WGGP IN THE NEWS:

Worldwide food crisis still hovering in the background. Op-ed column by Gale Summerfield, September 28, 2008, The News-Gazette.

American-born children shouldn't be deported: Immigration reform must ensure that the best interest of American children determines the fate of their undocumented parents. Op-Ed column by Noreen M. Sugrue, July 17, 2006, Christian Science Monitor.

ISSUES IN THE NEWS:

The Global Economic Crisis: Gender Implications, October 24, 1:30 pm, Room 210 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green
Introduction, Mary Arends-Kuenning, Ag and Consumer Economics and WGGP, and Noreen Sugrue, WGGP; Global Credit Markets, Anne Villamil, Economics; Education and Food Security, Mary Arends-Kuenning, Ag and Consumer Economics and WGGP; Income and Jobs, Gale Summerfield, WGGP and Human and Community Development; Remittances, Jorge Chapa, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society and Sociology; and Noreen Sugrue, WGGP. Cosponsored by Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security Program, Center for African Studies, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center for International Business Education and Research, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, European Union Center, Gender and Women's Studies, Human and Community Development, Latina/o Studies, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and Sociology.

Press Release:

For immediate release

University of Illinois Program to Hold Forum Examining Impact of Global Economic Crisis

Champaign, IL October 15, 2008 – The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) at the University of Illinois will present a forum “The Global Economic Crisis: Gender Implications,” at 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 24, in Room 210, Illini Union. The event is free and open to the public.

With the world in the midst of a global economic crisis, the forum will examine the situation and explore the differential impacts on women and men. Those speaking at the forum include agricultural and consumer economics professor Mary Arends-Kuenning, sociology professor Jorge Chapa, WGGP professor Noreen Sugrue, WGGP director and professor Gale Summerfield, and economics professor Anne Villamil.

The forum explores the global credit market and how this crisis affects jobs, income, health, education, and remittances – issues that are central to families. The speakers will talk about the impact the credit crisis is having on each of these areas and how this affects women and families.

Organizers hope the forum will provide information and a way of thinking about the global economic crisis that is not always central to how it is analyzed and discussed.

The event is co-sponsored by the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Center for African Studies, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center for International Business Education and Research, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, European Union Center, Gender and Women’s Studies, Human and Community Development, Latina/o Studies, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and Sociology.

For more information, contact Anita Kaiser at 333-6221 or by email at arkaiser@illinois.edu.

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WGGP Research and Policy Working Groups will identify key issues in their working areas and prepare briefs that will be posted here.