37 research outputs found
United State\u27s Legal Strategy
Ms. Millet is an Assistant to the Solicitor General. She is a Harvard Law School graduate
We\u27re Your Government and We\u27re Here to Help : Obtaining Amicus Support from the Federal Government in Supreme Court Cases
We\u27re Your Government and We\u27re Here to Help : Obtaining Amicus Support from the Federal Government in Supreme Court Cases
The Falkland Islands (Malvinas): A needless war, a necessary peace
Thesis (B.A.) in Political science--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985.Bibliography: leaves 154-166.Microfiche of typescript. [Urbana, Ill.] : Photographic Services, University of Illinois, U of I Library, [1988]. 4 microfiches (178 frames) : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Anderson's ethical vulnerability: animating feminist responses to sexual violence
Pamela Sue Anderson argues for an ethical vulnerability which âactivates an openness to becoming changedâ that âcan make possible a relational accountability to one another on ethical mattersâ. In this essay I pursue Andersonâs solicitation that there is a positive politics to be developed from acknowledging and affirming vulnerability. I propose that this politics is one which has a specific relevance for animating the terms of feminist responses to sexual violence, something which has proved difficult for feminist theorists and activists alike. I will demonstrate the contribution of Andersonâs work to such questions by examining the way in which âethical vulnerabilityâ as a framework can illuminate the intersectional feminist character of Tarana Burkeâs grassroots Me Too movement when compared with the mainstream, viral version of the movement. I conclude by arguing that Andersonâs âethical vulnerabilityâ contains ontological insights which can allay both activist and academic concerns regarding how to respond to sexual violence
The rise of \u27women\u27s poetry\u27 in the 1970s an initial survey into new Australian poetry, the women\u27s movement, and a matrix of revolutions
The Health Equity and Effectiveness of Policy Options to Reduce Dietary Salt Intake in England: Policy Forecast
Background
Public health action to reduce dietary salt intake has driven substantial reductions in coronary heart disease (CHD) over the past decade, but avoidable socio-economic differentials remain. We therefore forecast how further intervention to reduce dietary salt intake might affect the overall level and inequality of CHD mortality.
Methods
We considered English adults, with socio-economic circumstances (SEC) stratified by quintiles of the Index of Multiple Deprivation. We used IMPACTSEC, a validated CHD policy model, to link policy implementation to salt intake, systolic blood pressure and CHD mortality. We forecast the effects of mandatory and voluntary product reformulation, nutrition labelling and social marketing (e.g., health promotion, education). To inform our forecasts, we elicited expertsâ predictions on further policy implementation up to 2020. We then modelled the effects on CHD mortality up to 2025 and simultaneously assessed the socio-economic differentials of effect.
Results
Mandatory reformulation might prevent or postpone 4,500 (2,900â6,100) CHD deaths in total, with the effect greater by 500 (300â700) deaths or 85% in the most deprived than in the most affluent. Further voluntary reformulation was predicted to be less effective and inequality-reducing, preventing or postponing 1,500 (200â5,000) CHD deaths in total, with the effect greater by 100 (â100â600) deaths or 49% in the most deprived than in the most affluent. Further social marketing and improvements to labelling might each prevent or postpone 400â500 CHD deaths, but minimally affect inequality.
Conclusions
Mandatory engagement with industry to limit salt in processed-foods appears a promising and inequality-reducing option. For other policy options, our expert-driven forecast warns that future policy implementation might reach more deprived individuals less well, limiting inequality reduction. We therefore encourage planners to prioritise equity
Go and Do Likewise: Lawyering as a Life of Service
During the January 23 event, Millett discussed the extraordinary legal system in the United States, the great responsibility of being a lawyer, and the importance of remembering that lawyers work for the people they represent. Millett also discussed that faith in action is making the justice system work for her clients. A summary of the event is available here