By Sabrina Buzzalino, Isis International

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ECJ workshop participants creating collages as they reflect on the impacts of climate change on women.

This was the resounding call of participants who attended the recently concluded Isis Activist School on Engendering Climate Justice: The Southeast Asia Experience, in Manila, Philippines from 3-5 August 2010.

The Activist School on Engendering Climate Justice is part of a year long project where Isis endeavored to raise awareness on Southern women's experiences of the impact of climate change, its impact on women and its linkages to other gender issues. The project is aimed at surfacing southern women's perspectives and feminist analyses on climate change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as strengthening feminist positions on gender and climate change in NGO-led processes.

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by Anna M. Dinglasan, Isis International

All over the world , women have cause for celebrations as the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on July 2, 2010 creating the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

UN Women, as it is now named, is the result of years of negotiations between member states, and advocacy by the global women's movement. It is also part of the UN reform agenda that aims to bring together resources and mandates for greater impact and efficiency. More specifically, it is the response to challenges faced by the UN in its efforts to promote gender equality globally, including inadequate funding and the absence of a single driver recognised to direct all UN activities on gender equality issues.

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by Anna Dinglasan, Isis International

Barely a month as the new president of the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr. already has women's organisations, both locally and internationally based, keeping a watchful on him.

Aquino has been cornered about his views and plans on reproductive health, which has remained one of the most controversial issues in the country.

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by Vaseva Samugh

The current financial crisis is the worst that the world has ever dealt with since the Great Depression in the 1930's. The crisis began to take place in 2007 and believed to have started in the United States and rapidly spreading to the world in an economic recession.

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by Sheryl Ho

Based on its 36 years experience, Isis International, a feminist development communication organization, launched its Activists School for Feminist Development Communications in Manila, Philippines on April 5th 2010.

ChineseNGO6The development of new media and information, communication and technologies (ICTs) has drastically changed the way of social mobilization and organizing, as well as movement building and advocacy. This Activist School aims to strategically utilize the media and ICTs to strengthen social movement and advocacies. It conducts in-house and on-site training seminars bringing together women activists and development practitioners to share and learn from each other on the theory and practice of development communication to strengthen cause-oriented advocacies on the various issues. As well, the Actvist School aims to develop and sharpen skills in community radio, journalism and publication, film and video, theatre, and convergent media technology for networking.

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by Carole Shaw (JERA International)

Reflections on Day 2

The sun shone brightly this morning as most of the snow from the sidewalks disappears. A crisp morning and an early start to the day found yet more queues to get passes to get into the UN Building.