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On October 14 and 15, 2004, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study held its third annual conference on women, gender, and society, entitled Reproductive Health in the Twenty-First Century.

This conference examines a broad array of issues surrounding reproductive health and features panels of distinguished physicians, scholars, and health policy advocates discussing the scientific, ethical, and social dimensions of medical and technological advances in the field and their global implications.


Session I: The Broad Span of Reproductive Health
Radcliffe Conference Welcome5:40
Dr. Harvey Fineberg: Making a Difference in Science12:40
Nancy Krieger: Introduction5:15
Rosalind Petchesky: The Politics and Ethics of Bodily Integrity17:38
Judith Hall: Clinical Genetics and Nutrition14:53
Allan Rosenfield: Family Planning, Maternal Mortality, and HIV Aids14:27
Gita Sen: Funding and Global Politics15:29
Nancy Krieger: The Broad Span Conclusion5:17
Audience Question & Answer20:09

Session II: New Technologies
Dr. Paula Johnson: Introduction3:47
Regine Sitruk-Ware: New Technologies for Contraception21:19
Carolyn Westhoff: Hormonal Contraceptives21:32
Rayna Rapp: The Impact on Women and Society17:19
Marcia Inhorn: In Vitro Fertilization in the Muslim Middle East20:00
Audience Question & Answer16:53

Session III: The Unsettling of the Natural
Dean Grosz: Introduction1:06
Michael Sandel: Introduction3:15
Michael Sandel: The Moral Issue of Sex Selection Part I20:20
Michael Sandel: The Moral Issue of Sex Selection Part II7:08
Kathy Hudson: Public Attitudes and Policy Challenges14:47
Audience Discussion23:50

Segment IV: Who Reproduces in the Twenty-First Century?
Jody Heymann: Introduction10:38
Joan Kaufman: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Global Challenges17:15
Elsa Ramos-Carbone: Women Workers As Reproducers13:18
Sherman Silber: Current and Future Infertility Treatments16:28
Dorothy Roberts: Poor Black Women and Reproductive Punishment14:22
Audience Question & Answer27:52

Segment V: Transgenerational Health
Evelynn Hammonds: Introduction3:23
Janet Rich-Edwards: Lifecourse(s) Approach to Women's Health18:21
Gillian Bentley: Migrant Bangladeshi Women in London18:38
Jane Menken: Child Health in Bangladesh20:31
Evelynn Hammonds: Feminist Historians Perspective1:27
Audience Question & Answer13:41

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