Women in Action 1994-2&3 Table of Contents

WIA1994 3n2cover

Women in Politics and in Science

Editorial team: Lynn Lee, Luz M. Martinez, Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Rhona Bautisia, Mylene Sol Cruz, Marianila Villariba.
Thanks to Flor Caagusan, Tezza O. Parel
Cover photo: Bing Concepwion/HAIN
Photo credits: Bing Concepcion, Lynn Lee, HAIN, National Midweek, Annette Hug
Cover concept Lynn Lee
Illustrations: Kora Dandan-Albano
Layout, typesetting & printing: Alter Printing Press, Rm. 603 FMSG Bldg. 9 Baletc Drive, Quezon City

 

Editorial   2
Bits and Pieces   3
Woman in Action   4
THE ASIA-PACIFIC WOMEN IN POLITICS NETWORK    
Where Women Are Involved...Things Get Done
by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza		   6
The ICPD, Gains and Setbacks   14
WOMEN IN SCIENCE    
Breaking the Ice: Woman in Antarctica   12
If You Like Knitting Why Are You Talking About Engineering?
by Luz Maria Martinez		   13
The Viemamese Woman In Scientific Creation & Technological Transfer
by Hoang Thi Lich		   16
POETRY/ BOOK REVIEWS / ISIS RESOURCE CENTER UPDATE    
Poetry by Aida F. Santos & Kathleen Maltzahn;
Book Reviews by Annette Hug, Luz M. Martinez & Kathleen Maltzahn; Resource Update		   20
Isis International Santiago, Chile, interview with Carmen Posada   35
BIODIVERSITY    
The Biodiversity Convention by the Third World Network   37
Biodiversity and Gender Issues: Recognizing Common Ground
by Janet Abramovitz, in Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development, ed.
Wendy Harcourt, Zed Books		   40
HEALTH CONCERNS    
Summary of the International Survey on Laws and Policies Affecting
Women's Reproductive Health undertaken
by the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy		   43
Threat to traditional medical practitioners in Malaysia: warnings on black
henna hair dyes, on pesticides, on Quinacrine & on Talc		   46