Directory of Publishers of Featured Articles
(Arranged according to sequence of content)
Manushi A Journal about Women and Society
c/o Madhu Kishwar
c/202 Lajpat Nagar 1 New Delhi 110024
India
Tel: 633-3022, 653-9153
Philippine Journal of Public Administration
College of Public Administration
University of the Philippines
P.O. Box 198, U.P. Campus Diliman,
Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Depthnews Women's feature
Depthnews ASIA 3rd F, S&L Bldg.
1500 Roxas Blvd., Manila
P.O. Box 1843, Manila
Philippines
Kaisahan sa Europe
66 A Lymington Road
London NW6 1JB
U.K.
Tel.: (44-71) 431-5736
Kalayaan (Freedom) Campaign for Justice for Overseas Domestic Workers
c/o Kabayanihan Women's Group of the Commission for Filipino Mlgrant Workers
St. Francis of Assissi Community Centre
Pottery Lane. London W11 4NQ
U.K.
Asian Women's Human Rights Council
Secretariat Office
P.O. Box 190, Manila 1099
Philippines
Tel: (632) 999-437
Fax: (632) 922-0217
Asian Cultural Forum on Development
P.O. Box 26, Bungthonglanq P.O.
Bangkapi, Bangkok 10242
Thailand
Tel: (662) 377-9357
Fax: (662) 333-4190
United Nations Development fund for Women
6th Fl. 304 East 45th St.
New York NY 10017
P.O. Box 20109
Dag Hammarskjold Convenience Center
New York NY 10017
USA
Tel: (212) 906-6400
Research and Documentation Centre
Women and Autonomy (VENA)
Leiden University
Postbus 9555
2300 RB Leiden
The Netherlands
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Calder Square Station
P.O. Box 1077 State College, PA 16505-0077
USA
Foundation Against Trafficking in Women (STV)
Postbus 1455
3500 BC Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: (030) 716-044
Asia Partnership for Human Development
Hing Wah Commercial Bldq.
Flat 3A, 450-454 Shanghai St.
Kowloon. Hong Kong
Tel: (652) 771-7993
Fax: (552) 770-1623
Telex: 30633 APHD HX
Cable: APFORHD
United Nations Office at Vienna Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
Vienna International Centre
P.O. Box 500
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
Selected Readings on the Topic of Traffic in Women
Available at the Isis International Resource Center
Books
Asian and Pacific Development Centre.
Trade in Domestic Helpers: Causes, Mechanisms and Consequences.
Selected papers from the Planning Meeting on International Migration and Women.
Quezon City. Philippines, 30 November - 5 December 1987.
Kuala Lumpur: Asian and Pacific Development Centre, 1989.
De Dios, Aurora Javate.
The Case of the Japayuki-San and the Hanayome-San.
In Women's Springbook: Readings on Women and Society, eds.
Marjorie Evasco, et al. Quezon City: Women's Resource and Research Center and Kalayaan, 1990.
Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism.
Tourism. Prostitution, Development Documentation.
Bangkok Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism (ECTWT), 1983.
Foundation for Women.
Kamla. Bangkok: Foundation for Women, 1990.
Maglipon, Jo-ann Q.
The Filipina Migrant: Braving the Exile.
Hong Kong: Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers 1990.
Ministry of Youth, Family, Women and Health, Germany.
Beware! Traffic in Women, information on Traffic in Women in West Germany.
Manila: Ministry of Youth, Family, Women and Healthy
Federal Republic of Germany, 1990.
Palma-Beltran, Ruby and Aurora Javate De Dios, eds.
Filipino Women Overseas Contract Workers: At What Cost?
Manila: Goodwill Trading and Women in Development Foundation, Inc., 1992.
Philippine Women's Support Committee.
Filipina-British Marriage Bureaux.: A Report.
London: Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers, 1986.
Santos, Aida F. and Lynn Lee, eds.
Women. Migration and Sex Tourism. {Awake 2).
Manila: NASSA,1992.
Skrobanek, Siriporn.
Exotic, Subservient and Trapped: Confronting Prostitution and Traffic in Women in Southeast Asia. In Freedom from Violence: Women's Strategies from Around the World, ed.
