Women's Journal No. 4

Women's Journal No. 4

Industrial Women Workers in Asia

produced with Committee for Asian Women

We would like to thank the following women who have been assisting in the work in our offices: Amparo Claro, Maria Eugenia Jelincic, Amy Malik, Krystyna von Henneberg, M. Antonieta Saa, Soledad Weinstein, Roberta Rossi.
The Isis International Women's Journal and Supplement is a quarterly publication. The Journal and Supplement each appear twice a year. The Isis International Women's Journal and Supplement is continuation of the Isis Women's International Bulletin which was published by Isis (1974-1983) in Rome, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland. Founding editors of the Bulletin: Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl.

	Preface		5
	Editors' Note		7
	What is CAW?		9
	Women in Industries: Sri Lanka Kumudhini Rosa		13
	Organising Women Workers in Free Trade Zone: Sri Lanka Kumudhini Rosa		23
	Organising Women at Work: India Rohini Banaji		31
	Garment Industry and its Workers in Bangladesh Fazila Banu Lily		41
	Japan's Industrialisation and Women Workers Tono Haruhi		48
	Industrialisation in Japan and the Position of Women Workers: a Historical Review		49
	Asian Women Workers in the Japanese Textile and Electronic IndustriesElectronic Industries		63
	Women Workers in Newly Industrialised Countries of Asia: Problems and Issues Trini Leung		71
	Gender Consciousness and Alternative Organisation for Women Workers in Hong Kong Chan Shun Hing		89
	Industrial Women Workers in Southeast Asia-An Overview Cheung Choi Wan		111
	Women Workers Movement in the Philippines: KMK and Its Organisation Jing Porte		122
	Working Conditions of Women Workers and their Participation in Trade Unions: Thailand
	Workers' Rights Division Union for Civil Liberty, Thailand		131
	From the Other Continent: An Interview with the Pan-African Women Trade Unions Chan Wai Fong		139
	Resources:
	Annotated Bibliography		144
	Audio Visuals		154