Women's Media
Directory Information / Highlighted Women's Media
Women's Media News / Women's Media History
Contents:
I. International Directory of Women's Media
To go to the pages of the online Directory:
Directory of Women's Media
International directory of women-owned media - by & about women.
Available online and in a print edition.
Send us your entry for the Directory of Women's Media
II. Highlighted Women's Media (full listing is available in the directory):
Print (many with websites)
Internet 'Zines
III. Women's Media News
THE WINFEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Second Arab Women Media Conference
POWER UP - Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching UP DVD FILM RELEASED
Afghan Women: Broadcast Journalism
Sojourner newspaper has suspended publication
Girls Film School: Two Week Program
Seerat: Women's Newspaper in Afghanistan
UNESCO Launches Afghanistan Women in Media Network
Request for Coverage by Women's Group
Woman Filmmaker Faces Execution in Iran
IV. A History of Women's Media (1963-1983)
Women's Media
Women-owned media, by & about women, are at the heart of the women's movement. Women-owned media make it possible for women to speak for themselves.
We, as women, have not been able to rely on the male-owned media to be our communications system. The male-owned "women's magazines," newspapers and broadcast media have not been a place for us to share information vital to our survival. When mass media gave coverage to our concerns at all it was because women's media raised our issues so strongly that they could not be ignored. The issue of violence against women is an example. Even we we obtained coverage it was not always accurate or respectful.
The strength of women's media has grown tremendously since the 1960s. The early publications played a key role in sparking and spreading the movement. Now with the internet we are increasingly communicating on a global level, speaking for ourselves and organizing on the issues close to our hearts and vital to our survival. We are able to tackle issues that once may have divided us. We are listening to each other and sharing perspectives and information.
Send us your entry for the Directory of Women's Media
The Directory of Women's Media is located on this website (at no cost) and is available from WIFP in print form (at cost). If you are connected with a women's media and would like to be included in the continually updated online version and the periodically published Directory of Women's Media, you will find information about inclusion on this website and at the top of this page.
II. Highlighted Women's Media
The following are just a few examples of women's media that indicated
to us that "failure is impossible:" See the Directory
of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.
Print Periodicals Highlighted (many with websites)
off our backs, 2337B 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. 202-234-8072 fax: 202-234-8092 email: offourbacks@compuserve.com Monthly, with combined Aug/Sept issue. $25/year. "A newsjournal by, for and about women. It has been published continuously since 1970 and is run by collective where all decisions are made by consensus. We have one paid member who works part-time as office manager, the rest of us have other full time jobs. We are always looking for feminist writers. You are welcome to send news, analysis, commentary, interviews reviews or artwork on timely issues relevant to women. Please send for submission guidelines or find them on our website."
WIN News, Fran Hosken, 187 Grant Street, Lexington, MA 02420-2126. 781-862-9431 fax: 718-862-1734 email: winnews@igc.org Subscriptions are $35. Institutional check $48. Any single issue, $5. WIN News is a world-wide open communication system by, for and about women of all backgrounds, beliefs, nationalities and age groups. This quarterly journal is loaded with information from around the world. Women speak for themselves and are quoted throughout each excellent issue, with addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, email and website addresses. WIN News started publication in 1975 with International Women's Year. Regular sections on numerous issues of concern to women. A world-wide investigation on female genital mutilation has been carried on since 1975 with new information in every issue. A women and media section reports of women's publications globally. Reports from around the world: Africa and Middle East, Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Americas, and covers events in specific countries. Reports on international meetings and news. Women's International Network is non-profit. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Media Report to Women 38091 Beach Road, PO Box 180, Colton's Point, MD 20626-0180. 301-769-3899 fax 301-769-3558 website: http://www.mediareporttowomen.com/ Email: sheilagib@erols.com Quarterly, covering all the issues concerning women and media, $33/year, institutions $55/year. Supporting Subscriber rate for individuals (name will appear in each issue): $44/year. Edited by Sheila J. Gibbons. Founded in 1972 by Dr. Donna Allen, Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, now published by Communication Research Associates, Inc. Continues to be a most important periodical for women in media and those concerned with this central issue in our lives. Media Report to Women is also a resource for all those in mass media who want to know what women are doing and thinking about the communications media. Women and media courses in universities will find these issues invaluable.
