2004 FromCenter the SPRING CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON The Borders of Human Security: Bringing Geopolitics Home ow are economic security, hu- the international policy community. Heyzer, man and civil rights, and national who received her education at the Univer- Hsecurity related in our lives? In what sity of Singapore and Cambridge University, ways are globalization and militarization has been at the helm of UNIFEM since 1994 racialized and gendered processes producing advocating models of development that pro- security for some and vulnerabilities for oth- mote economic security and the empower- ers? How might international, national, and ment of women and their families. In addi- local security policies be different if their tion to work with women migrant workers at core goals included the community level, reducing poverty, workers in the informal violence, and racial, sector and free trade ethnic, and gender zones, and women inequalities? These are who have experienced some of the questions domestic and other to be addressed by an forms of violence, eminent group of social Heyzer has also been a scientists, lawyers, policy adviser to Asian labor leaders, and com- governments and a munity advocates at a founding member of conference sponsored such groups as Devel- by CSWS May 20–21, opment Alternatives 2004. with Women for a New INSIDE The borders we will Era (DAWN). examine are both material and metaphorical. A series of panels on Friday features centerview .............. 2 They are policed national and community distinguished scholars and advocates who borders. They are limits and restrictions that will discuss the effects of violence that upcoming................ 3 differentially affect citizens and noncitizens result from war, political confl ict, terrorism and people from different racial, ethnic, and and the war on terrorism; human rights, rig profi les ............... 4 class communities. They are boundaries immigration, and work; the production kudos....................... often invisible to those with economic and of economic insecurities in the context 5 social privilege, but palpable to those who of globalization; and the efforts of local, creative center........ 6 experience racism, gender subordination, or national, and international groups to promote class inequality. human security. Among the panelists are news........................ 8 Noeleen Heyzer, executive director of Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern School of the United Nations Development Fund for Law and author of Killing the Black Body: awards ................. 10 Women (UNIFEM), will open the confer- Race Reproduction and the Meaning of ence by exploring the concept of human Liberty; Cynthia Cockburn, City University in members .............. 11 security—an alternative security paradigm London and author of The Space Between Us: author’s note........ that has captured the attention of many in 12 Continued on page 2 2 centerview CSWS Receives National Award he National Council for Research on TWomen (NCRW) chose the Center for the Study of Women in Society as an organi- zational honoree at its annual Women Who Make a Difference celebration. CSWS Direc- tor Sandra Morgen accepted the award at a gala dinner in New York City on March 11, 2004. The award recognizes both outstanding women leaders and organizations working in a variety of disciplines for their unique abil- ity to project their visions for a better world onto local, national, and global landscapes. The award letter recognizes CSWS for its “outstanding work linking research, theory, and rendered expert testimony to legislative and policy and the profound impact it has and agency committees concerning the limits Photo: NCRW honorees front of welfare reform in reducing poverty or eco- row left to right: Susan Bailey, had on the community, and in particular the executive director, Wellesley Northwest region.” nomic hardship for low-income families. In Centers for Women, Wellesley Maria Hinojosa, CNN urban affairs cor- addition, their work with advocates for low- College; Geeta Rao Gupta, respondent, hosted the gala event at the income women helped successfully change president, International Center state policy so that some welfare recipients for Research on Women; Dina Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. Dublon, executive vice presi- The award particularly singles out the can fulfill mandated work requirements dent and chief financial of- activities of the Women in the Northwest through higher education. Finally, Policy ficer, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; initiative, whose members conducted and Matters, the series that brings CSWS research Mamphela Ramphele, manag- and expertise to bear on public policy con- ing director, the World Bank; broadly