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Violence Against Womenpublisher: Isis International-Manilaissue editor: Kristina N. Gaerlan issue coordinator: Luz Maria Martinez editorial team: Maria Victoria Cabrera-Baileza, Mylene Soto Sol Cruz, Rhona Bautista, Illustrations: Sandra Torrijos, except for "Dancing with Another Bird " (1993) by Becca Butcher Schoenfliess on page 29 (reproduced from WE'Moon'95: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn, ©Mother Tongue Ink, 1994) and " Babae" (Woman-1984) by the late Nestor Bugayong on page 53 (reproduced from Nes Bugayong, ©Nestor Bugayong, 1988) layout: Kristina N. Gaerlan printing: Raintree Trading & Publishing Inc. Acknowledgements to B. Marquez, Bing Concepcion and Medical Action Group for some o f the photos used in this issue, to Arlene of Alter Printing Press for her assistance in typesetting and layout. |
| Beating Violence Against Women The problem of violence against women has no borders and comes in different forms, from mail-order brides to battered wives, from rape to prostitution. The problem is broad and difficult to reckon with, and more so the search for solutions. |
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| No Safe Place The family—site of some of the worst forms of abuse today—remains key to preventing domestic violence. |
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| Remember the Children How does one compute the total effect of abusive fathers and petrified mothers as the children grow up? |
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| No Excuse An interview with Leni Marin, senior program specialist of the US-based Family Violence Prevention Fund |
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| Prostitution as Choice Others say some women do choose to be in prostitution, and such consent makes them "less a victim." Valid argument? |
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| Migrant Worker Held Hostage Alone in a foreign land, unfamiliar with either the language or the territory, migrant workers usually find themselves trapped into prostitution by their employers. In such instances, solidarity groups play a crucial role. |
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| Unaccounted Costs The story of a Filipina domestic helper in Singapore who was executed for killing her friend and her friend's ward highlights the utter lack of protection of the basic rights of migrant women workers everywhere. |
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| One More Filipina in Prison | 54 | |
| Violence at Japan's Immigration Detention Centers | 58 | |
| Center for Women in Crisis in Pakistan | 60 | |
| Expert on Sexual Torture Takes on State Violence An interview with Dr Yahika Yuksel, a socialist-feminist and human rights activist based in Turkey |
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| The Solution to Rape | 64 | |
| The Fiji Women's Crisis Center A profile of a group that provides counselling and legal/medical support to women and children survivors of violence |
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| Support Work for Prostituted Women A profound change akin to a "burning inside" takes place in NGO workers dealing with prostituted women, after they see for themselves the range of men who treat women as commodities. |
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| Love Shouldn't Hurt A SPEAK interview with Africa's MMatshilo Motsei, an organizer of a support group for battered women and herself a survivor of violent abuse |
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| Special Feature: Men Carving Out Solutions | ||
| In Progress Some men in Korea have formed such groups as The Group of Wishto-be-Good Fathers in the hope of providing role models to their own children. |
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| Men for Gender Awareness A Thai group composed of government officials, teachers, monks, lawyers, artists and NGO workers aims to achieve a better understanding of themselves, of other men, and of relationships between men and women. |
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| Men Changing Men A Ms. article from the two leaders of the California-ba.sed Oakland Men's Project which is dedicated to eradicating male violence, racism and homophobia |
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| Departments | ||
| News and Notes | 3 | |
| In Action Fiery, Tireless Grandmother: a profile of Rosa Roisinblit, vicepresident of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, a group of grandmothers in Argentina pursuing the search for loved ones lost to the vicious military regime of the '70s |
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| Resource Center Update From the Isis Shelves New Releases Poetry Book Reviews Recipes, Clicks, Ideas, Puns |
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| Health Update | 77 | |
| Bulletin Board | 78 | |
| Conversations In A Different Way: An interview with Dr Nguyen Kim Cue, chief of international relations of the Vietnam Women's Union |
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