Media Watch, PO Box 618, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0618. 831-6355. email: mwatch@cruzio.com $20/year, $10/low income. Media Watch, challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education & action. An outstanding and valuable periodical, a treasured resource at the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.
MediaWatch, Canada: "MediaWatch is a national, not for profit feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media. We seek to transform the media environment from one in which women are either invisible or stereotyped, to one in which women are realistically portrayed and equitably represented in all our physical, economic, racial and cultural diversity."
Women and Earth, Woman and Earth Global Eco-Network, World Headquarters, 467 Central Park West, Suite 7F, New York, NY 10025. Ph & fax: (212) 866-8130, (516) 368-1652. Email: womearth@dorsai.org Additional locations in West Africa, Russia, and Turkey.
Woman's Monthly (WOMO) is an independent monthly publication by, for, and about women relating to women in the greater Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area. "We are a general interest publication, committed to: building a sense of community among women through our calendar listings; providing a place for emerging writers to showcase their literary works; reporting on womens' events and groups; and showcasing women and women-owned businesses." Woman's Monthly (WOMO),1718 M St. NW #198,Washington DC 20036 T: 202/965-5399 F: 202/318-4071 womo@womo.com
Our Rights and FEMNET News are two African women's periodicals (from Kenya). See the FEMNET website And be sure to also see the website African Sisters Online There is more: Women'sNet is a vibrant and innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action.
New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams, New Moon Network: For Adults Who Care About Girls, Nancy Gruver, New Moon Publishing, PO Box 3620, Duluth, MN 55803-3620. nancyg@newmoon.org voice: 218-728-5507, ext. 11, fax: 218-728-0314
The Wishing Well Since 1974 -- beautiful way for women loving women to meet everywhere! Confidential, loving, supportive. Sample copy $5.00 ppd. (mailed discreetly). Correspondence, Discreet Introductions, MC/Visa. FREE information.
Gender Gappers:
a newsletter for the self-defined woman! -- produced and
maintained by women for women.
Manushi, A Journal
About Woman and Society Founded in 1978, Manushi
is a serious journal which aims to bridge the gap between academic/scholarly
writing and popular literature.
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paradoxa n.paradoxa: the only international
feminist art journal exploring feminist theory and contemporary
women's art practices published in two separate editions, online
(quarterly) and in print (bi-annually)
Feminist Studies The journal, Feminist Studies, was founded to encourage analytic responses to feminist issues and to open new areas of research, criticism, and speculation. The editors are committed to providing a forum for feminist analysis, debate, and exchange. The feminist movement has demonstrated that the study of women is more than a compensatory project. Instead, feminism has the potential fundamentally to reshape the way we view the world.
B.a.B.e. Update (Be active, Be emancipated) The newsletter comes out four times a year. It offers informtion on our past, present, & future activities, as well as the status of women in Croatian media, laws and general human rights. Kristina Mihalec, editor, Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 26, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. Email: babe@zamir.net
Alaska Women Speak, A Voice For Women In The Greatland From All Walks of Life is a quarterly, published since 1992, devoted to the exchange of ideas, literature, art and heart talk, as well as a statewide update of women's political and social issues and activities. $16/yr; $30/2 yrs. Contact Alaska Women Speak, P.O. Box 210045, Anchorage, Alaska 99521-0045. 907-696-0924. Email: akwoman@ak.net
Teen Voices "Teen Voices is more than just a magazine because we believe that you are more than just a pretty face. Teen Voices is about girls being themselves and realizing their potential. There are enough magazines that tell girls how to look and act to impress a boy or buy certain products. Teen Voices honors the authentic voices of teenage and young adult women. Teen Voices challenges the mainstream media's image of girls by providing an intelligent alternative packed with original writing, poetry and artwork. We encourage our readers to write articles on self-esteem, racism, sexism, feminism, popular culture, health, and other issues important to them.
