Violence Against Women

Editor: Lilian S. Mercado Carreon
Associate Editors: Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Luz Ivlana Martinez
Isis Resource Section Editor: Concepcion Garcia Ramilo
Managing Editor: Annie Calma Santoalla
Contributors: Nancy Pearson Arcellana, Leti Boniol, Luz Mana Martinez
Graphic Design: Irene U. Chia

On the cover: Violence against women is not just about physical and sexual violence. Violence against women is also woven into the images and words and meanings that media disseminates. The ad on the cover is by Pepe Jeans.

COVER STORY: MEDIA VIOLENCE by Leti Boniol
Media links violence with power and pleasure, making violence seem appealing.

AN ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Violence against women is the most pervasive form of human rights abuse that millions of women see it as a way of life.

THE RURAL CONTEXT by Kees Van Der Waal
Rural women rely on one other strong woman for protection against abuse rather than on the police.

TWO VIEWS ON PORNOGRAPHY AND CENSORSHIP: CONSUMING PORNOGRAPHY by Sakuntala Narasimhan
If it is the state's duty to protect the public from things bad for the body why shouldn't it do the same about things harmful to the mind?

FEMINISM AND FREE SPEECH 
Restrictions on sexual material treat women as infants and shore destructive stereotypes. This is not a feminist position.

GOD'S OWN SAY
Religions explain domestic violence.

MEDIA

VIETNAM: STATE OF THE ART OR ART OF THE STATE? by Olivier
In and Laurent Kugler Commenting on Vietnam's cinema.

PAKISTAN: NEW TV RESTRICTIONS SHUT WOMEN OUT by Beena Sarwar
Women and men can no longer be seen together on television.

ASIA

NORTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE NEEDED IN ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS by Gamani Corea
The former Secretary-General of the UNCTAD says the openness to all kinds of financial flows without control mechanisms set the Asian economies for collapse.

GLOBAL GLOSSARY
Decipher the language of economic globalization.

STIRRINGS OF DEMOCRACY by Keith B. Richburg
Across Asia, a more complex political reality is emerging. 

NEW MEDIA

WOMEN AND NEW TECHNOLOGY by Catherine Russo
Women learn about IT better in groups

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: THE NEW GENDER EQUALIZER by Gina Mission
The advent of telecommunications introduces women to the role of inter-actors.

SPECIALS

BRIDGING NORTH AND SOUTH by Juliana Makuchi Ngah-Abbenyi
An African, Third World woman and scholar wonders about global sisterhood.

CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Social pressure forced corporations to make general commitments to human rights, but without the programmatic steps to implement these.

TRIBUTE

SHAMIMAH SHAIKH
South Africa's leading Muslim gender equality activist passed away on 8 January 1998/9 Ramadan 1418

A Day in Zapatista Land by Mark Lucey

Featured Artist: Cristina Q. Ramilo

One on Two: Social Ills Cannot be Blamed on Media
Armida Siguion-Reyna, controversial Filipino film producer argues against censorship in an interview with Luz Maria Martinez and Annie Calma Santoalla.

Country Report: Cambodia by Nancy Pearson Arcellana

Listening to our Pain Preventing workplace injuries and illnesses through ergonomic