Margaret Schuler. New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 1992.
Sereewat-Srisang, Sudarat.
Migration, Tourism and Women. July 1987. (Unpublished manuscript)
Task Force on Filipina Victims of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan Secretariat.
Primer on Filipino 'Comfort Women': Questions and Answers.
September 1992. Photocopied.
Thitsa, Khin.
Providence and Prostitution: Image and Reality for Women in Buddhist Thailand.
London: Change, 1980.
United Nations Office at Vienna. Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs. Compendium of International Conventions Concerning the Status of Women.
New York: United Nations, 1988.
Yayori, Matsui.
Migrant Women Workers: Abuse and Isolation.
In Women's Asia. London: Zed Books, 1989.
Sexual Exploitation of Women: Child Prostitution and the Expanding Sex industry.
In Women's Asia. London: Zed Books, 1989.
Reports and Conferences
Asia Partnership for Human Development.
National Contact Person's Workshop: Women in Migration and the Sex Industry. Hong Kong, 12-17 January 1992. Photocopied workshop papers.
Asian Cultural Forum for Development (ACFOD). Conference on Trafficking of Women and Children. Karachi, Pakistan. 15-19 November 1990.
Photocopied conference papers
Asian Women's Human Rights Council. Conference on Trafficking In Women.
Seoul, Korea, 9-12 December 1991.
Photocopied conference papers.
AWHRC
Conference on Trafficking in Women. Seoul, Korea 9-12 December 1991.
"Trafficking in Women prostitution and Sexual Violence: The Situation of Sexual Exploitation In Korea". Photocopied.
Belen, Yvonne
"Filipinas in Europe, Response of the Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers (CFMW)".
March 1992. Photocopied. (Speech delivered at the launching of the Women's Program of the CFMW International Office, Amsterdam.)
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Regional Planning Workshop Proceedings.
Quezon City, Philippines, 5-7 November 1992.
Photocopied.
The Penn State Report. International Meeting of Experts on Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Prostitution. State College.
Pennsylvania. USA. April 1991.
A Conference of Philippine Women in Europe. Barcelona, Spain, 23- 26 September 1992.
Photocopied papers.
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Seminar on Action Against Traffic In Women and Forced Prostitution:
Note by Secretary-General. 17th Session, Commission on Human Rights,
Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. 4-13 May 1992. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.2/1992/8.
Foundation Against Trafficking In Women.
Report of the European Working Conference Against Trafficking in Women. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 4-5 July 1991. Photocopled.
Go, Liza.
Jugun lanfu, Karayuki, Japayuki: A Continuity in Commodification. Photocopied.
Hafidz, Wardah and Syarifah Sabaruddin.
"Country Report on the Trafficking of Women: The Case of Indonesia". In Asian Cultural Forum for Development (ACFOD)
Conference on Trafficking of Women and Children. Karachi, Pakistan, 15-19 November 1990. Photocopied.
Hussain. Neelam.
"The Flesh Trade in Pakistan". In AWHRC Conference on Trafficking in Women. Seoul, Korea,
9-12 December 1991. Photocopied.
Isis Wicce. Exchange Programme 1991.
Position statement of 15 women from Third World countries on the issue of prostitution.
Photocopied.
Kalayaan {Freedom) Campaign for Justice for Overseas Domestic Workers.
Briefing Paper: Situation of Overseas Domestic Workers and Proposals for Solution.
London: Kalayaan (1956).
Niesner, Elvira, Estrella Anonuevo and Petchara Songsienchai-Fenzl.
A Woman's Dignity is Inviolable: A Trial on Trafficking in Women - Observations. A research project commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health, now the Federal Ministry for Women and Youth, Bonn. Frankfurt: Frankfurter Institute fur Frauenforschung e.V., 1991..
Samarasuriya, Shireen.
"An Overview of Sri Lankan Labour Migration to the Middle East Countries and the Rehabilitation of 'Returned Migrant Workers in the Aftermath of the Gulf War - with Special Emphasis on Women". In Part II Report. Asian Women's Conference: Recreating Women's Asia 1992.
Saitama, Japan 2-12 April 1992.155-173.