We! -- Linking women, sharing knowledge, engendering change -- Isis International -- "providing you with the latest on women's issues and campaigns, conferences, training and other women's events worldwide with focus on the Asia and Pacific region. We! is published in print with annual subscription rates of US$22 (PhP200) inclusive of postage. Electronic edition may be accessed free of charge. Write to communications@isiswomen.org Isis International-Manilla is an International non-government women's organization founded in 1974 to provide and strengthen information and communication channels for women worldwide. Isis International-Manila's projects and programmes include research, communication, radio, publications, website development, onlin information and resource centre networking."
Rockrgrl Magazine ROCKRGRL Magazine!
Muse, The Journal of Women in Music Muse Magazine is published in Toronto, Canada. Send correspondence to Nathalie-Roze Fischer, Editor-in-Chief: natroze_uk@hotmail.com
Connections, publication of the Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute (http://www.apawli.org), 20325 Mitchell Place, Denver, CO 80249.
Women's Voice - A publication from Sweden in Farsi. www.tvs.se/womenvoice
ZANAN - A progressive monthly publication focused on women's issues. Published in Iran, editor: Shahla Sherkat. For subscriptions and information contact: Roshangaran Publishing, 530 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. 94301.
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
moxiemag.com Moxie --For the Woman who Dares -- Moxie inspires women to live boldly, pursue adventures, take risks, and provide others with vibrant role models in the process. Emily Hancock, Editor & Publisher, Moxie -For the Woman who Dares.
Raw and real first-person accounts about the attacks on New York now posted in a section of Moxie's Perspectives Department called simply 9-11. We urge readers to turn to independent media to get beyond the media-speak that the mainstream press is feeding the public, and above all to realize, as a young woman poet at the Union Square Peace Vigil put it, the terrorists missed their real target when they attacked America, as "We don't live in America; America lives in us."
b-gyrl: The All Female Hip Hop Network, P.O. Box 63081, St. Louis, MO 63163, USA. Email: bgyrl4life@b-gyrl.com b-gyrl is an on-line organization, dedicated to women in various facets of hip hop culture. Search archives, view articles pertaining to the politics of hip hop, exchange ideas about current events as they relate to the nation, and more.
Iranian Feminist Newsletter - Iranian women's on-line newsletter. Editor & publisher: Mahsa Shekarlou.
Awakened Woman An online journal of spiritual feminism which brings together political activism and feminist spirituality in celebration of the empowered feminine. Editors: Stephanie Hiller and Diana Rae Schulz. Email: editor@awakenedwoman.com
AVIVA: Women's World-Wide Web,41 Royal Crescent, London W11 4SN, UK. Editor: Kate Burke. Telephone: 020/ 7602-0140 Fax: 020/ 7602-0140 Email: kateb@aviva.org A free monthly International Feminist Webzine which publishes news and listings about, and of interest to women world-wide.
Iranian Women Briefs Iranian Women Briefs are monthly publications of Association of Iranian Women-USA which contain the latest news and events of interest to Iranian women.
Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies Jenda: A Journal of Culture andAfrican Women Studies, an ejournal published by the African Resource Center, Inc., is devoted to the promotion of the research and scholarship of African women to the global African community and friends of Africa. JENdA documents and responds to debates on women's history and studies in African social, cultural, political, and economic systems. It creates a forum for African women scholars, analysts and activists to participate on an equal footing with their contemporaries worldwide in debates, exchanges of ideas, and the creation and documentation of knowledge.
Journeywoman Online
Newsletter
feminista!
Womens Wire WomensWire was launched on March 8,
2000 by Anaga Dalal, a magazine editor in New York. The magazine
is funded by a grant from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Rockrgrl Magazine Online companion to ROCKRGRL Magazine!
