Women's Journal No. 3

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Women's Journal No. 3

Women and Health

The Brazilian Experience International Reflections and Actions

This issue of the Journal was prepared in Santiago, Chile jointly by members of Isis International and represontatives of the Feminist Sexuality and Health Collective of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cecilia Simonetti and Sylvia Cavasin.
English edition produced in Rome, Italy; production assistance by Rachael Kamel.
Additional photo credits: Vera Simonetti, p. 4; Nair Benedicto, pp. 8 and 75; Clovis Sobrinho, p. 27, Angela de Freitas, p. 46.
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  Introduction    5
  WOMEN AND HEALTH: THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE    
  Foreword   9
  The Itapecirica Letter   10
  Organizing Groups of the First National Women's Health Meeting in Brazil   15
  Three Feminist Experiences: Alternative Health Research and Education   23
  Feminists, Health, and the State   27
  Groups/Brazil: Feminists Working on Women's Health Issues   38
  Brazilian Audiovisuals on Women's Health   38
  INTERNATIONAL REFLECTIONS AND ACTIONS    
  A Pill for Every Ill   48
  Chile/Rural Women and Health: Developing Wholistic Approaches   55
  Bhopal, India: Sisters, We Need Your Support   58
  Women Workers Face Health Hazards in Asia's Electronics Industry   61
  Hazards in Industries That Employ Many Women   65
  Women: The Infrastructure of Madness and Silence   67
  NETWORKS • GROUPS • BIBLIOGRAPHY    
  Networks/International: Women's Health and Community Health Action   76
  Groups/Latin America and the Caribbean: Women's Health Issues   84
  Bibliography: Women, Health and Development   98