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service. Female Sexual Slavery and Economic Exploitation: Making Local and Global Connections. Report of a Consultation Organized by the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (New York) San Francisco. California, 25 October 1984. New York: NGLS, 1985.
Wong, Anna.
"Trafficking in Women and Children in Malaysia". In Asian Cultural Forum for Development (ACFOP) Conference on Trafficking of Women and Children. Karachi, Pakistan. 15-19 November 1990.
Periodicals
Amarles, &BIenvenIda M.
"Female Migrant labor. Domestic Helpers in Singapore".
Philippine Journal of Public Administration XXXIV (4) October 1990: 365-387.
ARENA Bulletin Vlll(3&4) November 1992.
Unwilling Martyrs: Migrant Workers in Asia.
Asian Migrant Forum (3&4) February 1992.
"Legalizing Foreign Domestic Helpers in Taiwan - Two Views". 21
"Indonesia Joins Migrant Labor Pool". 41-44
"Other Migrant Women". 22-25
"Traffic in Women: A Taiwanese Problem". 25-26
Asian Migrant IV(2) April-June 1991.
"The Case of Asian Female Migrants. Report from the Conference on International Migration Policies and the Status of Female Migrants". 40-45.
Asian Womenews 2(1) April 1991-June 1992.
"Weaving the Future for Asian Women. Declaration of AWHIRC Conference on Traffic in Women". 5-7.
Asian Women's Liberation (3) June 1980.
Prostitution and Tourism.
Asian Women's Liberation (6) March 1980.
Sex Tourism and Military Occupation.
Asian Women's Liberation (8) April 1991.
Asian Migrant Women Workers in Japan.
AWHRC Monograph Series 1(1) 1991.
"Resolution on Crimes Against Gender: Traffic in Asian Women". 6-9.
"Summary Report of the AWHiRC Pre-conference and Workshop on Crimes Against Gender: Traffic in Asian Women". 10-14.
Bacchetta. Paola.
"Indian Women fight Sex Tourism". Off Our Backs XV1I(1) January 1988:12.
Balai Asian Journal 11(4) December 1981.
"Off to Distant Shores". 18-20.
"The Geopolitics of Prostitution". 21-22.
Balai Asian Journal (12).
Women and Migration.
Basch. Linda and Gail Lerner.
"Migrant Women Claim Their Rights: Nairobi and After".
A Selection of Documents for Study and Action. Dossier (15) July 1986.
Batis 3(4) July-August 1992.
"Why the Flesh Trade Continues to Draw Filipinas" (Batis Paper on Prostitution). 5-7.
Battistela, Graziano.
"Migration in 1991: Considerations from a Review of the Press".
Asian Migrant V(1) January-March 1992:4-11.
Daorueng, Prangtip.
"Chinese Hookers in Bangkok Brothels Take the Long Way Home".
Depthnews Women's Feature, October 1992.
David Randolf S.
"Filipino Workers in Japan: Vulnerability and Survival".
Kasarinlan 6(3) January-April 1991: 9-23.
De Dios, Aurora Javate.
"An Overview of the Trafficking Situation In Asian Women".
AWHRC Monograph Series 1(1) 1991:41-48.
Gauhar, Khadijah.
"Some forms of Trafficking in Women - The Results of a Survey".
Manushi, A Journal about Women and Society 3(4) June-July 1983:36-37.
Gronewold, Sue.
"Beautiful Merchandise: Prostitution in China 1869-1936".
Women and History (1) Spring 1982.
Hatade, Akira.
"Labor in Disguise: Trainees in Japan".
AMPO Japan-Asia Quarterly Review. 23(4): 8-11.
Hijos, Atel.
"Mamac Case in Focus".
Womenews Vlll(1) January-March 1991:10-11,13.
Hirata, Lucie Cheng.
"Free, Indentured, Enslaved: Chinese Prostitutes in Nineteenth Century America".
Signs. Journal of Women in Culture and Society 5(1) Autumn 1979: 3-29.
Humphrey, Michael.
"Asian Women Workers in the Middle East: Domestic Servants in Jordan".
Asian Migrant 1V(2) April-June 1991: 53-60.
Isis International Bulletin (13) November 1979.
Tourism and Prostitution.
Isis international Bulletin (14) 1980.
