INEQUALITIES
On February 27, 2018, the Center hosted a workshop and a public panel to discuss the unique ways in which poverty affects women across the United States.
Opening remarks
Nikki Reisch, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law
Keynote address
Khiara M. Bridges, Boston University School of Law; and author of The Poverty of Privacy Rights
Panelists
Martin Guggenheim, NYU Law Family Defense Clinic
Chanel Porchia-Albert, Ancient Song Doula Services
Cherisse Scott, SisterReach
Melissa Torres-Montoya, National Network of Abortion Funds
Melissa Upreti, UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women
Participants included women from the following organizations and institutions:
- Ancient Song Doula Services
- Black Mamas Alliance/Feminist Women’s Health Center
- Boston University School of Law; Center for Human Rights and Global Justice,
- NYU Law (host & co-convener)
- Center for Reproductive Rights (co-convener)
- Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, Berkeley Law (co-convener)
- Columbia Human Rights Institute
- Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic
- CUNY Law (co-convener)
- Human Rights Watch
- National Advocates for Pregnant Women (co-convener)
- Reproductive Justice Clinic
- SIA Legal Team (co-convener)
- UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women
- US Human Rights Network
Members of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights’ team were also invited to discuss the role of civil society in engaging with UN special procedures.
Both events were convened in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights; CUNY Law School’s Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic; the SIA Legal Team and Berkeley Law School’s Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice; National Advocates for Pregnant Women. The panel was co-sponsored by the NYU Law chapter of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and NYU Law Women.
