Review of African Political Economy

341 Glossop Road, Sheffield SIO 2HP, England.

Women, Oppression and Liberation in Africa is the theme of this double issue, 27/28, the last of 1983. It reflects the variety of women's experience and the nature of their struggles against oppression in Africa, taking up the issues that feminist-socialism has raised in the analysis of gender, class and imperialism in Africa. Articles cover the effect of socialist strategies on women in Mozambique and Zimbabwe; the implications of sexual division of labor in cash crop and food production; agricultural policies of aid agencies in Africa; the proletarization of women in Africa; feminism in Africa; and the women's movement in Namibia, Angola, Eritrea and Nigeria.

Mamamelis

by Rina Nissim. Alternative Diffusion. 36 rue du Bourdonnais. 75001 Paris. France.

A "Manuel de gynecologic naturopathique a I'usage des femmes," this book has grown out of the experience of the feminist self-help movement and from the experience of the Dispensaire des Femmes in Geneva, Switzerland.

It discusses women's health and offers solutions to problems based on the use of plants, on good nutrition and other natural remedies. The knowledge and experience shared by this book can help women in reappropriating health care and control over our own bodies.

Change International Reports: Women and Society

29 Great James Street, London WC1N 3ES, England.

Sisters of the Sun: Japanese Women Today

is the most recent issue of Change Reports. Written by women from the country concerned, the Reports have looked at the role and situation of women in Singapore. Thailand, the USSR, Peru, Israel, the Philippines, Uganda, the Caribbean. Bangladesh and Ethiopia. Change has also produced Think book I Of Conjuring and Caring: Women in Development. Change "seeks to promote change for the improvement of women's status and recognition, and to reflect change, analysing its impact on the roles and lives of women."

Malaysian Women

Edited by Evelyn Hong, Consumers Association of Penang, 27 Kelawei Road, Penang, Malaysia. 1983.

Malaysia like many other Asian countries today, is undergoing tremendous socioeconomic changes and this has had far reaching consequences on the role and status of women in the country.

This book deals with the various aspects of the central issue of how Malaysian women are being affected by the processes of modernization and development. Each of the four parts in the book examine the economic and social position of Malaysian women, the problems faced by women workers in the manufacturing industries, health hazards faced by women, and the issue of violence against women.

In putting this collection of readings together, the Consumers" Association of Penang (CAP) hopes to contribute to the further study and understanding of the issues and problems confronting Malaysian women in a rapidly changing society; and to the improvement of the economic, social and cultural status of our women.

Javady Alley

by Manny Shirazi. The Women's Press Ltd, 124 Shoreditcli High Street, London El 6JE, England, 1984.

Manny Shirazi is a Irani feminist writer of prose and poetry. This is her first novel. It is the story of a seven year old Irani girl in the turbulent period of 1953. Through her eyes, as she tries to understand the adult world, we learn what that period was like, we learn of her life with her mother and grandmother. the discoveries she makes about her sexuality, the value of friendship, the power of men and what this means to her. how she tries to understand her inner life.

Greenham Common: Women at the Wire

by Barbara Harford and Sarah Hopkins. The Women's Press. 124 Shoreditch High Street. London El 6JE, England.

This book relates the history of Greenham Common through the letters, journals and diaries of fifty women who have participated in the Women's Peace Camp. The women describe what it is like to live against the fence of the airbase. to face eviction, court cases, prison and yet to respond with imagination to all of these threats.Throughout the book one can see the diversity of women involved in the Camp and how they search for a new way of living together.

International Feminism: Networking Against Female Sexual Slavery

Edited by Kathleen Barry, Charlotte Bunch and Shirley Castley. Distributed by The International Women's Tribune Centre, 777 UN Plaza, New York, New York 10017, USA,1984.

The Report of the Global Feminist Workshop to Organize Against Traffic in Women, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 6-15 April1983, is now available. The meeting, attended by women from 24 countries, discussed the issues of forced prostitution and other forms of female sexual slavery and focused on strategies for networking and organizing against this. This.book gives a summary of the discussions and strategics and includes papers, studies and a bibliography. Price: USS 6.

Central American Women Speak For Themselves

Latin American Working Group (LAWG) P.O. Box 2207, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S2T2, Canada, 1983.

The dossier gives tlie reader an insight into how Central American women, from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, see the crisis in the region and their role as women working for change. Interviews, articles and testimonies tell the women's experiences and opinions in their own words.