WIA 2003-3 Women in Prisons

Rights in Detention in Malaysia
by Zarizana Abdul Aziz

The Invisibility of Women Prisoners' Resistance
by Vikki Law

Girls in a Playground Called Prison
by Zelda Soriano

Portraits of Sadness and Survival: Women in Prison
by Kathleen Pelasi

The Criminalisation of Women
Summarised by Luz Maria Matinez

Re-defining Warrior: Terms of Struggle for Women Abolitionists
by Sharon Luk

Grief in Gaol: Indigenous Women's Incarceration Problems in Australia
by Libay Linsangan Cantor

The Silenced Few: Non-English Speakers in Prison
by Debbie Kilroy

Loving in the War Years: Support for Black Women in Detention
by Christina Wilson

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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.