Voices for Media Democracy, monthly online newsletter, Associates of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
Friends of Lulu Web Site Friends of Lulu is a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry.
While we are writing about women's comics, a favorite of ours
is Wonder Woman, The Once and Future Story, written
by Trina Robbins. It deals with the issue of domestic violence
and includes resource information at the end. Published by DC
Comics, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Media democracy issues, international Directory of Women's Media, history of women's media, 1963-1983, and more!
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory
of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
Media
Organizations Highlighted
Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) "We are Pulitzer Prize winners and toilers in the most obscure outposts of American journalism. We are just out of college and we are in our seventh decade and still working for truth and justice. We have been celebrated and dismissed, patronized and powerful, out of work and in the most wonderful job in the world. Many of us have created our own jobs, whether by working for ourselves or for some of the biggest media corporations in the U.S. JAWS has helped many of us shape our own future by providing a testing ground, a sounding board and a launch pad for ideas we just couldn't resist trying out. No, JAWS is not a fishing camp, despite the shark. The Journalism & Women Symposium brings together women journalists and journalism educators and researchers from across the country -- and sometimes the world -- to meeet in an atmosphere of mutual support, professional growth and a chance to exercise the tongue instead of biting it."
Arab Women Media Centre (AWMC) in Jordan. Mahasen Al Emam, Founder and Director. NGO's objectives include offering on-the-job training to newly graduated/unemployed media women to run their media research project. Also publish an online/print youth magazine named AYAMM (Arab Youth & Modern Media), as well as encouraging democracy and freedom of expressions by implementing our media to non media training programs. For more information, go to the excellent, informative website of the Arab Women Media Centre: http://www.ayamm.org/english/AboutUs.htm (English "About Us" page)
Media Watch "MediaWatch is a Canadian, not for profit feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media. We seek to transform the media environment from one in which women are either invisible or stereotyped, to one in which women are realistically portrayed and equitablyrepresented in all our physical, economic, racial and cultural diversity."
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) was launched in 1990 with a mission to strengthen the role of women in the news media worldwide, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. The IWMF works to reduce discrimination and eliminate persecution of women in the news media, and encourage promotion of women as leaders within the media. Website: http://www.iwmf.org/
Asian American Women Artists Association Flo Oy Wong and Betty Kano founded the Asian American Women Artists Association in 1989.
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press We do not want to leave out our organization. WIFP was founded in 1972 by Dr. Donna Allen who, at the same time, began publishing Media Report to Women. We currently publish the international Directory of Women's Media, available in print and on this website. We also publish a booklet series on issues relating to media democracy. A recent booklet is titled: Media Democracy: Past, Present, and Future. A monthly E-Newsletter, Voices for Media Democracy, goes out to WIFP Associates and is available on our website.
We recently celebrated our 30th anniversary (1972-2002)! This website is the best source for finding out about us (www.wifp.org).
Womenspace
- Women's Internet Campaign
GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS WOMEN'S NETWORK: THE CHANGING
CULTURE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The purpose of the GTWN is to provide a forum for executive women
active in telecommunications to get together and network; to provide
a role model to younger women managers active in telecommunications;
and to contribute to the evolving global information society in
a positive manner.
To fulfill this, the GTWN undertakes the following:
-Sponsorship of meetings at major telecommunication conferences;
-Organisation of conferences and seminars;
-Education and awareness on the "changing culture of telecommunications";
-Undertaking, assigning, and realisation of studies in the international
telecommunication field;
-Publication of newsletters, directories, and articles in print
and electronic media;
-Allocation of scholarships for young women in telecommunications.
Language: English Mailing Address: International Institute of Communications (IIC), Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9LF United Kingdom. E-mail Address: gtwn@europeonline.com Website: http://www.gtwn.org/
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
Other Highlighted Women's Media
"WomenAction is a global information, communication and
media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing
+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment,
with a special focus on women and media."
