Women's Health Journal articles from July 2003

Women's Health Journal archives from July 2003

Citizens in action: monitoring the Cairo agreements.(From The Coordinating Office)
July 1, 2003... The United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) revolutionized the dominant discourse on population and development and the related issues of health, rights, environment and the status of women. At this...

LACWHN campaigns for Women's Health, against violence.(Sharing Our Experiences)(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network)
July 1, 2003... Since 1996, the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network has supported women's groups and organizations of our region that undertake activities to promote May 28, International Day of Action for Women's Health, and November 25,...

LACWHN activism and advocacy campaigns for Women's Health and Rights.(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network)
July 1, 2003... The following article is based on a report originally published in the Women's Health Journal 1/2001. Throughout history, social movements for change have arisen to pave the way for new ideas or to protest situations of oppression and...

May 28 International Day of Action for Women's Health.
July 1, 2003... Health clearly reflects the many inequities of women's daily lives. Nevertheless, the true extent of these disparities were not understood until very recently when gender perspective explained how the social constructs of female and male...

November 25 International Day Against Violence Against Women.
July 1, 2003... Gender-based violence is violence "linked to the unequal distribution of power and the asymmetrical relationships established between men and women in our society that perpetuate the devaluation of the feminine and its subordination to the...

The On-going Communications Campaign against Violence against Women.
July 1, 2003... The Red Chilena contra la Violencia Domestica y Sexual (Chilean Network Against Sexual and Domestic Violence) links over 50 organizations around the country. These groups provide legal counseling and psychological care for victims; disseminate...

Violence has a thousand faces ... and a thousand voices.
July 1, 2003... Chile's DOMOS, Corporacion de Desarollo de la Mujer (Women's Development Corporation) has worked for over 20 years to improve women's quality of life and to promote women's rights. For more than five years, DOMOS has provided services for...

We Want to Live Free from Violence: towards a world of equity, dignity and justice.
July 1, 2003... Since its beginnings, Nicaragua's Colectivo de Mujeres de Women's Collective) has used a communications strategy to encourage violence prevention through political participation and actions in the legal, health, and educational realms. ...

The Right to Choose, Free from Violence and with Resources: the Community Contraceptive Bank.
July 1, 2003... In 1985 the Servicio de Accion Popular (Popular Action Service), SeAP, a non-governmental organization located in Cordoba, Argentina, launched a project targeting peor, urban women. The original project had three components: women's...

Support for indigenous women and migrants.
July 1, 2003... The Centro de Apoyo y Promocion al Desarrollo Agrario (CAPRODA, Center to Support and Promote Agrarian Development) is a non-governmental organization in Arequipa, Peru that provides training services, technical assistance, consultation and...

Promoting Women's Citizenship.
July 1, 2003... Established in 1987 to promote women rights and the improvement of the living conditions of African-descendent individuals, Maria Mulher, Organizacao de Mulheres Negras (Maria Mulher, Black Women's Organization) is a feminist organization led...

"I Do Not Want Any More Violence".
July 1, 2003... The Colectivo Mujeres Malhuen (Malhuen Women's Collective) has two decades of experience working in the Lo Hermida neighborhood in the southeast area of Santiago, Chile's capital. Lo Hermida is a densely-populated sector of poor and...

November 25 International Day Against Violence Against Women reviewing the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women, the "Belem do Para Convention".(News And Meetings)
July 1, 2003... This year the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, LACWHN, launched a campaign to monitor the application of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violente Against Women, known as the...

Latin American and Caribbean Day for the decriminalization of abortion.
July 1, 2003... Excerpt from the website of the Centro de la Mujer Peruana "Flora Tristan" According to the World Health Organization (1998), 4.2 million women undergo abortions in Latin America and the Caribbean annually. The majority of these abortions...

Key laws on reproductive health.(Uruguay And Argentina)
July 1, 2003... Currently, the most emblematic case in the region on the right to abortion is the progress of Uruguay's Law in Defense of Reproductive Health, passed by the Lower Chamber of the National Parliament at the end of 2002. Under this proposed law:...

