The Sabah Women Action-Resource Group (SAWO) has started a newsletter. They write:

Dear friends welcome to the first issue of HERSTORY - newsletter. Does the name sound familiar? It should because we are rewriting History! We hope this newsletter will inspire solidarity, togetherness, strong bonds and relationships amongst women.

HERSTORY auns to update members and friends on SAWO's activities and provide information about women's issues in the country. We hope that readers, in particular women, will use this newsletter as an avenue for sharing viewpoints and news.

SAWO was formed in March 1985 by a group of interested individuals concerned with the increasing incidence of violence and discrimination against women particularly in Sabah. We were formally registered on April 1987. The overall objectives of SAWO is however to work towards improving the status of women in society. In the past two years we embarked on a number of activities which were educative in nature and which were generally directed to the public at large. This year, however, we feel that it is time to consolidate and take stock of our direction and resources, and concentrate on self-development and the establishment of a Resource Centre-cum-Hotline.

We hope that with this centre, we would be able to realise our aim of active involvement with a segment of Sabah women who are in crisis. With this project, our members would be able to have a better understanding and appreciation of some of the problems facing our local women.

We are a small, well mixed group, including male members who believe in the same course. Our members are mainly in Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu.

We aim to publish this newsletter quarterly. We welcome feedback and articles from all of you. Please join us in making HERSTORY!

Source:

HERSTORY:A Newsletter of the Sabah Women Action Resource Group, Issue 1188
Published by SAWO
P.O. Box 12010, 88822 Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia