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PROGRAM
THE HUMAN DIGNITY OF WOMEN in
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY:
ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT OF
WOMEN
March 7, 2008
1:15 to 2:45 p.m.
United Nations Secretariat
First Avenue and 46th Street
Conference Room 8
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WELCOME
Archbishop Celestino Migliore,
Apostolic Nuncio,
Permanent Observer of the Holy See
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OVERVIEW, GOALS AND
INTRODUCTIONS
Mary Ann Dantuono, J.D.,
Associate Director, Vincentian Center for Church and Society at
St. John’s University
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PANEL PRESENTATIONS
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“Catholic Social
Thought: Women and Economic Livelihood”
Christine Firer Hinze, Ph.D.
Professor of
Theology, Fordham University
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“Economic Policies that
Empower Women”
Ann Orr,
Senior
Economic Affairs Officer,
United Nations
Financing for Development Office
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“Women’s Participation
in Global Markets: Fair Trade and Micro Financing”
Dorrett Byrd,
Director of Program Quality, Catholic Relief Services
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“Handcrafting Justice:
From Poverty to Empowerment”
Sr. Maureen McGowan, RGS,
Director, HandCrafting Justice.
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DISCUSSION
Comments by the panelists on the
presentations and solicitation of questions and comments from the
audience.
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
Archbishop
Celestino Migliore,
Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer
of the Holy See
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PROGRAM CO-SPONSORS
Path to Peace Foundation
Vincentian Center for Church and
Society at St. John’s University, NY
PANELISTS AND MODERATOR
 Dorrett
Lyttle Byrd
has
spent the most recent 15 years of her career at Catholic Relief
Services. After serving as a Country Representative for Senegal and
Ethopia, she moved into executive administration. In June of 2004, she
assumed the position of Director, Program Quality Support in the
Baltimore, headquarters of Catholic Relief Services. Prior to that,
Ms. Byrd was a Research Specialist with the African Development
Foundation in Washington, DC and The Center for Policy Research also in
Washington, DC. She holds a Masters Degree in International Studies from
the University of Denver, Colorado. She is a past member of the Board of
Trustees of the International Development Conference and has received
several awards and professional distinctions.
 Mary
Ann Dantuono
is the Associate Director of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society
at St. John’s University and adjunct professor in the College of
Professional Studies. Prior to joining the Vincentian Center Ms.
Dantuono served the R.C. Diocese of Rockville Centre as the Director of
Public Policy and Legal Affairs for Catholic Charities. An expert on
women’s issues for the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, she
is also on the boards of several human service organizations. Mrs.
Dantuono served as member of the Social Policy Committee of Catholic
Charities USA for over 10 years, and from 1996-99 as an advisor to the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Women and as
member of the New York State Catholic Conference Public Policy Committee
from 1993-96. Mrs. Dantuono earned a Juris Doctor at St. John’s
University School of Law.
 Christine
Firer Hinze,
received a B.A. and M.A. from the Catholic University of America and a
Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2006,
following sixteen years on the theological faculty at Marquette
University, she became Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham
University and Associate Director of the Center for Ethics Education at
Fordham. With a focus on foundational questions in Christian Social
Ethics and Catholic Social Thought, Dr. Firer Hinze pays particular
attention to dynamics and disparities surrounding gender, race and
class. She is the author of Comprehending Power in Christian Social
Ethics, (Oxford: Scholiast Press, 1995) and has published extensively
in academic journals. Her new book entitled Radical Sufficiency: The
Legacy and Future of the Catholic Living Wage Agenda will be
published in 2008. Dr. Firer Hinze is on the Board of Collegium
and is a regular plenary speaker at faculty workshops and scholarly
colloquia.
 Maureen
McGowan, RGS
is the Director of HandCrafting Justice Inc., a project of the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd. HCJ supports and assists women in the
developing world in their efforts to create employment.
A Sister of the Good Shepherd since 1965, she
helped to found HandCrafting Justice in 1997, and has been serving
as Director since 2004. Sister Maureen established the Good Shepherd
Volunteer Program in 1993 and served as director until 2004. Prior to
these ventures, she worked at Good Shepherd Services,
supporting youth and families and as a director of training and formation
for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. She holds a M.S.W. from the
Wurtzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva
University.
Ann Orr is Senior Economic Affairs Officer in
the Financing for Development Office of the Department of Economic and
Social Affairs of the United Nations. Her work focuses on the follow-up
to the Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development, particularly in
the areas of developing inclusive finance, international capital flows
and enhancing South-South cooperation. Prior to joining the Financing
for Development Office, she was Chief of the Developing Economies Section
in the Development Policy Analysis Division, overseeing analysis of
current economic trends and development policies of developing
countries. She received her B.A. in Economics from Indiana University
and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
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