Declaration of support for legal abortion in Sucre, Bolivia.
July 1, 2003... In Bolivia the September 28 Campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean announced its strong support for Judge Sandra Aldayuz, prosecutor Silvestre Alaca, and the Genealogical and Obstetric Hospital...

Sexual and reproductive rights in the balance.(ICPD+10)(International Conference on Population and Development)
July 1, 2003... The International Conference on Population and Development held by the United Nations in Cairo in 1994 revolutionized the dominant discourse on population and development. In contrast to the demographic perspectives previously employed, the...

Atenea database.(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network's Atenea on-line database)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, LACWHN, is pleased to announce the launching of the Atenea on-line database, which is part of the Follow-up Project on the implementation of the Programme of Action from the International...

Women in the new millennium.(Centro de Informacion y Desarollo de la Mujer's Women in the 21st Century)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... On August 30-31 in La Paz, Bolivia, the Centro de Informacion y Desarollo de la Mujer (CIDEM, Center for Women's Development and Information) commemorated its 20th anniversary with a forum called "Women in the 21st Century." The forum provided...

Open letter to Latin American and Caribbean government leaders.(International Conference on Population and Development)
July 1, 2003... 2004 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Programme of Action produced at the United Nations' International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994). The Cairo Programme of Action signaled a significant shift from the dominant...

Sexual and reproductive health: key to poverty reduction.
July 1, 2003... A total of 225 participants from four continents representing 78 organizations met in Amsterdam on November 21, 2003, for the International Conference, "Reproductive Health: Key to Poverty Reduction," organized by the World Population...

Amsterdam call for action.
July 1, 2003... We the participants of the International Conference, "Reproductive Health: Key to Poverty Reduction" (Amsterdam, 21 November 2003), call upon all stakeholders involved to take an active role in the realization of the ICPD Programme of Action...

Recent and upcoming meetings.(Group News And Events)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... International Conference on Women and Infectious Diseases, "From Science to Action" February 27-28, 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Among the priority topics of this meeting will be: mother-to-child transmission of HIV; long-term consequences...

Feminists in the World Social Forum.(Mumbai)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Throughout the final weeks of 2003, the Articulacion Feminista Marcosur (Marcosur Feminist Coalition) has shared copious information on feminists' preparation for and participation in the Fourth World Social Forum in Mumbai, India (January...

XII Congreso Latinoamericano and the II Congreso Chileno de Sexologia y Educacion Sexual, "La Sexualidad en Crisis: Conflictos y Alternativas".(Recent and Upcoming Meetings)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... October 13-16, 2004 Santiago, Chile Under the theme, "Sexuality in Crisis: Conflicts and Alternatives," the 7th Latin American (2nd Chilean) Congress on Sexology and Sex Education will address a range of issues, including gender-based...

New networks in Brazil.(Group News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Rede Religioes Afro-Brasileiras e Saude (Network of Afro-Brazilian Religions and Health) was recently formed in Sao Luis do Maranhao, Brazil, to exchange information, experience and wisdom in a effort to improve health and to monitor health...

Women's health in Nicaragua.(Group News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Scores of women from the Autonomous Women's Movement, women's organizations, networks, collectives, universities and other civil society groups attended the Women's Encounter for Comprehensive Health held by SI Mujer in Managua, June 4, 2003....

Community healing in Colombia.(Group News)(Center of Comprehensive Resources for the Family)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... With the support of the Ford Foundation, Colombia's Centro de Recursos Integrales para la Familia (CERFAMI, Center of Comprehensive Resources for the Family) has recently launched the project Abriendo puertas (Opening Doors) to promote health,...

Essay contest: The Secular State.(Group News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer, CLADEM, (Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights) has launched an essay contest to encourage legal scholars and other...

Defending Chilean Women's Rights.(Group News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Fourth Tribunal on Chilean Women's Rights, organized by the Instituto de la Mujer (Women's Institute), was held December 11, 2003, in Santiago, Chile. This event sought to educate and sensitize the general public, and especially...