Migrant Women.
Kaisahan sa Europa information Resources Series No. 5, November 1990.
"Anti-Slavery Society Report to the UNCHR Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery:
Domestic Workers".
Lane. Barbara.
"Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong".
Asian Migrant V(1) January-March 1992: 24-32.
Matsuda, Mizuho.
"Women from Thailand".
AMPO Japan-Asia Quarterly Review. 23(4): 16-19.
Moloney, Bernie.
"Trafficking in women: A Worldwide Struggle".
Women's News, Irish Feminist Magazine (54) June-July 1991:10-11.
Motae,Terami-Wada and Ma. Theresa Guia-Padilla.
"Elder Sister, Elder Sister, Where has She Gone?"
Balai Asian Journal (12): 2-6.
Nakamura, Hisashi.
"Japan Imports Brides from Sri Lanka: A New Poverty Discovered".
AMPO Japan-Asia Quarterly Review 19(4): 26-31.
Ohshima, Shizuko.
"Gathering the Fires of HELP".
AMPO Japan-Asia Quarterly Review 19(4): 32-34.
Directory of Organizations Working on the Issue of Trafficking in Women
Asia
Hong Kong
The Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers
c/o Cynthia Ca TelIez
St. John's Cathedral & Garden Road,
Central Hong Kong
Tel: 522-8264
Fax: 526-2894
Asia Partnership for Human Development
Hing Wah Commercial Bldg.
Flat 3A, 450-454 Shanghai St.
Kowloon Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 771-7993
Fax: (852) 770-1823
Telex: 30833 APHD HX
Cable: APFORHD
Asian Migrant Centre, Ltd.
4 Jordan Road
Kowloon Hong Kong
Tel: 312-0031
India
Streelekha
c/o Donna Fernandess
67 M.G. Road, Blumoon Complex
Mahatma Gandhi Road Bangalore 1
India
Indonesia
Kalyanamitra Foundation Women's Communication and information Center
c/o Syarifah Sabaruddin
Jl. Sebret 10A. Ps. Minggu Jakarta 12440
Indonesia
Tel: (021) 780-6683
Fax: (021) 489-9706
Japan
House of Emergency of Love and Peace (HELP Asian Women's Centre)
c/o Japan Women's Christian Temperance Union
2- 23-5 Hyakunin-cho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169
Japan
Akita Women's Association for Philippine Brides' Concern
1-9 Kawajiri-Oyasumi-machi Akita City
Japan
Tel: (0188) 635-639
Asian Women's Association
Rm. 211, Shibuya Coop 14-10, Sakuragaoka Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150
Japan
Tel: (03) 3463-9752
Fax; (03) 3780-5245
Association for Philippines Brides' Concerns
c/o Women's Democratic Club 3- 31-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Japan
Malaysia
Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
c/o Nimalka Fernando APDC Bldg. Persiaran Duta
P.O. Box 12224
50770 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: (603) 255-0648, 255-0649
Fax: (603) 254-1371
Asian and Pacific Development Centre
Persiaran Duta
P.O. Box 12224 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
All Women's Action Society
43-c Jalan SS 6/12
47301 Kelana Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia
Nepal
Utsaha
c/o Savitree Gurung
P.O. Box 1098
Sadha Bhandar Bhotahiti, Kathmandu
Nepal
All Nepal Women's Association
P.O. Box 2379
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: (073) 20067
Pakistan
Shirkat Gah/V'OICES
c/o Najma Sadeque
1/6 Rimpa, Sunbeam
5 Gizri Road
Karachi 75530
Pakistan
Tel: 573-079,573-032
Simorgh Women's Resource and Publication Centre
c/o Neelam Hussain
P.O. Box 3328, Main Market
Gulberg II, Lahore 54660
Pakistan
Tel: 891-164
Philippines
Asian Women's Human Rights Council
c/o Nelia Sancho and Lourdes Sajor
45-A Mapagpakumbaba St.
Sikatuna Village. Quezon City
P.O. Box 190, Manila 1099
Philippines
Tel: (632) 921-5571
Batis Center for Women
Rm 711 Don Santiago Bldg.