disseminated the findings of a major Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior two-year study of the impact of welfare re- cerns, grew out of the initiative’s work. To vice president, corporate form policy in Oregon. Related to the study, date the series has focused on family policy, external affairs, the Coca-Cola initiative members produced policy briefs welfare, and medical abortion. Company, chair, the Coca-Cola Foundation; Sandra Morgan, director, CSWS. Human Security Continued from page 1 Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict; and Cindi Katz, City University of New CSWS Faculty and Staff York, whose research focuses on what she calls the “global retreat from social reproduction.” Sandra Morgen, director Dalia Hashad, who has a law degree from New York University, will be talking about the Judith Musick, associate director Jan Emerson, research associate ACLU Campaign against Racial Profiling, specifically her work on issues confronting Arab, Shirley Marc, office coordinator Muslim, and South-Asian Americans following September 11. Other speakers will focus on Peggy McConnell, accountant immigrant issues, political violence, and civil liberties. These include Rhonda Ramiro of the Diana Taylor, office specialist Stephanie Wood, senior research Bay Area Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, Ramon Ramirez of PCUN (Pineros associate y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste), and Patricia Cortez, who works with AMIGOS de los Initiative Directors Sobrevivientes in Eugene. The final panel brings together five Eugene community advocates Feminist Humanities Project whose work spans issues ranging from peace, civil liberties, and immigrant rights to the effects Judith Musick Research Program of economic restructuring on working people and issues affecting indigenous communities on Women’s Health in Oregon. Guadalupe Quinn, Carol Van Houten, Hope Marston, Deanna Dart, and Harriet Marie Harvey Women in the Northwest Merrick will participate in a dialog among themselves and with conference participants about Sandra Morgen work they are doing to promote human security in our community. From the Center is published two The conference is funded by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics; the College times a year by the Center for the of Arts and Sciences; the Departments of Anthropology, Geography, History, Sociology, and Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon. It is edited Political Science; and the Ethnic Studies, International Studies, Latin American Studies, and by Jan Emerson with assistance Women’s and Gender Studies Programs. This broad base of institutional support speaks both to from Shirley Marc, CSWS, and the breadth of issues to be addressed at the conference and the theoretical and political impor- designed and copy-edited by Lori Howard, Office of University tance of interrogating issues about security. Publications. For more information: (541) 346-5015 http://csws.uoregon.edu 3 CSWS Spring Calendar u p c o m i n g For more information or to check exact times and locations of calendar events, call CSWS at (541) 346-5015 or see the CSWS website at http://csws.uoregon.edu Wednesdays at Noon Noon–1:00 p.m., Jane Grant Room, 330 Hendricks Hall, University of Oregon April 21: “Nepal’s Everyday Ecologists: Women Stewards of the Himalayas,” Elizabeth Larson, graduate student, international studies. May 5: “Conavigua: Women Organizing Against Political Violence in Guatemala,” Sandra Ezqeurra, graduate student, sociology. Road Scholars Road Scholars Barbara Altmann, Lizzie Reis, Judith Musick, Jan Emerson, Stephanie Wood, Sandra Morgen, and Joan Acker recently presented in Bend (Deschutes Public Library), Albany (Linn-Benton Community College), Eugene (Learning in Retirement, OASIS), and Portland (Portland Home and Garden Show). Upcoming Road Scholar events include: May 3, 2:30 p.m.: Into Our Own Hands: The Women’s Health Movement in the United States, Teaching Willamette Oaks Retirement Living, Sandra Morgen, director, CSWS, and professor, anthropology and Tea May 7, 7:30 p.m.: Frida Kahlo: Mexican Painter—World Icon, Eugene Public Library, Jane Grant Conference Stephanie Wood, senior research associate, CSWS Room, 330 Hendricks Hall, Five new presentations have been added to the Road Scholars catalog: Fighting and Sailing University of Oregon Women in Folksongs and History by Dianne Dugaw, English; The Taxing State of Economic Thursday, April 15 Insecurity by Sandra Morgen, anthropology and CSWS; The Gendered Garden: Women in the 4:00–5:30 p.m. History of Gardens by Judith Musick, CSWS, Wired Humanities Project; and Praise and Blame Striking Against the Em- pire: An Analysis of the of Women: The Middle Ages and Now by Gina Psaki, Romance languages. “True” Indigenous Roots of If you know