Materials on rights.(Group News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... With the support of the UNFPA, the Ecuadorian organizations Fundacion Esquel and Fundacion de Apoyo Comunitario y Social have published two pamphlets on sexual and reproductive rights for young people. "Derechos sexuales y reproductivos... Los...

Creatividad y Cambio.(Happy Anniversary)(a Peruvian organization )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Since 1973 the Peruvian organization Creatividad y Cambio (Creativity and Change) has promoted cultural activities as fundamental for individual self-realization and the transformation of society to guarantee justice, liberty and solidarity....

Changing of the Guard.(Group News)(Latin American Consortium on Emergency Contraception )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Changing of the Guard: The coordination of the Latin American Consortium on Emergency Contraception has been shifted from the Pacific Institute for Women's Health in Los Angeles, California, to the Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva...

La Morada.(Happy Anniversary)(social organization)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Chilean group La Morada celebrates two decades of work for women's rights under the slogan "20 Years, With Every Right" La Morada was founded in 1983 to denounce the situation of women living under the dictatorship, and this feminist...

Comunicacion e Informacion de la Mujer, A. C.(Happy Anniversary)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Since 1988 Comunicacion e Informacion de la Mujer, A. C. (CIMAC, Women's Communications and Information) has encouraged the media to take a new look at women's status in Mexico and the world, emphasizing principles of equity, social justice and...

Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women health.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Such simple scenes play out in the everyday lives of women all over the world. But as this issue's focus section explains, we are surrounded by substances that may be slowly poisoning us and our planet. Apparently benign objects such as vinyl...

Beyond DES--hormones in the environment.(Such sweet pPoison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)(diethylstilbestrol)
July 1, 2003... DES (diethylstilbestrol) exposure is often viewed as a health issue unique to those exposed to the drug and an issue that is no longer relevant. This is far from the truth. DES exposure and long-term exposure to any synthetic hormone concerns a...

The precautionary principle: an important issue for women's health activists: by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.(Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)
July 1, 2003... Between 1980 and 1985, asthma rates in children have more than doubled. Swordfish and tuna are so contaminated with mercury that pregnant and nursing women are warned to not eat them. In the U.S., a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast...

Chemicals and cosmetics: such sweet poison.(Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)
July 1, 2003... The following article and accompanying sidebars are a contribution of the Women's Environmental Network (United Kingdom), Women's Voices for the Earth (USA) the Not Too Pretty Campaign based on information previously published in press...

Breast still best (and Better Yet, Toxic-Free)!(Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)(evaluated information on breastfeeding)
July 1, 2003... The following article is based on the FAQ Sheet, "Towards Healthy Environments for Children: Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment," prepared by Penny van Esterik (York University, Toronto). She is...

Communicating about environmental risks and infant feeding.(Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)
July 1, 2003... Breastfeeding as a media subject is both sexy and emotional. Sometimes the news media extol the many well-documented benefits of breastfeeding. But on the subject of environmental toxins in mother's milk, newspapers and television frequently...

Endometriosis and the toxic link.(Such sweet poison: chemicals in our environment and women's health)
July 1, 2003... Endometriosis is a puzzling endocrine and immune disease that affects an estimated 89 million girls and women around the world, regardless of ethnic or social origin. The incidence of allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities in women with...

The princess slays the dragon ... ending the tyranny of the tobacco industry.(Panorama)
July 1, 2003... In this issue's Panorama section, we are pleased to share two original articles, Uruguayan physician Eduardo Bianco explains how women have become the target of the tobacco industry, and CDC Fellow Karen Gutierrez shares some successful tactics...

Tobacco industry marketing strategies and women.
July 1, 2003... Tobacco companies began their search for new clients with the emergence of industrialization. Since cigarettes could be mass produced in large numbers, the tobacco industry needed to increase its market. In the 1920s tobacco companies began to...