1344 Taft Avenue Ermita, Manila
Philippines
Tel: (632) 505044 (to 45), 597078 (to 79) local 56
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia
c/o Aurora Javate De Dios
R. 406 Victoria Condominium
41 Annapolis St., Greenhills
Metro Manila
Philippines
Tel: (632) 722-0755
Gabriela Commission on Violence Against Women
c/o Cecilia Hoffman
20 Florpina St.
Roxas District, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 991-772
Kaibigan (Friends of Filipino Migrant Workers, Inc.)
c/o Arnel de Guzman
B/C Ben-Lor Bldg.
1184 Quezon Avenue Quezon City
Philippines
Kanlungan Center for Migrant Workers
c/o Gina Alunan Melgar
77 K-I0th St. corner K-J St.
Kamias, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 921-7849
Katipunan ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan
c/o Flor Caagusan and Aida Santos
80 Boston St.
Cubao, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 721-8370
Scalabrini Migration Center
P.O. Box 10541
Broadway Centrum, Aurora Blvd.
Quezon City 1113
Philippines
Stop Trafficking of Filipina's Foundation, Inc.
Rm. 11 Caritas Bldg.
2002 Jesus, Pandacan, Manila
Philippines
Tel: (632) 588-654
Third World Movement Against Exploitation of Women
c/o Sr. Soledad Perpinan
P.O. Box SM 366, Manila
Philippines
WEDPRO
c/o Aida F. Santos
154-A Sct. Limbaga
St. Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 969-287
Women's Legal Bureau
c/o Atty. Eleanor Conda
Rm. 309 Agustin Bldg.
139 Malakas St.
Central District, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (632) 921-4389
Thailand
Asian Cultural Forum on Development
c/o Boonthan T. Verawongse
P.O. Box 26, Bungthonglang
P.O. Bangkapi, Bangkok 10242
Thailand
Tel: (662) 377-9357
Fax: (662) 333-4190
Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism
P.O. Box 24 Chorakhebua
Bangkok 10230
Thailand
Tel: (662) 510-7287, 519-2606
Fax: (662) 510-7257
Empower {Education Means Protection of Women Engaged in Re-creation)
P.O. Box 217 Rajdamnern
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel: (662) 476-5326
Foundation for Women
c/o Siriporn Skrobanek
35/267 Jaransanitwong 62
Bangkok 10700
P.O. Box 747
Bangkok 10700
Thailand
Tel: (662) 433-5149
Fax: (622) 434-6774
Europe
Belgium
Working Group Against Trafficking in Women
NCOS-Vrouwenwerking
c/o Use Uyttenhove
Vlasfabriekstraat 11
1060 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: (322) 539-2620
Denmark
KULU Women and Development
c/o Nina Ellinger
Landgreven 7.3
DK 1301 Copenhagen-K
Denmark
Tel: (0945) 3315-7870
Germany
KOFIZA
Contact and Information Centre for African. Asian and Latin American Women
c/o Agnes Calda-Ranzinger
Schellingstrasse 33/lV
8000 Munchen 40
Germany
Tel: {089) 283-494
FIF/Thai Women's Group
c/o Petchera Songsienchai-Fenzl
Elbingerstrasse 3
6 Frankfurt 90
Germany
Tel: (069) 700-667
Solwodi e.V.
c/o Sr. Lea Ackermann
Prosteistr. 2
5407 Hirzenach/Boppard 3
Germany
Tel: (06) 741-2232
Frauen Informations Zentrum
c/o M. Rokenbauch
Lindenstrasse 21
6300 Giessen
Germany
Tel: (06) 403-4131
Union Against international Sexual and Racist Exploitation (AGiSRA)
c/o Tippawan Duscha and Diana Hummel
e.V. Mainzer Landstr. 147
6000 Frankfurt 1
Germany
Tel: (069) 739-2152
Fax: (069) 739-2238
Okumenische Asian Group e.V.
