Academic research focusing on marriage and the family rarely considers LGBT issues or same-sex couples and their families. This panel of prominent scholars considers the benefits and challenges to addressing LGBT issues, marriage equality, and same-sex couples more routinely in marriage and family research. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 21906]

Gary Gates, William Distinguished scholar at The Williams Institute at UCLA, discusses his new study estimating LGBT population in the United States. Drawing on information from four recent national and two state-level population-based surveys, the analyses suggest that there are more than 8 million adults in the US who self identify themselves as lesbian, gay,bisexual or transgender comprising 3.5% of the adult population. However, Gates explains why those numbers only tell part of the...

Monica McWilliams, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and a signer of the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement with Ireland, addresses the challenges of turning the promise of peace accords into stable post-conflict societies through the inclusion of women in political and civil leadership. McWilliams is presented as part of the 2010 Women’s Peacemakers Conference hosted by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. ...

The global community faces new challenges and needs to be able to imagine a truly diverse and multi-polar world in which shared leadership is the norm. Kavita N. Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, discusses how we can look to the women’s movement globally as a source of innovation and inspiration that offers tangible examples to address the most pressing issues of our time. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID:...

Dr. Kurt Benirschke of UC San Diego uses his lively sense of humor to explain the challenges of bringing multiple pregnancies to term and their impact on mothers and babies in this talk to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCSD. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17871]

Learn to recognize the unique obstacles that LGBT survivors confront when they turn to the legal system for assistance. National experts on LGBT domestic violence provide practical information to better understand the experience of LGBT domestic violence survivors, to assess when a person is exercising systematic power and control in a relationship, and to use domestic violence restraining orders and other forms of legal relief to help survivors achieve safety, autonomy, and justice. Series:...

Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis." She also discusses the utility of critical history for elucidating contemporary policy debates with a focus on her recent book "The Politics of the Veil," an analysis of the political,...

In Part 3 of of this annual conference on sexual orientation law and public policy from the Williams Institute at UCLA, experts change their focus from Europe to the United States as they assess domestic developments in same-sex marriage and other issues of interest to gay and lesbian couples. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12862]

In Part 2 of this annual conference on sexual orientation law and public policy, Yale Law School’s Bill Eskridge joins Lee Badgett of UCLA’s Williams Institute to share evidence that legalizing gay marriage in Denmark and the Netherlands has not led to a drop in heterosexual marriages, as some critics had predicted. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12860]

Boris Dittrich, a former member of the Netherlands Parliament, leads off this conference on sexual orientation law with a report on how well legalized gay marriage is working in his country. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12820]

Nobel Peace Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi of Iran describes how education can lead to peace in the Middle East and calls for an end to discrimination against women in this riveting address presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and the School of Law at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11869]

Series of debates on extending marriage and adoption to same-sex couples co-sponsored by The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, Brigham Young University, and the UCLA Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program. This installment of the series focuses on religion and education. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11913]

Jonathan Rauch and Maggie Gallagher present differing views on the definition of marriage. Jonathan Rauch is a senior writer and columnist for the National Journal. His latest book is "Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America." Maggie Gallagher is President of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a co-author of "The Case for Marriage." Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities]...