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EMERGING ASIAN SPIRITUALITY WHEN TWO HALVES DON'T MAKE A WHOLE: SPIRITUALITY BRINGS WOMEN A SENSE OF WHOLENESS by Luz Maria Martinez A leading feminist activist shares her "social" definition of spirituality p20 COVER STORY: WOMEN WHO USHER IN EASE AND WELL BEING |
VOICES OF MODERN-DAY GODDESSES OPENING TO THE BEAUTY OF LIFE: REFLECTIONS BY MELODY KEMP THE QUEEN, THE GODDESS AND THE MURAL PAINTER Reviews plus p40 Slavenka Drakulic's How I Survived Communism and Even Laughed Elizabeth Grosz's Volatile Bodies True Confessions of a Net Newbie Poetry Weasel Words: Pedophiles and the Cycle of Abuse |
Woman in Action: Out of Her Mother's Yard One on One: : Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Country Report: Burma Health Updates Cracks in the Therapy System Green Light For Female Condom, But At What Cost The Sun Rose More Than Twice on Amina Smoke-Screen p67 |
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Women In Action covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally, but focusing on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South, and forwarding a progressive perspective tempered by the experiences of the third world women's movements.
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On the cover: The Soul Journey with the Babaylan as Guide
by Marianita C. Villariba. A babaylan (shaman woman) can guide the soul of a woman to travel back to her body. We'd like to hear from you!
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Research Report, Women and Peacebuilding, Philippines
Recognising Women’s Participation in Sustainable and Lasting Peace. Isis International realised it is essential to initially find out to what extent or if any at all do peace advocates include or consider women and gender in their peace work with from ICCO foundation, Isis carried out a study on women peacemakers in the Philippines.
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Relive the historical milestones of the women’s movement with this Isis collection of posters.