Connexions articles from March 1994

Connexions archives from March 1994

Beyond the year 2000. (Gertrude Mongella on women's rights) (Interview)
March 22, 1994... (Translated from "Las Mujeres en el Reparto de Poderes," in Mujeres en Accion, a publication of ISIS International, Santiago, Chile, Number 4, 1993.) "The primary aim for women in the next millennium is the distribution of power," stated...

Desperately hoping. (social programs for women in Sweden) (Panel Discussion)
March 22, 1994... Sweden (Translated and excerpted from "Laget ar fortvivlat men framtiden ar Ijus," by Inga-Lisa Sangregorio, in Kvinnobulletinen, Swedish feminist magazine, Number 1, 1994.) In the fall of 1993, Marta Fritz, editor of Hertha, wrote a letter...

More than a roof overhead. (housing and the role of women in the Philippines)
March 22, 1994... The Philippines (From "Women assert voice in housing concerns," by Perla Aragon-Choudhury, in Depthnews Women's Feature, The Philippines, January 1994.) Women and housing go together. In an ideal world, women's voices should be heard in...

Power, politics, democracy, autonomy. (Latin American feminism)
March 22, 1994... Latin America (Translated from "VI. Feministischer Kongre[Beta] in Lateinamerika/Karibik. Den rebellischen Charakter bewahren...." by Siegrid Wistrcil, in Frauensolidaritat, Austrian feminist international quarterly, Number 46, 4/1993.)...

El Salvador. (women's rights)
March 22, 1994... (Excerpted and translated from "De la Confusion a la Esperanza," in Mujeres en Accion, a publication of ISIS International, Santiago, Chile, Number 4, 1993.) After decades of civil war and death squad terrorism, El Salvador is embarking on a...

Lesbians on the road to Beijing. (1995 Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women)
March 22, 1994... (From "1995 World Conference on Women: Where are the Lesbians," in ILlS Newsletter, from the International Lesbians Information Service, the Netherlands, Volume 15, Number 2, 1994.) Introduction Preparations are now under way for the Fourth...

Banana juice dialogue. (interview with Miriam Tabingwa, Ugandan economist)
March 22, 1994... Uganda (From "Emancipation and Rural Women in Uganda," in Women in Action, a publication of ISIS International, The Philippines, Number 2/1991.) Miriam Tabingwa is a founder/member of Action for Economic Development (ACFODE) and the...

Where do we go from here? (feminist publishing in Austria)
March 22, 1994... Austria (From "Frauen, wir brauchen eine Zeitung," in Auf--Eine Frauenzeitschrift, #79, March 1993.) Women, we need a newspaper. What do we want from our A U F ? What is the perspective? What is the ideal? What did we want in the...

"A new phase of reconstruction." (Italian feminist publishing)
March 22, 1994... Italy (Translated and excerpted from "Noidonne e il suo futuro. Radiografia a piu' voci di un giornale," by Franca Fossati, in Noi Donne, Italian feminist monthly, Year 48, Number 11/12, December 1993.) What is the future of feminist...

Men in shorts. (advertising in Peruvian television)
March 22, 1994... Peru (Translated from "Nueva Imagen de la Mujer en la Publicidad?" by Mariella Sala, in Mujer/Fempress, Latin American feminist monthly, Number 143, September 1993.) A new wave of commercials is surprising television watchers in Peru....

"Typical" girls paint their nails: "clever" girls go into science.
March 22, 1994... Canada (From "Reconstructing Girlhood -- Putting 'Clever' Girls in Science," by Linda Mahood, in Canadian Women's Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme, Canadian feminist quarterly, Volume 13, Number 2, Winter 1993. [C] Linda Mahood 1993.)...

Hard working women .... and anxious men. (marginalization of men in the Caribbean)
March 22, 1994... (From "Are Men Marginalised? . . . The Debate Continues," in Cafra News, quarterly newsletter of the Caribbean Association of Feminist Research and Action, Trinidad and Tobago, October-December 1993.) Within recent times there has been much...

Changing society. (home workshops in Pakistan)
March 22, 1994... (From "'Home School' Empowers Young Pakistani Girls," in Depthnews Women's Feature, The Philippines, February 1994.) Yasmin Shahid's friends belong to Lahore's educated, sophisticated circle, yet when she utters the word "condom" they are...

Resisting fate. (ending prostitution in Nepal)
March 22, 1994... Nepal (From "Badi Girls Resist Prostitute's Fate," by Binod Bhattarai, in Depthnews Women's Feature, the Philippines, October 1993.) This dusty city bordering India has always been notorious for prostitution. The outbreak of AIDS in the...

No future for families. (Lebanon)
March 22, 1994... Lebanon (From "Marriage on the Rocks in Lebanon," by Mounir B. Abboud, in Depthnews Women's Feature, The Philippines, September 1993.) All is not well with the Lebanese family. This is seen not only in the falling birth rate--which may...

Feminism dis-covered. (dialogue between feminists of the 1990s and the 1970s)
March 22, 1994... Italy (Translated from "Come snidare la docente," by Franca Fossati, in Noi Donne, Italian feminist monthly, Year 48, Number 9, September 1993.) A feminist scholar is not necessarily a leftist political activist these days. But the...

A lesbian leftist takes a turn in politics. (interview with Christina Schenk) (Interview)
March 22, 1994... Germany (Excerpted and translated from an interview with Christina Schenk by Marion Gerlind and Claudia Schaab exclusively for Connexions, June 1994.) Christina Schenk is a physicist, a leftist and the only out lesbian in the Bundestag. In...

The gender agenda. (Russia)
March 22, 1994... Russia (Translated from "Mit einem Sprung in die Duma," by Sonia Mikich, in Emma, German feminist monthly, March 1994.) I was met with scorn and mockery at my office when I proclaimed that I was going to write about the party "Women in...

Womandla! (South African feminism)
March 22, 1994... South Africa (From "Womandla! Power to women? At least the Women's Charter gives women a chance a fighting chance," by Rosalee Telela, in Speak, South African feminist monthly, No. 60, May 1994.) When the Women's National Coalition (WNC) was...

Lena, Fabian and Max have two mommies. (gay parenthood)
March 22, 1994... Germany (Translated and excerpted from "Zwei Mutter und drei Kinder," by Chantal Louis in Emma, German feminist monthly, May/June 1994.) Next to the living room table stands a cardboard figure with a raincoat and hat on. "That's the man in...

Mothers start school. (community initiative for street children in Mozambique)
March 22, 1994... Mozambique (From "Center gets, keeps kids off the streets," by Ruth Ansah Ayisi, in Depthnews Women's Feature, The Philippines, March 1994.) Filomena and her friends used to scramble into the metal garbage cans along the bustling streets of...