

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activism, africana, arts, biology, children, class, disability, environment, film, health, intersectionality, latina, media, parenting, policy, pregnancy, prisons, queer, race, reproductive technology, scholar & feminist, science, technology, transgender, transnational

2009
Feb 28, 2009

Sarah Franklin: Keynote Lecture from The Scholar & Feminist 2009

Recorded Feb 28, 2009

Sarah Franklin delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Scholar and Feminist Conference. Increased demand for assisted reproductive technology (ART) and transnational adoption has been propelled by a number of factors, including the development of new technologies and changes in familial form - such as childrearing in second or third marriages; lesbian, gay, and transgendered families; and delays in childbearing and subsequent difficulties in conception - that make ART helpful. Other relevant factors include environmental changes that have negatively affected fertility levels, new levels of transnational migration and interaction that have fueled awareness of babies available for and in need of adoption, and concerns about genetic diseases and disabilities. Effectively, the various imperatives and the desires, both cultural and personal, that the use of ART fosters and responds to, have created a "baby business" that is largely unregulated and that raises a number of important social and ethical questions. Do these new technologies place women and children at risk? How should we respond ethically to the ability of these technologies to test for genetic illnesses?

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activism, africana, arts, biology, children, class, disability, environment, film, health, intersectionality, latina, media, parenting, policy, pregnancy, prisons, queer, race, reproductive technology, scholar & feminist, science, technology, transgender, transnational