Conference

RESEARCHING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF WORK AND FAMILY LIFE, 24th May 2006, Holiday Inn, Liverpool City Centre.

One-Day International Conference

RESEARCHING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF WORK AND FAMILY LIFE

Wednesday, 24 th May 2006

Holiday Inn, Lime Street, Liverpool

Agenda

 09.00 - 10.00
 Registration and Coffee 
 
10.00 - 10.30 
 Professor Jane Lewis
 Work/family reconciliation, equal opportunities, and social policies: Policy  trajectories in comparative perspective.

10.30  - 11.00 
 Professor Janneke Plantenga 
 
11.00 - 11.15 
 Questions 
 
11.15 - 11.30 
 Break 
 
11.30 - 12.15 
 ESF Presentation
 
12.15 - 13.00 
 Lunch 
 
13.00 - 14.15
 Themed Breakout

• Lorely Burt MP
• Ross Hendry - UNISON
  Results of Work Foundation Survey on UNISON members' experiences of WLB 
• Professor Kate Purcell (Bristol Business School)/Professor Peter Elias (Warwick University)
  Breaking through the glass ceiling?  Progress towards equality among highly-qualified women
• Dr Tracey Warren - Newcastle University
  Women's work-life balancing in Europe: the impact of class and work time in diverse societies
• Mies Westerveld - University of Amsterdam

14.15 - 14.30
Break

14.30 - 15.00 
 Professor Sue Yeandle
Changing Working Lives: work, life and equalities in the 21st Century

15.00 - 16.00
 Feedback & Plenary Discussion

16.15
 Closing remarks

17.00
CONFERENCE CLOSE

Lorely Burt MP 

Ross Hendry (UNISON)

Professor Jane Lewis (London School of Economics)

Professor Janneke Plantenga (University of Utrecht & Groningen)

Professor Kate Purcell

Dr Tracey Warren (Newcastle University)

Mies Westerveld

Professor Sue Yeandle (Sheffield Hallam University)

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