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Editorial NEWS AND NOTES An interview by Ma. Victoria Cabrera-Balleza p8 Revisiting "The Family" Through Law till Divorce do us Part The Path to Gender Equality in Japan Changes in Marriage Law Bring Greater Equality Why lose your house because you're a woman? Unheeding Legislators Take Note: Women in the Philippines are Fast Learning the Ropes of Lobbying, and No Longer Give Up Quite So Easily |
SPECIAL FEATURES: Daughters of Wars, Women for Peace by Malu S. Marin p26 Dr. Elmira Souleimanova, A Woman of Peace Women in Algeria Live in Terror RESOURCE CENTER UPDATE From the Shelves of Isis p33 SPECIAL FEATURES: Prevalence of Sexism In English Educational Texts in Japan I Think (With Language) Therefore I Am (What Language Makes Me) Nonsexist Dictionary Rules Out Manholes and Snowmen |
DEPARTMENTS: Yayori Matsui: Retiring Into Activism Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and the Gentle Revolution: Sahaya Yoga THE CONTRIBUTORS CONVERSATIONS Melanesian Women Moving On Muslim Women After the Iranian Revolution Islam as a Source of Power WHAT DO YOU THINK? |
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Research Report, Women and Peacebuilding, Philippines
Recognising Women’s Participation in Sustainable and Lasting Peace. Isis International realised it is essential to initially find out to what extent or if any at all do peace advocates include or consider women and gender in their peace work with from ICCO foundation, Isis carried out a study on women peacemakers in the Philippines.
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Relive the historical milestones of the women’s movement with this Isis collection of posters.