PLEASE POST

Admission is free to both public lectures

Two free public lectures byDr. Heidi Hartmann, Economistand Director and President,Institute for Women's PolicyResearch, Washington, DC

Dr. Hartmann is the author ofseveral publications includingWomen's Access to Health Insuranceand Combining Work and Welfare:An Alternative Anti-Poverty Strategy.The Institute for Women's PolicyResearch is a public policy researchorganization dedicated to informingand stimulating the debate onpublic policy issues of criticalimportance to women and theirfamilies.

In recognition of Dr. Margaret Lowe

Benston's dedication to building a more

just and equitable world through her

research, teaching and community

activism, her family, friends and

colleagues have established the Margaret

Lowe Benston Endowed Lecture Series in

Social Justice. In her memory, the lecture

series builds bridges between the

University and its communities. Each

program focuses on a specific topic

connected with social justice. The series

features one main public event annually

or bi-annually. The invited speakers are

those community activists/scholars who

have distinguished themselves in a

particular social justice cause.

Women and the Workforce­Pay equity or family equity?

Full-time women workers earnabout 75 percent the wages of full­time men workers. Warringintellectual factions in the USpoint to different explanationsfor this wage gap: persistent paydiscrimination against women andjobs typically held by women on theone hand versus women's voluntarychoices to specialize in family careon the other.

If women are choosing familyresponsibilities over workadvancement, is the pay gapa public policy problem or shouldpublic policy focus on getting mento do more family work or just leavethings as they are? Dr. HeidiHartmann will review some ofthese arguments, providing herperspective on the policy gaps in theUS and the steps needed to achievegreater equity for women.

Burnaby Mountain CampusHalpern CentreThursday, September 2812:30-1:30 pm

Women and Poverty­From the welfare poor tothe working poor

Reform of the US welfare system inthe 1990S, touted as a huge successby nearly all the candidates forpresident in the United States thisyear, has actually simplytransformed the nexus of women'spoverty, from the welfare system tothe low wage labour market.

Dr. Hartmann will analyse the lowwage labour market from women'sperspectives and review severalresearch and action projects beingconducted at the Institute for\l'/omen's Policy Research designedto improve women's economicstatus, reduce their poverty, andenhance their sense of economicsecurity.

Harbour Centre CampusSIS West Hastings Street, VancouverFletcher Challenge Canada TheatreThursday, September 28Too-8jo pm

As seating is limited, reservationsare required. Call 29I-SIOO oremail cs_hc@sfu.ca