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When the Burmese monks led a nationwide protests against the military junta in September 2007,  they did not only called for better living conditions and national reconciliation but also for the release of Nobel Peace laureate and Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for over 11 years and not seen in public for over four years.  Isis International-Manila recalls  its interview with Aung San Suu Kyi which appeared in Women in Action (WIA) magazine's third issue in 1999 in which she talked about women's human rights.

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On September 10, 2007, activist and entrepreneur Anita Roddick died of brain hemorrhage in Chichester, England. Founder of the Body Shop, Roddick worked on behalf of numerous causes—the environment, debt relief for developing countries, indigenous farmers in impoverished nations, voting rights, anti-sexism, among others. In her memory, below is an interview of Isis International-Manila with Roddick which appeared in the second issue of Women in Action (WIA) magazine in 1996.

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For the first time in history, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will focus on improving gender financing as the theme of its 52nd session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from February 25 to March 7, 2008.

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A new report yet again highlighted that reducing the incidence of unsafe abortion would result in reduced maternal mortality and improved maternal health. And that the best way to make abortion less necessary is to help women avoid unwanted pregnancies by giving them access to contraceptives.

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The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Women’s Funding Network are calling all women to jointly urge their respective governments to eradicate poverty by increasing investments in women. This campaign is set to take place on October 17, World Poverty Day.

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Women from Costa Rica and Central America gathered together in a celebration dubbed as “The Power of No,” which highlights the power that women have in voting “No” on a national referendum to ratify the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on October 7.