c/o Percy Grommelt
Elbestrass 9
6000 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Tel: (069) 237-482,239-682
Amnesty for Women, City-group Hamburg
c/o Vicki Morales-Seifert
Steintorweg 2
2000 Hamburg 1
Germany
Tel: (040) 280-2829
Italy
The Filipino Women's Council
c/o Charito Basa
c/o SID Palazzo Civilta del Lavoro
00144 EUR Rome
Italy
Tel (06) 591-7897, 591-3448, 592-5506
The Netherlands
Stichting Kapatiran
c/o Sally Rousset-Vliegelmann
P.O. Box 53270
1007 RG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: (020) 673-6861
Working Group of Religious Persons Against Trafficking in Women
c/o Sr. Michel Keesen
Postbus 104, 2120 AC Bennebroek
The Netherlands
Tel: 02502-45657
Centre Social 'Mama Tingo'
c/o Esther Rioz
Gerlderse kade 43 HS
1011 ET Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: (020) 676-8554
Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers
c/o Maitet Ledesma
Haarlemmerdijk 173
1013 KH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: (020) 625-4829
Foundation Against Trafficking in Women
c/o Marjan Wijers
Postbus 1455
3500 BC Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: (030) 716-044
Norway
Kvinnefronten (Women's Front)
c/o Nina Kristiansen
Helgesensgt 12
0553 Oslo-5
Norway
Tel: (472) 376-054
Portugal
Association de Femmes Socialistes AMS
c/o Helena Correia
Rua Jose Ferrao Castelo Branco 42
Paco de Arcos 2870
Portugal
Tel: (1) 759-6425
Switzerland
Infodona / FEBA (Frau Emigration Begegnung Autonomie
c/o Lourdes Gallman-Pereira
Josefstrasse 91
8005 Zurich
Reutlenweg 3, CH 8302 Kloten
Switzerland
U.K.
Southall Black Sisters
52 Norwood Road Southall, Middx UB2 4DW
U.K.
Tel: (081) 571-9595
Fax: (081) 574-6781
Asian Women's Resource Center
134 Minet Avenue London NW10
U.K.
Tel: (081) 961-5701
Kaisahan sa Europe
66 A Lymington Road
London NW6 1JB
U.K.
Tel: (071) 431-5736
Kalayaan {Freedom) Campaign for Justice for Overseas Domestic Workers
c/o Kabayanihan Women's Group of the Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers
St. Francis of Assissi Community Centre
Pottery Lane London W11 4NQ
U.K.
Tel: (044-71) 221-6601
North America
U.S.A
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
c/o Kathleen Barry
Calder Square Station
P.O. Box 1077
State College, PA 16805-0077
USA
Committee for Democracy
c/o Saqui Selima Huq
1700 Metropolitan Ave.,
# 6E Bronx New York 10462
USA
Fax: (212) 828-1377
(Compiled from directories of participants to conferences and workshops sponsored by the Foundation Against Trafficking in Women (STV)j Asian Women's Human Rights Council (AWHRC), Asian Cultural Forum for Development (ACFOD) and Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Asia)
We acknowledge the support and financial assistance of the following partner donor organizations in the production of this Information Pack on the trafficking of Asian women:
Commission on Interchurch Aid of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Netherlands; Danish Ministry of Development and Cooperation (DANIDA), Denmark: Dutch Ministry for Development and Cooperation, the Netherlands; Evangelisches Missionswerk. Germany. Norwegian Women's Rights Association. Norway; The Global Fund for Women, USA; UNIFEM - New York, USA; Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, USA.
Isis International is an international non-governmental organization that promotes networking, communication and cooperation among women and groups working for women's empowerment and full participation in development. Isis International provides communication channels, support, training and services for Third World women and groups in the following areas: resource center and information, communications, health networking, advocacy and campaigns, networking services and skills training.
The network Isis International reaches over 50,000 women and groups worldwide, in both rural and urban areas, including grassroots women and groups, non-governmental organizations, and development planners and policymakers.
Isis International's objectives are:
O to promote women's empowerment and full participation in development:
O to promote communications channels among women around the world, especially South-South communication;
O to build links of support and solidarity among women worldwide and strengthen local, regional and global networks of women;
O to build women's capacity to participate in community organizations and the development process by providing support, training and tools for awareness building, information and communication skills;
O to provide channels for women to make their voices heard at the planning and policy-making levels.
These objectives are achieved through the following:
Resource Center and Information Program
Communications and Networking Program
Administrative and Networking Services Program
Health Networking Program
Advocacy and Campaigns Program