WIA 1999-2 Women and Work

25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

EDITORIAL
Women and Work

Coming a Long Way Together: Isis and Marilee Karl
by Leti Boniol and Annie Calma

Simply Isis
by Susanna George

From Geneva to Kampala: Isis WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together
by Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng

Moving Around With our Feet Firmly on the Ground
by Ana Maria Portugal

Celebrating 25 Years of Networking
by Anne S. Walker

ICT SECTION
ICT: Impact on Women and Proposals for a Women's Agenda
by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

MEDIA SECTION
Can Converging Media be Controlled
by Lilian Mercado Carreon

HEALTH UPDATE
The Wages of Work: Occupational Health and Women
by Melody Kemp

COUNTRY REPORT: NEPAL
Nepal: The Right to Land is the Right to Livelihood
by Samjhana Shrestha

The New Fantastic World of Work
by Leti Boniol and Anie Calma

Sail On, Women
by Jean Enriquez

Life in Italy is no Dolce Vita
by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza

ONE ON ONE
Fighting an Uphill Battle
by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza

Women In Action covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally, but focusing on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South, and forwarding a progressive perspective tempered by the experiences of the third world women's movements.

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Bahay ni Isis provides a safe haven for guests visiting Manila, with lodgings, meeting rooms and facilities for workshops and other events. It is a comfortable women-friendly space and a gathering place for many non-governmental organisations engaged in issues affecting women around the globe. Welcome!

The Isis Feminist Activist School aims to strengthen the communication capacity of women from the Global South so that they can effectively articulate and take on leadership roles in organisations, communities, networks and/or social movements.

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WiA carries in-depth articles on issues facing women globally from a feminist perspective. This social movement publication links women’s issues to larger social issues and features women writers from around the world.

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.