"Women in Multi-Media (WiM) is a non-profit organization
working towards providing support, education, and resources to
women involved in new media/internet careers. WiM examines the
social implications of emerging technologies, in addition to supporting
individuals in their professional and artistic development. As
a representative voice of women in new media, WiM offers diverse
perspectives, critical commentary, and constructive strategies
to influence the future of new media."
An International feature agency headquartered in New Delhi, INDIA, working on development issues, with a goal of making women's voices heard where they are missing in mainstream media. Each week comes out with ten articles on various development issues relating to women's life Women's Feature Service, G-69 (second floor); Nizammudin (West), New Delhi: 110 013; India. www.wfsnews.org Email: wfsdelhi@vsnl.com
Women's Enews
Women's Enews is a nonprofit independent news service covering
the issues that are of particular concern to women. Women's Enews
editor and staff have nearly a half-century of journalism experience
with newspapers, wire services and national publications and are
determined to deliver full and balanced reporting to Women's Enews
readers.
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
Radio:
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, P.O.Box 33220, Austin, TX 78764. USA. Contact: Frieda Werden, Radio Producer. Telephone: 512/416-9000 Fax:512/416-9003 Email: wings@wings.org WINGS is an all-women independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.
FIRE: Feminist International Radio Endeavor: Feminist International Radio Endeavour, P.O. Box 239, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica. Telephone: 506/249-1319 Fax: 506/2491319 Email: fuegocr@sol.racsa.co.cr FIRE is an Internet Radio Station in the makings, that broadcasts live, and produced multimedia monthly reports. It also produces the magazine Voices On FIRE, a bi-annual magazine featuring the Internet Radio Reports for thoses who do not have access to the Internet. It is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Women's Radio
Fund "Our mission is to build a support network for
women radio producers and broadcasters worldwide. " We thank
them for the article on their website of our founder, Donna Allen:
http://www.womensradiofund.org/dallen.htm
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
Publishers:
HerBooks
Theater:
Venus Theatre "began as an all female interactive improv troupe called Venus Envy. The troupe performed at the House of Ruth (a homeless shelter for women) and with the Writers Corp. Venus then went on to lead Take Back the Night marches, as well as making other Campus appearances as an outreach program for women. Since that time, Venus has roles coupled with a large talent pool of female actors, Venus transformed her mission to SET FLIGHT TO THE VOICES OF WOMEN. Venus Theatre has now attained a not-for-profit status and currently seeks a safe- home space to perform in while touring her original work." Deborah Lou Randall is the Executive Director of Venus Theatre. http://www.venustheatre.com/
Red Hen Productions -- feminist theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Red Hen Productions, PO Box 91926, Cleveland OH 44101 * (216)661-4301 Web site: http://www.logan.com/redhen/ Red Hen Productions was founded by Amanda Shaffer in December of 1995 as a feminist theatre company dedicated to producing works by and about women. Collectively, a group of women decided that there was, indeed, a need for a women's theatre concerned about women's rights, abilities, and artistic visions. Theatre is a powerful format for expression of these concerns. An all female board of trustees was formed to work by consensus.
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
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For women's bookstores
and more women's media, be sure to see the Directory of Women's Media
on this site.
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Canadian Women's
Internet Directory
The Canadian Women's Internet Directory links users with Canadian
women's equality resources online. The directory connects organizational
and individual sites promoting awareness of women's equality issues,
debates, campaigns, activism, creativity, services, research and
policy issues.
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
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Media Website:
-Famafrique: An information and resources space for women in
Francophone Africa Famafrique is a women's electronic network
in Francophone Africa. It increases and strengthens the presence
and visibility on the Internet of the women's movement in French-speaking
Africa. Founded in 1998, Famafrique grew from the seeds planted
in the early 1990s by women and their organisations, who decided
to harness the potential of information and communication technology
(ICT) to advance the status of women in Francophone Africa. As
a project, it has four major components: developing and distributing
information, creating electronic communication spaces, providing
training and technical support to participants, and promoting
actions on the issue of "Internet for women." Today,
Famafrique is not just a website, it is a network nurtured through
linkages and tighter co-operation among women's organisations
in the region.
