World Social Forum 2004

Details: Created: 07 September 2006

Mumbai, 16 January 2004 - Women are making their presence felt like never before at the ongoing World Social Forum (WSF) 2004 in Mumbai, India. A large venue for mass organisations and social movements to gather and build alliances to oppose anti-people globalisation and create a more just world, WSF has traditionally been dominated by males.

Details: Created: 07 September 2006

At the ongoing 2004 World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, are a number of events organised by women NGOs.

A Dialogue between Movements: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges - organized by the National Network of Autonomous Women's Groups, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Marcosur Feminist Articulation (AFM), and Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice (WICEJ), the event will be held on 19 January 2004 at Hall 3 NESCO Grounds from 9 am to 12.

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BnIFacade Isis International Women’s House (Bahay ni Isis).

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.

we!, the Isis International e-newsletter, provides news and information on women’s activism, campaigns and events around the globe as well as analyses and commentary on current issues affecting women.

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.