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Recommended Books and Journals
Greenham Women Everywhere Alice Cook & Gwyn Kirk Pluto Press The Works 105A Torriano Avenue London NW5 2RX U.K. 1983. 128 pages. £ 3 . 50
Dreams, Ideas and Actions from the Women's Peace Movement.
Reclaim the EARTH, Leonie Caldecott & Stephanie Leiand (eds) The Women's Press 124 Shoreditch High Street London El U.K. 1 9 8 3 . 2 4 7 pages. £ 4 . 95
A collection of essays and articles on the different aspects of eco-feminism, dealing with militarism, nuclear weapons, politics of health, food, childbirth and technology and land rights. A good overview of women's activities and thinking all over the world.
Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age, Joanna Rogers Macy New Society Publishers 4722 Baltimore Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19143 USA 1983. 178 pages. S8.95
"Despair and empowerment work helps us to increase our awareness of these developments without feeling overwhelmed by the dread, grief, anger and sense of powerlessness that they arouse in us. The work overcomes patterns of avoidance and psychic numbing; it builds compassion, community and commitment to act."
Fathering the Unthinkable Brian Eslea Pluto Press (see above) U.K. 1983. 230 pages. £ 5 . 95
Brian Eslea, a mathematical physicist, argues that the arms race is the insane but inevitable outcome of science performe in a world where men wage war against " feminine " values, women and female nature.
Learning to Live Without Violence Daniel Jay Sonkin and Michael Durphy Volcano Press 330 Ellis Street San Francisco, CA 94102 USA 1982. 136 pages. $ 9 . 95
A handbook for men who want to examine their lives and their abusive behaviour in order to take first steps to living without violence.
The Hearts of Men Barbara Ehrenreich Pluto Press (see above) U.K. 1983. 206 pages. £ 4 . 95
American dreams and men's flight from commitment has changed not only our social expectations of men, but economic prospects of women. The author contends that it was this defiance of " responsibility " rather than feminism that sparked off an anti-feminist backlash.
52% — Getting Women's Power int Politics Babara Rogers The Women's Press (see above) U.K. 1983. 181 pages. £ 4 . 50
This book offers practical suggestions about how present practices and laws need to be changed, and h o w women can campaign to change them. Focused on the United Kingdom, the author stresses that it is time for women to realise that traditional politics are too important to leave to men; and for politicians to wake up to the fact that all issues are women's issues.
Third World - Second Sex, Compiled by Miranda Davies Zed Press 57 Caledonian Road London N1 9DN U.K. 1983.257 pages.
Women from over 20 Third World countries give voice to their own experiences and perspectives; they reveal how they confront traditional male dominated structures with courage and initiative. These experiences contribute to a new understanding among other Third World women and add a rich new dimension to women's perspectives
elsewhere in the world.
No Turning Back: Lesbian and Gay Liberation for the '80s Gerre Goodman, George Lakey, Judy Lashof, Erika Tho me New Society Publishers (see above) USA. 1983. 153 pages. $ 7 . 95
A handbook for everybody who wants to replace patriarchal oppression with a more humane alternative, with the inclusion of practical and feasible proposals for individual and collective action.
High Desire Leslie Simon Wingbow Press 2940 Seventh Street Berkeley, C A 94710 USA 1983.69 pages. $4.95
High Desire is prose poetry about female sexuality in the modern world: puberty, sensuality, orgasm, childbirth, pornography and rape. "It helped take the small coloured glass pieces of my memory and fashion them into a stained window out of which I could look, healed."
Zami — a New Spelling of my Name Audre Lorde Persephone Press P.O. Box 7222 Watertown, MA 02172 USA 1982.256 pages. $7.95
A legend from Grenada. Audre Lorde creates a new form, biomythography, combining elements of biography, history and myth.
Osterreichische Schriftstellerinnen, 1880-1938 Sigrid Schmid-Bortenschlager und Hanna Schnedl-Bubenicek Akademischer Verlag Hans-Dieter Heinz D-Stuttgart 30
Germany. 1982. 210 pages.
An extended 'Bio-Bibliography' of Austrian women writers between 1880 and 1938.
Der Ganze Zauber Nennt Sich Wissenschaft Ruth Aspock Wiener Frauenverlag Postfach 614 A - 1010 Wien Austria. 1982. 160 pages.
About the linguistic discrimination of women; language as a vehicle of oppression in education, and as servant of the dominant class; and more.
Memoria, rivista di storia delle donne Cosmopress Rosenberg & Sellier via Andrea Doria 14 Torino Italy. 1981. 133 pages. 6500 Lira.
A new look at women's history.
Women in Trade Unions ICEF, International Federation of Chemical, Energy and General Workers Unions 58 rue de Moillebeau PO Box 277
OH - 1211 Geneva 19 Switzerland. 1981. 102 pages.
All languages.
Manual para un curso basico de formacion para educadores sexuales AMES, A.C. (Asociacion Mexicans de Educacion Sexual) Cresalc FOTOLITO Garcia E. Hijos
Calle 73A No 76-66 Bogota, D.E., Colombia
O Sexo Explicito Casa da Mulher Caixa Postal 32.858 CEP 21.943 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
A new newspaper (first issue June 1983) launched after the National Women's Meeting on health, contraception and abortion held in March 1983 in Brazil, aimed at continuing to disseminate information on these themes. In Portuguese.