Language: French
Mailing Address:
ENDA
Synergie Genre et Développement
BP 3370 Dakar - Sénégal
E-mail Address: famafrique@enda.sn
Website: http://www.famafrique.org/
-- from we!
we! is the newsletter of Isis International Manila, an international NGO servicing women's information and communication needs within and beyond Asia and the Pacific region. we! provides you with the latest information on the issues, campaigns, conferences, training opportunities, funding possibilities and other goings-on in the women's movement. It also updates you on national, regional and international events organised by NGOs, government bodies and multilateral agencies that impact women.
(These are highlighted media. See the Directory of Women's Media on this web site for a full listing.)
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Women of Color Media on this website.
For Spanish language women's media on this website, see our page Nuestras Voces.
III. Women's Media News
THE WINFEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Women's Image Network (WIN) invites both female and male writers, animators, filmmakers, playwrights, music video makers, short story writers, TV writers, radio dramatists, children filmmakers and writers, and young (18 and under) filmmakers, producers, distributors and investors to participate in this 5th Annual Winfemme International Film Festival which celebrates "Those Who Tell Women's Stories Well."
Founded in 1987 as a not-for-profit corporation, WIN was formed to encourage positive portrayals of women in theatre, television and film to alter limited perceptions of women in all walks of life. Using these far-reaching media, WIN helps women have their own voice in creating their own image andencourages stories that depict positive, powerful, confident and courageous women.
Interested parties can submit scripts for TV-movies, feature film scripts, theatre plays and/or novellas. Entries can be submitted in the following categories:
- Films/videos created by both men and women which tell a woman's
story. These stories will feature female protagonists.
- Films with a lesbian story.
- Films directed and/or produced by a woman which tell either
a man's or a woman's story.
Printable entry forms are available on the website now. For more information, please contact:
Women's Image Network
Post Office Box 69-1774
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA EMAIL: info@winfemme.com
Website: <http://www.winfemme.com>
Second Arab Women Media Conference
Jordan
The Arab Women's Media Centre (AWMC) held its 2nd conference in Amman and Petra Jordan, from 24th th to 27th Oct 2002 under HRH patronage of Princess Bassma Bint Tala, with the participation of media practitioners and analysts from Jordan and 10 other Arab states - Egypt, Iraq, Sudan , Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen - and the USA.
Jordan was well represented through the effective participation of 40 women working in various media agencies in the kingdom.
All participants conveyed their appreciation to HRH Princess Bassma for her patronage and to governmental and non-governmental organisations in Jordan for their valuable support which contributed to making the conference a success.
Participants applauded the AWMC's initiative in convening a regional conference, devising the programme and bringing together a distinguished gathering of media experts from such a large number of Arab states.
During the course of three working days, participants discussed working papers and country reports based on five different themes, namely:
1. Arab press laws and their impact on women working in
the media;
2. Political, Social, economic, and legislative obstacles facing
Arab media women;
3. On line Journalism and women in media needs to join the
hitech.
4 The status of Arab women journalists in the print and broadcast
media;
5. The role of Arab media women in public education about human
rights;
6. Training requirements and other needs of Arab media women.
The conference arrived at the following conclusions:
* A detailed survey should begin to build a database on
the situation of Arab media women in all media institutions in
the Arab world;
* All available mechanisms should be put to work to remove
political, economic and social obstacles facing Arab media women;
* Arab media women suffering from oppression such as occupation
in Palestine and sanctions in Iraq must have full solidarity and
support;
* Governmental and non-governmental organisations involved
in media training must meet the training needs of women working
in the Arab media;
* Contacts must be maintained between Arab media women living
under oppression such as occupation in Palestine and sanctions
in Iraq and their colleagues in other parts of the Arab world,
with a view to updating and enhancing the expertise of all involved;
* All possible steps should be taken to uphold measures to
prevent violation of the rights of Arab media women in the practice
of their profession;
* Information about the legitimate rights of Arab media women
must be disseminated widely and fully understood;
* Efforts must be made to raise awareness of issues facing
working women, and especially the role of Arab media women in
contributing to the development of their own societies.
