Rest in Power Marilee
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PRESS STATEMENT
6 September 2024
With immense sadness and love, we say farewell to Marilee Karl, founder of feminist organizations, author of cutting edge feminist thinking writings, US civil rights activist, staunch global feminist activist, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend. Marilee is co-founder of Isis International, one of the first international feminist NGOs established in 1974 and dedicated to supporting women’s communication, knowledge building, political organizing, collective learning, and transformative leadership. Since its establishment in Rome, Isis International has evolved and metamorphosed from Rome, Italy, and Geneva, Switzerland, to Santiago, Chile, Kampala, Uganda, and Manila, Philippines. The passing of Marilee has brought us together from across these seas to pay tribute to her life. From her sharp feminist analysis on women shaping development, her commitment to amplifying feminist voices in the Global South, to her collective actions for meaningful change in food security & natural resource management, to being a champion for peace and women as peace-makers, Marilee was among the 1000 women for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, and among the women recognized by Women Have Wings Awards in 2017.
Join us in the online tribute to our beloved Marilee Karl
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Join us in the online tribute to our beloved Marilee Karl on her birthday, 12 September 2024, 21:00 GMT+8
See you there.
Becoming Io: Facilitating Space for Feminist Conversations
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Dear friends and colleagues. We would like to announce that Isis International Manila is now Io: Facilitating Spaces for Feminist Conversations. Please join us as we make the transition by clicking on our new website: http://feminists.io. Thank you so much for being part of our Isis Manila journey.
We finally did it! – Isis International is now Io: Facilitating Spaces for Feminist Conversations – or Io, for short. According to Greek mythology, Io was the consort of Zeus and was chased away by Hera to Egypt where she became Isis. This mythical association between Io and Isis reassured us as we made the difficult decision to change our organizational name of 45 years.
Read more: Becoming Io: Facilitating Space for Feminist Conversations
Changing Times for the Isis Resource Center
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by Nina Somera
The Resource Center started in a little corner at the International Documentation Center (IDOC) in Rome in the heady days of the 1970s. Rome was a hub of solidarity movements, hosting exiles including the sisters who found Isis Internacional in Santiago, Chile.
Although there was a dearth of writings by women from the South, the Resource Center grew. It collected analytical pieces written by women about the issues of the day. A lot of them came from small meetings on food security, sustainable agriculture, environment, health, especially maternal health and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). A lot of them have not seen print in any mainstream publications and even academic journals. Most of them are monographs.
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Isis Resource Center holds one of the largest feminist collections of materials in the Global South. With 40 years of publication experience, Isis holds a vast collection.