Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody:
 "A National Crisis"
The Ninth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference:  BMCC IX
 January 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2012      Friday evening through Sunday
 Make your hotel reservations with Holiday Inn Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY at the Special Conference rate of $99
 Hotel Costs Are Separate From Conference Registration Fees
 Registration fee includes Friday evening cookies/and coffee, lunch on Saturday, and bagels/coffee on Sunday morning
 Holiday Inn has a restaurant; there are also several restaurants and stores close by

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    The Conference in PBS' Film:  Breaking the Silence, Children's Stories      The Courageous Kids Network
 Add your child's hand prints to the Children Taken by the Family Courts Hand Prints Project
Contribute a panel to the "Children Taken by the Family Courts Community Quilt"
 Center for Judicial Excellence: Family Court Crisis Film and Photo Exhibit
 Disclaimers and Terms of Use      About the Conference
Now Available:  Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody:  Legal Strategies and Policy Issues
 Edited by Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. and Barry Goldstein, J.D.

Family courts routinely render battered mothers destitute, homeless, and struggling to survive.
 Please consider offering a space in your room or car to a battered mother who would otherwise be unable to attend.
Details will be emailed to confirmed attendees.

 

Conference Presenter

Dr. Joyce Braak, M.D., CTS

 

Dr. Joyce Braak, M.D., CTS is a psychiatrist who has also practiced as a trauma surgeon, is currently President of the Institute for Research on Women’s Health as well as Director of that organization’s Human Rights and Women’s Health Project.

Dr. Braak has been researching, writing, and speaking both nationally and internationally on ethics, human rights, and legal issues for many years. She currently serves as  UN Liaison Officer for the Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma(IVAT), and as Chairman of the United Nations Task Force and Caucus on Human Rights and Violence Against Women, NGO Committee on the Status of Women.  She is the official United Nations representative of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies(ISTSS) and of the Netherlands Council of Women(NVR). 

In 2004 Dr. Braak  represented the United States at the 26th International Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association held in Tokyo, Japan,  also in 2007 in Acra, Ghana.  She is a member of the American Medical Women's Association's(AMWA) Gender Equity TaskForce and represents AMWA on the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (NPEIV).

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Please consider offering a space in your room or car to a battered mother who would otherwise be unable to attend.
 Details will be emailed to confirmed attendees.

Updated Conference Schedule       Presenters       Online Registration       Announcement, Brochure, & Mail-In Registration
Home      Co-Sponsors      Support the Conference      Seminar Materials      Silent Auction
    The Conference in PBS' Film:  Breaking the Silence, Children's Stories      The Courageous Kids Network
 Add your child's hand prints to the Children Taken by the Family Courts Hand Prints Project
Contribute a panel to the "Children Taken by the Family Courts Community Quilt"
 Center for Judicial Excellence: Family Court Crisis Film and Photo Exhibit
 Disclaimers and Terms of Use      About the Conference
Now Available:  Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody:  Legal Strategies and Policy Issues
 Edited by Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. and Barry Goldstein, J.D.

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