Karen Gutierrez: global reviews of mass media campaigns for smoking cessation and youth tobacco use prevention: "comprehensiveness is the key".
July 1, 2003... What are the goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the area of tobacco control? The Office on Smoking and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has three key tobacco control focuses: reducing...

Bioethics and abortion.(Opinion)
July 1, 2003... Of all bioethical themes, the issue of abortion has been the subject of most articles, debates, scientific congresses and public discussions. Nonetheless, this is no indication of significant advances or democratic consensus on the issue in...

What do we learn from Japanese feminist bioethics?
July 1, 2003... I would like to begin by explaining the reason why as a male philosopher, I am giving a lecture on Japanese feminist bioethics. I have studied the "philosophy of life," including bioethics, for more than ten years, and I discovered that...

Informativo Mujer. IM.(Periodicals)(Centro de Documentacion y Estudios )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Centro de Documentacion y Estudios (Paraguay) vol. 15, no. 161, 2003. The Women's Department of the Centro de Documentacion y Estudios (CDE, Documentation and Research Center) publishes this bimonthly magazine. Each issue include articles...

Network.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Family Health International (USA) vol. 23, no. 1, 2003. The regular publication of Family Health International has a snazzy new look but the same high-quality information on reproductive health and related topics. Available in English,...

Sexual health exchange.(Periodicals)(periodical's subject)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... SAfAIDS, KIT (The Netherlands) 2/2003. Mobile and migrant populations are the focus of this issue of the quarterly publication produced by the South Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) and the Royal Tropical Institute...

Panoramica Latinoamericana.(Periodicals)(Maison de l' Amerique Latine)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Maison de l' Amerique Latine (Belgium) no. 13, February-March 2003. Primarily in French with some articles in Spanish, this regular publication addresses issues of importance in Latin America. This issue is dedicated to the problem of...

Fe-mujer.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir (La Paz, Bolivia) vol. 1, no. 10, July 2003. Fe-mujeris the biannual magazine of the Bolivian branch of Catholics for a Free Choice. This issue emphasizes the importance of separation of Church and State...

Cotidiano Mujer.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Colectivo Editorial MUJER (Montevideo, Uruguay) vol. 3, no. 39, July 2003. This issue of Cotidiano Mujer focuses on the current debate on abortion in Uruguay and includes information on the proposed Law to Defend Reproductive Health. ...

De Retamas y. Orquideas.(Periodicals)(ReproSalud: 4 anos construyendo ciudadania)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... ReproSalud/Movimiento Manuela Ramos (Peru) vol. 8, no. 15, August 2003. The ReproSalud program of the Peruvian women's organization Movimiento Manuela Ramos celebrates four successful years in this issue of its newsletter entitled...

WEN news.(Periodicals)(Women's Environmental Network)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Women's Environmental Network (UK) Summer 2003. WEN is a women-centered, grassroots-focused organization that works to inform and empower women and men concerned about the environment. This regular newsletter reports on local actions and...

We!(Periodicals)
July 1, 2003... Isis International (The Philippines) no. 35, September 2003. The monthly publication of Isis International-Manila offers news on women's issues and campaigns, conferences, training and other women's events worldwide with a focus on the Asia...

The microbicide quarterly.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Alliance for Microbicide Development (USA) vol. 1, no. 3, October-December 2003. For up-to-date information on microbicide development and related issues, turn to this regular publication of the Alliance for Microbicide Development. *...

Patricia Alvarado with Fresia Cea Femicidios en la Araucania. Develando la violencia extrema contra las mujeres.(Temuco)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Temuco, Chile: Centro de las Mujeres, 2003. 68 p. Published by the Women's Center of Temuco in the south of Chile, Femicide in Araucania: Revealing Extreme Violence Against Women applies a gender perspective to the local newspaper, the...

Ana Maria Guerrero, ed. Derechos Humanos y Salud: Encontrando los Lazos.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Memorias del Primer Taller Latino-americano Permanente, Lima, Peru, February 28--March 3, 2001. Lima: EDHUCASalud, 2002. 112 p. Human Rights and Health: Discovering the Links contains the proceedings from the First Latin American Workshop...

