Category: Women’s Rights

A Dialogue about Surveys, Services, and Sanctions: Sexual Assault on Campus

[ March 3, 2015; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] UO Living Learning Center
Performance Hall
1455-75 E. 15th

Mary Koss, PhD, was coeditor of a two-book series for the American Psychological Association, Violence Against Women and Children (2011). Her first national study on acquaintance rape was published in 1987,
and she developed the most frequently used survey to measure unwanted sexual experiences. Her current projects include developing risk […]

Reforming Sexual Violence Prevention at the University of Oregon: Caroline Heldman & Danielle Dirks

Editor’s Note: Caroline Heldman and Danielle Dirks were invited to the University of Oregon campus as part of the 2013-14 Lorwin Lectureship Series, presented by the Center for the Study of Women in Society. Because of a winter storm, all events were cancelled on the UO campus that day. CSWS was able to videotape a […]

Brown Bag Discussion: “Feminist Approaches to Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Violence”

[ April 23, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Jane Grant  Room
330 Hendricks Hall
1408 University St.
A Brown Bag Discussion: “Feminist Approaches to Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Violence”
According to UO President Gottfredson’s message dated Dec. 7, 2012, “Oregon law requires that all University employees with credible evidence that any form of prohibited discrimination by or against students, faculty or staff is occurring have a duty […]

Conference: Academia//Activism: Reimagining Education Without Gender Discrimination

[ April 18, 2014; 10:30 am to 3:15 pm. ] Allen Hall 221
1020 University St.
UO campus

Calling undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff to engage in a collaborative conference to create interdisciplinary solutions to gender discrimination.
Conference Schedule
10:30am-11:30am  “Women’s Experiences of Violence in Higher Education: Considerations for Preventive Intervention.”  Format: Introduction and Roundtable.
Presenters:
Krista Chronister, Leah Heng, Harpreet Bahia, Kelsey South, Anjuli Chitkara, Colleen McCarthy, Anna Reichard, Yolanda Valenzuela, and Catherine Woods
Refreshments: […]

CSWS 40th Anniversary Featured in UO’s Student-Run Emerald Media

UO Center for Women in Society celebrates 40th anniversary and strive for equality | Emerald Media. Story by Natalie Maier.
“We’ve come a long way and we’ve got a long way to go,” Jenée Wilde, one of the main organizers of the 40th anniversary said. “What’s very revealing to me is that there are a lot of […]

“Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives” Symposium — 40th celebration

[ November 8, 2013; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_16817" align="alignright" width="240"] Painting by Miriam Johnson / courtesy of Ben Johnson[/caption]

Ballroom
Erb Memorial Union
1222 E. 13th Ave.
UO campus map
PDF of Event Schedule

Friday, Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., the “Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives” Symposium explores four decades of feminist research and activism through five interwoven themes: women’s rights, violence against women, women’s health, activism and […]