mrsdragoness
07-23-2003, 09:24 PM
The Center for Impact Research, the University of Michigan School of Social Work, and the University of Texas School of Social Work are pleased to announce the fourth TRAPPED BY POVERTY/TRAPPED BY ABUSE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
October 17-19, 2003 in Austin, Texas.
We now understand that violence against women is a form of social control with wide-ranging effects on women's poverty:
* Domestic violence can interfere with education, training, and work, cause dependence on welfare, or prevent a successful welfare-to-work transition.
* Domestic violence can sabotage control of reproduction that, in turn, can interfere with economic self-sufficiency.
* Domestic violence can cause or aggravate alcohol or drug abuse, or cause mental and physical health problems that can also can sabotage employment.
The Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse research conference brings together researchers, policy makers, service providers, advocates, and elected officials to learn more about these relationships, to explore effective
policy responses, and to hear about innovative service delivery strategies.
Additional co-sponsors from the University of Texas at Austin include the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Women's Studies Department, the Gulf Coast Addictions Technology Transfer Center, and the
Addiction Research Institute at the Center for Social Work Research.
Community co-sponsors include the National Training Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence and SafePlace, Austin, Texas.
The Conference will be held October 17-19, 2003 at the
Radisson Hotel and Suites, Austin, Texas, USA.
The preliminary conference schedule, hotel information, and registration information is now available on the web at
www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/conference.html.
October 17-19, 2003 in Austin, Texas.
We now understand that violence against women is a form of social control with wide-ranging effects on women's poverty:
* Domestic violence can interfere with education, training, and work, cause dependence on welfare, or prevent a successful welfare-to-work transition.
* Domestic violence can sabotage control of reproduction that, in turn, can interfere with economic self-sufficiency.
* Domestic violence can cause or aggravate alcohol or drug abuse, or cause mental and physical health problems that can also can sabotage employment.
The Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse research conference brings together researchers, policy makers, service providers, advocates, and elected officials to learn more about these relationships, to explore effective
policy responses, and to hear about innovative service delivery strategies.
Additional co-sponsors from the University of Texas at Austin include the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Women's Studies Department, the Gulf Coast Addictions Technology Transfer Center, and the
Addiction Research Institute at the Center for Social Work Research.
Community co-sponsors include the National Training Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence and SafePlace, Austin, Texas.
The Conference will be held October 17-19, 2003 at the
Radisson Hotel and Suites, Austin, Texas, USA.
The preliminary conference schedule, hotel information, and registration information is now available on the web at
www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/conference.html.