REPEM III Concurso Latinoamericano: Asi se hace. Ocho emprendimientos exitosos liderados por mujeres.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Uruguay: REPEM, 2003. 182 p. Compiled by Illiana Pereyra Sarti, this publication shares the results from the Third Latin American Contest, "That's How It's Done," organized by the Grupo de Trabajo Latinoamericano en Economia Popular (GTL,...

Alejandra Valdes, et al. De pacientes a ciudadan@s. Experiencias democratizadoras de salud.
July 1, 2003... Chile: Departamento de Politicas Publicas, Instituto de Asuntos Publicos, Universidad de Chile, 2003. 171 p. From Patients to Citizens: Democratizing Health examines a series of participatory experiences in the health care field in Chile...

Patricia Flores Palacios and Veronica Humerez Imagen de las mujeres en la publicidad.
July 1, 2003... La Paz, Bolivia: Red Nacional de Trabajadoras de la Informacion y Comunicacion, RED-ADA, 2003. 185 p. Images of Women in Advertising is part of a research project undertaken since 1997 by the National Network of Women Workers in...

Human Rights Watch from the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan Labor Force.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... New York: HRW, 2002. 147 p. Women in Guatemala's largest female-dominated labor sectors face persistent sex discrimination and abuse. This Human Rights Watch report examines two sectors, export processing and private households, which...

Judith Astelarra ?Libres e iguales? Sociedad y politica desde el feminismo.
July 1, 2003... Santiago, Chile: CEM, 2003. 312 p. Internationally-renown feminist scholar Judith Astelarra is a Spanish sociologist born in Argentina. Free and Equal? A Feminist Perspective on Society and Politics is an anthology of the author's work...

Marianne Mollmann and Susana Chavez La Regla de la Mordaza y la accion politica en la lucha por la despenalizacion del aborto.
July 1, 2003... Cuaderno de Debate, Lima: Centro de la Mujer Peruana "Flora Tristan," 2003. 54 p. The Global Gag Rule and Political Action in the Struggle for the Decriminalization of Abortion examines the impact of the Global Gag Rule in Peru. Also known...

Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo Montevideo Piensa Joven. Politicas Municipales de Juventud y Genero.
July 1, 2003... Montevideo: Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, 2002. 87 p. Montevideo Thinks Young: Municipal Policies on Youth and Gender shares the results from a series of workshops for young people of both sexes from several countries throughout the...

Roxana Arroyo Vargas Aplicabilidad de la normativa sobre violencia contra la mujer en Centroamerica.
July 1, 2003... Costa Rica: Universidad Nacional, CEM-MUJER and IEM, 2002. 461 p. Applying Regulations on Violence Against Women in Central America was based on the author's doctoral thesis on the application in Central America of two international legal...

Gloria Hernandez, Judith Botero, Maria de los Angeles Martinez and Sara Y. Fernandez ?Alba Lucia libre! Por el derecho al derecho.
July 1, 2003... Medellin, Colombia: Red Colombiana de Mujeres por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos, 2003. 217 p. Free Alba Lucia! For the Right to Have Rights! is a testimonial narrative that recounts the tragic history and experiences of Alba Lucia...

Nancy Palomino, Miguel Ramos, Rocio Valverde and Ernesto Vasquez Entre el placer y la obligacion. Derechos sexuales y derechos reproductivos de mujeres y varones de Huamanga y Lima.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Lima: Universidad Nacional Cayetano Heredia and Population Concern, 2003. 271 p. Between Pleasure and Obligation: The Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights of Women and Men in Huamanga and Lima shares the results of a project sponsored by...

Mabel Bianco and Cecilia Correa, with Luciana Peker La adolescencia en Argentina: sexualidad y pobreza.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Buenos Aires: FEIM, 2003. 93 p. Adolescence in Argentina: Sexuality and Poverty offers a panoramic perspective on today's Argentine adolescents with a special focus on issues related to sexuality and reproduction; the legal status of...

