About Isis International

Isis International - Manila Board of Trustees:

La Rainne Abad Sarmiento, Kamla Bhasin, Noeleen Heyzer, Marilee Karl, Sr. Mary John Monanzon, Ana Maria R. Nemenzo, Lucia Pavia Ticzon, Maria Villariba.

Isis International - Manila Coordinators:

La Rainne Abad Sarmiento, Marilee Karl, Lucia Pavia Ticzon.

Isis International Associates:

Isis International has a group of Associates, women from different parts of the world who support our aims, give advice and collaborate in our programs.

Our current Associates are:

Anita Anond, India; Peggy Antrobus, Barbados; Marie Assood, Egypt; Judith Astellara, Spain; Suzanne Aurelius, Chile; Brigalia Bam, South Africa; Nita Barrow, Barbados; Jessie Bernard, USA; Rekha Bezboruah, India; Adelio Borges, Brazil; Boston Women's Health Collective, USA; Elise Boulding, USA; Charlotte Bunch, USA; Ximena Bunster, Chile; Ah Fong Chung, Mauritius; Giuseppina Dante, Italy; Miranda Davies, U.K.; Corinne Kumar D'Souza, India; Elisabeth Eie, Norway; Akke van Eijden, the Netherlands; Magdo Enriquez, Nicaragua; Foo Goik Sim, Malaysia; Maria Girardet, Italy; Saralee Hamilton, USA; Korin Himmelstrond, Sweden, Devoki Jain, India; Kumari Jayowardena, Sri Lanka; Annette Kaiser, Switzerland; Nighat Khan, Pakistan; Geertje Lycklama, the Netherlands; Giovonna Merolo, Venezuela; Robin Morgan, USA; Vivian Mota, Dominican Republic; Magaly Pineda, Dominican Republic; Ana Mario Portugal, Peru; Rhoda Reddock, Trinidad and Tobago; Luz Helena Sanchez, Colombia; Olga Amporo Sanchez, Colombia; Adriano Santa Cruz, Chile; Marie-Angelique Sovone, Senegal; Else Skonsberg, Norway; Cecilia Torres, Ecuador; Moemo Viezzer, Brazil.

Founders of Isis International: Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl.

Isis International
85-A East Maya Street
Philamlife Homes, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 997512; 993292; 996343

Fax; (632) 997512 (Manila office hours only)

Commercial Fax; Attn. ISISINTMNL

(632) 815-07-56; 817-97-42; 921-26-90

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Isis Internacional
Cassilla 2067 - Correo Central
Santiago, Chile
Tel: (562) 633 45 82

Fax: (562) 638 31 42

Isis International is an international non-governmental women's organization, founded in 1974 to promote ttie empowerment of women through information sharing, communication and networking. Its network reaches over 50,000 individuals and organizations in 150 countries, from grassroots groups to policymakers. Isis International's activities include resource centers and information sharing, publications and communications, health networking, advocacy of women's issues and skills sharing. It has two offices, one in Santiago, Chile and the other in Manila, Philippines.

Isis International Resource Centers

The Resource Center of each office houses a collection of documentation and information from all over the world on a wide range of development and women's issues. This information is processed by the Resource Center and Information Program of each office and incorporated into bibliographic, human resources and data bases. It is made available to all interested groups, institutions and individuals through information services and specialized publications including resource directories, bibliographic catalogues and publications on specific themes. The Resource Centers are also open to visitors.

Regular Resource Center publications include the bilingual Sose de Dafos Mujer - Women's Data Base and Documenfas, a bibliographic bulletin in Spanish, from our office in Chile and Resource Update, a bibliographic bulletin and Information Packs on key issues, in English from our office in the Philippines.

Isis International Publications

The Communication Networking Program of each office publishes a quarterly magazine: Mujeres en Accion, in Spanish, from our office in Chile and Women in Action, in English, from our office in the Philippines. These publications bring together information, analyses and perspectives about and from women around the world and serve as communication channels for sharing ideas, experiences and models of organization and action. Books on key issues are published twice a year in Spanish through the Isis Internacional Ediciones de las Mujeres in Chile and on an occasional basis in English through the Isis International Book Series in the Philippines.

The Women's Health Journal in English is published by the Health Networking Program of our office in Chile with the collaboration of the office in the Philippines. The office in Chile also publishes the Spanish language Revista de la Red Salud de las Mujeres Latino Americanas y del Caribe. Women Envision, a monthly newsletter in English is published by the Advocacy and Campaigns Program in our office in the Philippines. It contains information on activities leading up to the World Conference and NGO Forum in China 1995 and other international meetings and campaigns.

Health Networking

The Health Networking Program of our office in Chile coordinates the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network while the office in the Philippines undertakes health networking activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. Both offices offer health information services and resource materials.

Advocacy, Campaigns and Policy

Our office in Chile coordinates the Information and Policy Program on Violence Against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Advocacy and Campaigns Program of the office in the Philippines produces Action Alerts on campaigns, actions and solidarity appeals of women's groups and networks around the world. 

Networking Services 

Both offices offer referral and assistance to individuals and organizations, locally and internationally in linking with others around the world. 

Training 

Both offices offer technical assistance and training in communication and information management and in the use of new information technologies.

sis International acknowledges the support and the financial assistance of the following partner donor organizations: Australian Council of Churches, CEBEMO (The Netherlands), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Christian Aid (U.K.), Commission on Inter church Aid of the Netherlands Reformed Church, Danish Ministry for Development Cooperation (DANIDA), Evangelisches Missionswerk (Germany), ICCO (The Netherlands), The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. (USA), Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation, UNIFEM (USA), Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (USA).