Session explores ways to combat domestic violence

How Wisconsin can address domestic violence will be discussed in a colloquium from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, in the auditorium of the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St.

Patti Seger, policy development coordinator for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, will examine new policy options and strategies for fighting domestic violence in Wisconsin.

“One of the things I will discuss is the impact of domestic violence on the self-sufficiency of women in Wisconsin,” Seger says. “I will talk about the gains we’ve made and what’s left to be done to ensure the prosperity of victims of domestic violence.”

Her presentation is part of the Wisconsin Women = Prosperity Project, a nonpartisan, statewide initiative directed by Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton to improve the status of women and to drive economic growth for Wisconsin by increasing women’s success.

The project has its roots in The Status of Women in the States, a biennial state-by-state comparison co-published by the Women’s Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C. In 2002, the report gave Wisconsin a grade of C-minus for the quality of life for women.

The colloquium is sponsored by the Joint Center for Public Policy and the Status of Women, an effort of the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

For information, contact Terry Shelton at 262-3038 or shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu. For information on the Wisconsin Women Prosperity Project: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/womenspolicy/WWPP.html.