About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

10 Colum. J. Gender & L. 33 (2000-2001)
Women and Children First...Why Not Build Enough Lifeboats - News from the Front: A Report on the Honolulu Conference Two Systems - One Family, Bringing the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Communities Together - (March 23-24, 2000)

handle is hein.journals/coljgl10 and id is 39 raw text is: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST... WHY NOT BUILD ENOUGH LIFEBOATS? NEWS FROM THE FRONT: A REPORT ON THE HONOLULU CONFERENCE TWO SYSTEMS-ONE FAMILY, BRINGING THE CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER (MARCH 23-24, 2000) GAR YJ. MAXWELL- INTRODUCTION For nearly a year, a multi-disciplinary team of professionals designed and sponsored a conference intended to develop a stronger and more effective working relationship between women's rights advocates in the domestic violence context and child protective advocates. Conference presenters included Victor La Cerva, M.D., Medical Director for the New Mexico Department of Health's Family Health Bureau, and Linda Spears, Director of Child Protective Services for the Child Welfare League of America. I was asked to design case scenarios (See Appendix, p. 47) which were reviewed and discussed by a panel of professionals, including representatives of law enforcement, the courts, child protective services, women's shelters, and individuals playing the roles of mom, dad, and child. The conference closed with individual community groups working on designing a plan for their community whereby women's rights and child protection advocates could work together. When I was seven or eight years old, I sat with my family one Saturday night and watched the movie Titanic, the version starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck. As the boat was going down, the unwritten and pervasive law that women and children went first into the lifeboats raised a conundrum for me. I was glad I was still a child so that I could get a space on * Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii (Maui Office) ** The author wishes to acknowledge and thank the people in Maui County Offices of the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii for their assistance and patience in the preparation of this article.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most