Recommendations
Arab media women participating in the conference agreed eleven recommendations, as follows:
* Media organisations in the Arab world should address
the legal constraints on women working in the media and work towards
the removal of these constraints;
* The AWMC should send the Conference Communiqué and
Recommendations to press and media associations throughout the
Arab world, with a call for these associations to work towards
their implementation.
* All Arab organisations should support Palestinian media
women by:campaigning for recognition of their status under occupation;
* Urging Arab media institutions to publicise their circumstances
and testimonies and draw these to the attention of UN bodies and
regional and international NGOs.
* Inviting Palestinian women journalists to describe their
situation under occupation.
* The unjust sanctions imposed on Iraq should be lifted. The
sanctions have had a negative impact on Iraqi media women and
prevented them from getting up to date knowledge about the media
and about new information and communication technologies.
* In light of these issues, Arab social and cultural groups
inside and outside the Arab world should:
1. Provide Iraqi media women with all types of up-to-date
media technology.
2. And invite Iraqi media women to describe their situation
under sanctions.
The conference participants:
* Expressed their support for efforts to overcome the challenges
that impede the advancement of women in the Arab media;
* Called on Arab ministries of higher education to prioritise
the subject and concepts of human rights in the syllabuses of
media colleges and departments;
* Supported plans for the AWMC, in collaboration with CAWTAR
and other relevant associations, to establish a media watch centre
to monitor the media portrayal of Arab women;
* Urged all Arab media agencies to provide training programmes
for women and to make adequate budgetary provision for such programmes;
* Called for the papers presented at the AWMC's 2002 conference,
together with the conference minutes, to be published in book
form under AWMC supervision;
Called on the AWMC to turn the conference into an annual event, taking place in JORDAN, wherever the capacity and willingness exists to host and fund the meeting.
For more information, go to the excellent, informative website
of the Arab Women Media Centre: http://www.ayamm.org/english/AboutUs.htm (English
"About Us" page)
and the page on the Conference: http://www.ayamm.org/english/Second%20conference%202002.htm
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AFGHAN WOMEN: BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Afghan women are now enjoying the freedom of being broadcast journalists, a first in their history. Twenty Afghan women are currently participating in a one-year programme at AINA, the Afghan media and cultural centre in the state capital of Kabul. Here, they are taught how to use a digital video camera to create news stories, features and documentaries. Part of their training also includes attending English language classes and computer training to bring them up to date with the latest technology in the field.
Since French journalists run AINA, some works of the women broadcasters have already been aired on French television. Each report runs two-and-a-half minutes and is translated from the Afghan language Dari into French.
The news package has highlighted issues in and around Kabul. Some of the stories featured include the women's jail, children at work, and villagers at the Shomali Plains. The women filmed and wrote the stories, with some assistance from the AINA staff.
Managers at the French Channel 3 have been impressed by the work of these women. Several French channels have already expressed interest in showing longer features by these women. Already in progress are two 50-minute documentaries in Dari. The first documentary will be an oral history of more than 100 women all over Afghanistan; the second will focus on Afghan women in politics.
AINA is funded by the Asia Foundation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Source: "AFGHANISTAN: Female TV journalists go international"
as posted on 29 October 2002 at <http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30643&SelectRegion=Central_Asia
&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN>.
From: WE! linking women, sharing knowledge, engendering
change published by Isis International-Manila, November 2002
Sojourner newspaper has suspended publication
The Fall 2002 issue of Sojourner states:
"As Sojourner suspends publication with the current issue, the staff and board of Sojourner Feminist Institute (the nonprofit that publishes Sojourner) extends its thanks [to it contributors and supporters]. . .