Exotik-lmport Swiss GmbH Susy Greuter Ethnologisches Seminar der Universitat Zurich Freiensteinstr. 5 CH-8032 Zurich Switzerland. 1983
Compiled interviews and other materials concerning the question of induced and forced immigration of women to Switzerland with the main consideration of Thai women.
Centro Feminista de Information y Action (CEFEMINA) Apartado 949 San Jose Costa Rica
Monthly women's journal.
Femmes & Societe Villa 811 Sicap Baobabs Dakar Senegal
Very interesting new journal from Senegal edited by CAMS-internatiohal (Commission pour I'Abolition de la Mutilation Sexuelle - international)
Irishwomen's Diary & Guide Book, 1984 48 Fleet Street I R - Dublin 2 Ireland. £2.75.
This guide book is relevant to the lives of both urban and rural or isolated women. The combination of information and diary interspersed with high-quality graphics and ironic cartoons makes this agenda funny and colourful.
Participation Production, Equality and Participation in Rural China UNRISD Palais des Nations CH - 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland. 1982. 169 pages.
Reflections on a field trip in September/ October 1979 of Willem F. Wertheim and Matthias Stiefel and their interpreter Ms. Wang Huiying.
Frauen In der Dritten Welt Evangelisches Missionswerk Mittelweg 143 D - 2000 Hamburg 13 Germany. 1979. 80 pages.
Collections of articles about women in the Third World, i.e. Burma, Karo- Batak-Land, Korea, South Africa, etc.
La Causa de las Mujeres Unidad de Comunicacion Alternative de la Mujer Apartado 85-025 10200 Mexico D.F.
" L a Causa de las Mujeres" is a radio programme broadcast once a week, aimed at women in general, but concentrating on problems of marginal women. The texts of some of these half-hour programmes are available as No. 7 of the Colecclon Comunicacion Alternativa de la Mujer, journal available at the above address.
Other items of interest:
AMRC Search Service 2 Man Wan Road 1 7 - C Kowloon Hong Kong
The resources at Asia Monitor Resource Center are gathered from the region's major English-language newspapers, economic and business magazines, and alternative publications. They are organised into four main systems: Asia Monitor Background Files, Company Files, Country Files and Topical (Regional/Third World) Files. Searching the collection on any specific subject costs U S $ 15 per hour, plus the cost of photocopying and airmail postage.
Radical Science Journal Special issue on Medicalisation 26 Freegrove Road - - London N7 9 R Q U.K. 1983. £ 2 .
This journal provides critical analyses of science, technology and medicine. The special issue on medicalisation deals at length with technology and childbirth.
Women's Groups
Women's Political Party The Cove Tramore Co. Waterford Ireland
This party was first launched in May 1982. It is an independent, liberal party with branches in Dublin, Louth and Waterford. For further information, please contact Antoinette Clancy.
Association f o r Women Solidarity c/o Nawal El-Sadaawi 25 Mourad Street Giza Egypt
or Mona Abousenna Faculty of Education Roxy — Heliopolis Cairo Egypt
This new association "aims at bringing out into the light the achievements of women in Egypt and the Arab countries, at stimulating them to greater and more creative intellectual efforts in the arts, the sciences, and the various aspects of practical life. It wishes to struggle for the abolition of all forms of discrimination and inequality between men and women in our society."
Women' s Center Rm 301 Pelbel BIdg. Shaw Blvd. Pasig. Metro Manila Philippines
" In the Women's Center, women from different sectors, especially women workers and housewives from urban poor communities, have the opportunity to interact with each other, enrich their knowledge, deepen their perception and consciousness of the women's sector, analyse their conditions and develop skills and potentialities to help t h em face the challenges of the times." It is a reading/resource center, offers seminars and runs an adult literacy campaign.
CONFERENCES
Women's World Strategies for Empowerment Second Interdisciplinary Congress on Women April 17-21, 1984 c/o Dr. Christine Clason Grote Markt 23
NL- 9712 HR Groningen The Netherlands
Please register quickly! Otherwise, registration fees will go up. Any papers are welcome.
Conference on Female Sexual Slavery and Forced Prostitution held in Rotterdam, April 1983
The report of this Conference is being made available from: International Women's Tribune Center 305 East 46th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10017 USA
International Cooperation Among Women Conference January 16-20, 1984 Beechwood College Leeds U.K.
Policy-oriented conference which will help to study the role of women's organisations worldwide in changing public policy during the UN Decade for Women.
Women for Life on Earth 2 St. Edmunds Cottages Bove Town Glastonbury, Somerset BA 68 JD England £ 5 per year
Women for Life on Earth is a network whose primary purpose is to provide a means of linking together and support for women working in different ways towards similar goals. "We are women who have come together to act on a common hope in a fear fulltime. " The quarterly publication is a means of sharing news and ideas on
women and peace.