WIA1996 2cover

Enterprising Women

Editor: Lilian S. Mercado Carreon
Isis Collections Section Editor: Pi Villanueva
Contributors: Irene R. Chia, Pinky Aragon Choudhury, Luz Maria Martinez, Marianita Villariba
Graphic Design: Irene R. Chia
Proofreader: Mylene Soto

 

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Women tired of banging against the barrier put up their own businesses instead.
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AMAZING ANITA AND HER BODY SHOP by Luz Maria Martinez and Marianita Villariba
An eccentric but immensely successful entrepreneur shows us the way.
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SPIRIT AND SPUNK by Marianita Villariba
What would you do if you had but a dime?
  19
BUSINESS NOT AS USUAL by Pinky Aragon Choudhury
A market-driven economy benefits only those who are already strong and competitive.
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COVER STORY: FAIR TRADE by Lilian S. Mercado Carreon
Business, not for profit but for social change.
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ROLLING OUT THE DOUGH by Chen Ya
A woman's bread business puts bread on her family's table.
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FACE TO THE SOUTH by Lourdes Vasquez
Southern women might learn more about cyberspace from Southern sisters.
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WHO STOLE INCEST? by Louise Armstrong
An issue of power is reduced to a psychiatric problem.
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MADE IN THE U. S. A. by Helen Zia
Some very bad things are hidden in this label
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WHAT UNIONS MUST DO
Indigenous women are missing in the agenda.
  63
DEPARTMENTS    
Editorial   1
Feedback   4
What do you think?   7
Clips   8
Country Report: Brazil    
Action Alert   12
Isis Resource   30
Books   32
Book Reviews    
I, Latina   35
Sleaze and Smutch    
Healthy Readings   41
Poetry    
Lust Across Cultures   42
Vis-a-vis   43

Woman in Action: Cruel Land of Honey by Lilian S. Mercado Carreon
A woman leads hersisters out of slavery.

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One on One: Out of the Closet by Irene R. Chia
Ifa breathes easy now that she's free.
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Health Updates    
Working for Health Melody Kemp Speaks to Luz Maria Martinez   72
Unemployment: An Occupational Health Problem   74
Working for Life