UNFPA State of the World Population 2003 Making 1 billion Count: Investing in Adolescents' Health and Rights.(United Nations Population Fund )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... UNFPA: New York, 2003. 84 p. UNFPA's State of World Population report has been published annually since 1978. Each year the report addresses questions of current interest and concern for the future. This year the report focuses on...

Doris Acevedo El trabajo y la salud laboral de las mujeres en Venezuela. Una vision de genero.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Venezuela: Universidad de Carabobo, 2002. 239 p. Venezuelan Women's Work and Occupational Health: A Gender Perspective examines a range of issues related to the occupational health of Venezuela's women workers. The chapters are: Women's...

World Health Organization guide to United Nations Resources and Activities for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence.(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Geneva: WHO, 2002. 51 p. This publication promotes freedom from violence and describes the resources and activities of the many different United National agencies working to address the problem of interpersonal violence in all its forms....

Association of Women in Development, AWID: re-inventing globalization.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... AWID's Ninth International Forum on Women and Development. Guadalajara, Mexico October 3-6. 2002. Toronto: AWID, 2003. 60 p. This publication features highlights of the AWID Forum including articles, session summaries, photographs and some...

Family Care International Skilled Care During Childbirth: Information Kit.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... New York: FCI. 2002. A comprehensive resource for individuals and organizations working to ensure that every woman has access to skilled care during childbirth, this information kit contains a Policy Brief. Information Booklet and Country...

Catholics for a Free Choice Catholic Voices on the Rights of Women in Africa: Challenges for the Church and Society.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Washington D.C.: CFFC, 2003. 20 p. Catholic Voice is an international forum that provides a space for progressive Catholic leaders to reflect, research and participate in discussions on women's human rights, sexuality and reproductive...

Non-sexist advertising.(On-line Resources)(Centro de Estudios de la Mujer )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... For the past six years Argentina's Centro de Estudios de la Mujer (CEM, Women's Studies Center) has held a contest for non-sexist advertising with the support of UNIFEM. This event has encouraged advertisers to use more creative ads that do not...

Bibliographic resources.(On-line Resources)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Through the Centro Documental de la Mujer "Adela Zamudio-CDMAZ" (Adela Zamudio-CDMAZ Women's Documentation Center), the Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM, Women's Information and Development Center) has begun to disseminate...

Different Takes on current issues.(On-line Resources)
July 1, 2003... The series Different Takes, produced by the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachussetts, USA), brings cutting-edge analysis of controversial population, development, reproductive health and environmental...

Democracy for women, too.(On-line Resources)(Instituto de Genero, Derecho y Desarrollo)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Based in Argentina, the Instituto de Genero, Derecho y Desarrollo (Gender, Law and Development Institute) encourages true democracy based on the full participation of women and men as citizens. The Institute works in the areas of education and...

Against child labor.(On-line Resources)(Sistema de Informacion Regional sobre Trabajo Infantil)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Sistema de Informacion Regional sobre Trabajo Infantil (SIRTI, Regional Information System on Child Labor) is a regional initiative of ILO's International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor. Based in Peru, this program's virtual...

Counseling and support for migrant women.(On-line Resources)(Mujeres de esta tierra--frauen dieser erde)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Mujeres de esta tierra--frauen dieser erde (Women of this Earth) was founded October 30, 1998 by Spanish-speaking women living in Germany to create an autonomous space for women immigrants and their families and to support them as they learn...

For women who love women.(On-line Resources)
July 1, 2003... LeS VOZ, Solo de mujeres para mujeres (LeS VOZ. By Women for Women Only), is a Mexican magazine of lesbian culture. In 1994 a group of lesbian women from diverse backgrounds launched an editorial project that evolved to become an active...

Against gender subordination.(On-line Resources)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Known simply as Las Dignas, the Salvadoran Asociacion de Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida (Women's Association for Dignity and Life) is a political feminist organization founded in 1990 with the mission of eradicating women's gender-based...