Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i36El4m04340; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100304bc98729e5a51@[128.148.147.35]> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2903] online version of Women in Action No. 3, 2003, "Women in X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3166 Lines: 84 dear all - fyi Janet The online version of Women in Action No. 3, 2003, issue on "Women in Prisons" is now available at http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/index.html. The print edition will be off the press by the end of April 2004. Women in Action No. 3, 2003 Theme: Women in Prisons Editorial: We’re Behind Bars—But Our Issues Are Not http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/editorial.htm Rights in Detention in Malaysia By Zarizana Abdul Aziz The odds are stacked against women in Malaysia, from the inherent gender discrimination of law to the abuse of women detainees, including rape against custody. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/zari.htm The Invisibility of Women Prisoners’ Resistance By Vikki Law A dissection of the conditions of women prisoners in America, and their everyday struggle for medical attention, access to their children, education and other self-development programmes and fair labour practices. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/vikki.htm Girls in a Playground Called Prison By Zelda Soriano The crimes women and girl offenders are imprisoned for are linked to poverty and patterns of abuse within the family. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/zelda.htm Portraits of Sadness and Survival: Women in Prison By Kathleen Palasi A photo essay of Filipino women prisoners at the Correctional Institute for Women in Manila http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/kat.htm The Criminalisation of Women Summarised by Luz Maria Martinez Four experts from the Philippines, United States and Malaysia that are working within the penology system or in advocacy on women’s issues chat online and discuss their views on the increasing number of incarcerated women and the reasons behind it; the role media plays in perpetuating stereotypes of women in prison; and the challenges that lie ahead in their advocacy for incarcerated women and/or prison reform. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/luz.html Re-defining Warrior: Terms of Struggle for Women Abolitionists By Sharon Luk The author talks about prison activism in California and the persecution she as an advocate, and prisoner activists, are subjected to by the State. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/sharon.htm Grief in Gaol: Indigenous Women’s Incarceration Problems in Australia By libay linsangan cantor Often, incarceration problems faced by indigenous women stem from ethnic discrimination. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/libay.htm The Silenced Few: Non-English Speakers in Prison By Debbie Kilroy This article discusses the double marginalisation that non-English speaking women from indigenous communities experience in prison. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/debbie.htm Loving in the War Years: Support for Black women in Detention By Christina Wilson Black women loving women: love stories of lesbian prisoners. http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/index.html For more information, please write to us at Media, Information and Communications Programme Isis International-Manila 3 Marunong St., Bgy Central, Quezon City 1100, Philippines Fax: (63-2) 924 1065 E-mail: communications@isiswomen.org
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