Editorial p2
NEWS AND NOTES FOCUS: WOMEN AND THE LAW p4
In Defense of Women - Lawyering in a Feminist Context An interview by Ma. Victoria Cabrera-Balleza p8
Revisiting "The Family" Through Law by Ratna Kapur p12
till Divorce do us Part by Luz Maria Martinez p14
The Path to Gender Equality in Japan by Hayashi Yoko p18
Changes in Marriage Law Bring Greater Equality Source: Sister Namibia, Vol. 6 October 1994 p20
Why lose your house because you're a woman? Source: Speak No. 67- December 94/ January 95 p21
Unheeding Legislators Take Note: Women in the Philippines are Fast Learning the Ropes of Lobbying, and No Longer Give Up Quite So Easily by Perla Aragon-Choudhury p22
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SPECIAL FEATURES: WOMEN AND PEACE
Daughters of Wars, Women for Peace by Pi Villanueva p23
Refugee Women by Malu S. Marin p26
Dr. Elmira Souleimanova, A Woman of Peace An Interview by Luz Maria Martinez p28
Women in Algeria Live in Terror by Angeline Achterberg p30
RESOURCE CENTER UPDATE
From the Shelves of Isis p33 Poetry p38 Short Story p40 Reflection p40 Book Reviews p41 Isis' Kitchen p48
SPECIAL FEATURES: LANGUAGE & SEXISM
Prevalence of Sexism In English Educational Texts in Japan by Tomoko I. Sakita p53
I Think (With Language) Therefore I Am (What Language Makes Me) by Jacqueline Ann Surin p56
Nonsexist Dictionary Rules Out Manholes and Snowmen by Alan Raybould & CC & DD p58
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DEPARTMENTS: IN ACTION
Vanuatu Women's Center by Merilyn Tahi, Coordinator p59
Yayori Matsui: Retiring Into Activism p60
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and the Gentle Revolution: Sahaya Yoga by Anoma S. Jayawickrema & Steven Wollenberger p61
THE CONTRIBUTORS HEALTH UPDATE p63 BULLETIN p67
CONVERSATIONS
Melanesian Women Moving On by Grace Mera Molisa p70
Muslim Women After the Iranian Revolution with Massoumeh Estekar Ph.D. p73
Islam as a Source of Power with Hayat Iman p76
WHAT DO YOU THINK? ISIS INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS p79
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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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