ISIS, MANILA

It was 22 years ago, in 1974, that the idea for Isis was born in the kitchens of three dedicated and enterprising feminists. The 70s, as everyone knows, was a time of a worldwide reawakening of the activist women's movement. Judy Siddens, Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl dreamt of setting up an information and communication channel which would link up women across the world.

The mass media of the time largely ignored the women's movement in the South and distorted or ridiculed feminism in the North. Even progressive non-government organisations considered women and women's issues to be of secondary importance to what they considered as the 'main' political, economic, social and cultural struggles. Marilee Karl and her friends decided to create an organisation whose mission would be to participate in and promote women's self-empowerment. They wanted to provide women and women's groups world wide with spaces and opportunities through which they could communicate, share information, experiences, ideas and analysis, and to network and forge links.They named the organisation after Isis the Egyptian Goddess of Creation.

Over the years Isis has published a number of books.They publish a quarterly magazine called Women in Action and a monthly newsletter called Women Envision. Isis has often collaborated with women's groups in the South to produce books. It has an excellent list of books relating to women's health and women's art.

The Isis resource centre and library in Manila has an extensive collection of books, journal titles from all over the world, feature films and documentaries in VHS tapes and audio tapes of women music artists, women's arts and crafts collection.

To find out more about Isis International-Manila write to:

Isis
PO Box 1837, Quezon City Main
Quezon City 1100
PHILIPPINES
Tel:(632)9267297 / 4111526 / 4111527
Telefax:(632)9241065
Commercial Fax:(632)8179742

Email: isis@Phil.gn.apc.org

isis@mnl.sequel.net

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Women in Action

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The Kumari:
the Living Goddess
by Salome S. Russell
from Women Artists Diary 1995.
All Rights Reserved:
Isis International-Manila

Women in Action is published three times a year. Each issue focuses on a central theme which the magazine deals with in detail. Violence against women and Women and the Law are examples of the issues taken up in the past for close examination. It also has sections called 'Special Feature' and 'News and Notes' where interesting news bits pertaining to women are highlighted and discussed in brief. In addition to these, the magazine also publishes a regular update of the resource centre which talks about the new books and videos available at ISIS, Manila. Women in Action also carries interviews, book reviews, poems and feature stories. Letters, articles, drawings, photos, reports on women's activism - any contribution that deals with women's lives is welcome.

Beautifully illustrated with line drawings and photographs this is truly a magazine for everyone, everywhere.

For subscriptions and further information please contact ISIS.

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Health Beyond Borders
The Asia-Pacific Women's Health Network Report

This is a directory with a difference. A report on the Asia-Pacific Women's Health Network this book is an invaluable document for anyone who is concerned with the issue of women's health in developing countries. It is an issue every feminist is familiar with and most people feel helpless because of the magnitude of the problem. This directory, therefore, is extremely significant because it tells us about the work being done by women's health action groups in the Asia Pacific region.

This directory is fully illustrated and the the wonderful style of narration makes it a pleasure to read.

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Clip Art

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Artwork is a basic and important part of a publication. It is just as valuable as the written text. These visual elements help in making an attractive and effective layout; sometimes, they tell a story by themselves. However, commissioning an artist to illustrate or make graphics for us can add considerably to production costs. Let alone, finding one whose style is appropriate to ours and whose schedule will fit into ours, is already a major undertaking that takes a lot of time.

But there's one other possible option: make use of already existing artwork. However, copyright law forbids us to simply lift any graphic or illustration we like.

Having faced this situation many times in the past and knowing how others, especially the small and struggling publications, grapple with the same problem everytime, Isis thought of compiling illustrations from its publications in an effort to ease the load for editors and layout artists. What's more they have made this compiliation copyright-free to relieve the potential users of the hassle of requesting permission each time they may want to use them.This clip art book which features the works of seven feminist Filipina artists is Isis's contribution to women's groups who work in the field of publication and information-sharing.

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