"We've said it before. We'll say it again. Independent progressive media, central to movements for social change, is an increasingly threatened species. Sojourner and other progressive indy publications have depended on philanthopic support for about 50 percent of their revenue. That coninues to be true. That continues to be true. And what is philanthropic support? It's not just large foundations or people with great financial wealth. It means all of us, to the extent that we are able. We all have a responsibility to financially support those institutions that are working or the goals we embrace." (p.14)
from editorial notes:
"Sojourner has been operating for nearly 28 years, and has published the work of thousands of women, including incarcerated women, first-time writers, political activists, mothers and international artists. We have worked actively to be a forum to honor the work of all women, and we have done this with low wages and limited resources. To get out this important fall issue, staff volunteered their time after being laid off, which as managers completely blew us away.
"... At Sojourner we have been dependent on donations of computers that were five to ten years old. . . . Although we worked under stressful conditions, we continued to thrive by creating a newspaper that we could be proud of.
". . . We have established a strong foundation, creating a political platform that is multicultural, multigenerational, and multifaceted. This is what Sojourner has been striving for since its inception in 1975, and this is a legacy that would make our foremothers proud."
---Mia Anderson, Executive Director
---Amy Pett, Editor in Chief
Girls Film School: Two Week Program
www.girlsfilmschool.csf.edu
This two-week program, held each summer at the College of Santa Fe, gives high-school girls --many from low-income or at-risk families, and over 70 percent of whom receive scholarshoips to attend-- an unprecidented first chance to learn basic concepts of writing, producing, acting, documentary, editing, sound, cinematography and web site design. During evening screenings, the girls view a wide variety of work by professionals in the moving image field, allowing them the opportunity to engage in dialogue and critical thought. At the end of the program, there is a public screening of the final projects in the 35mm theater, THE SCREEN.
Seerat: Women's Newspaper in Afghanistan
Article in the Los Angeles Times:
May 9, 2002
Afghanistan's Female Pioneers in Print Media: Journalists cover
"men's turf" in a weekly billed as the nation's first
independent paper run by women for women.
By DAVID ZUCCHINO, Times Staff Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the mornings, Marry Nabard Aaeen sits
in a dim room with fellow female reporters, separated from the
male journalists of the government-run Bakhtar news agency by
a heavy curtain and a closed door.
She's relegated to "women's articles" on health, food,
culture and children.
In the afternoons, Aaeen sits in a different room with other female
reporters, but she's in charge. In this room, she's the editor
of Seerat, which calls itself Afghanistan's first independent
weekly newspaper run by women for women.
The room is the size of a storage closet--actually, it is a storage
closet. In its tiny confines, Aaeen directs coverage of women's
interest stories, but she also sends her reporters out to cover
the "men's turf" of Afghanistan: politics, drugs, government,
crime and controversial social issues.
In mid-December, barely a month after the fall of the Taliban
here in Kabul, the capital, Aaeen and four other women created
Seerat as a one-page weekly. Late last month, Seerat published
its 13th issue, a comparatively fat edition with four printed
pages and a publication run of 1,000.
The women launched Seerat after getting back their old jobs at
Bakhtar, which the Taliban had taken away in the mid-1990s. Although
they were gratified to have their jobs back, the women said, they
felt constrained by their second-class status at the male-dominated
news agency.
At Bakhtar, the women rarely are permitted to venture out on assignments,
and the men, seen as the breadwinners, end up with bigger paychecks
because they're allowed to work longer hours.
Pooling their money, the women started writing their own articles
in the afternoons. They paid a private printing company to run
off 500 copies of a one-page newsletter, complete with cartoons
and editorials. They had no computers or typewriters; they still
write their articles longhand.
The cost of Seerat is 1,000 afghanis, or about three cents (foreigners
pay $1). In part because the paper fails to publish some weeks,
circulation has been unsteady, ranging from 100 to 500 paid copies
per issue.
"It's still hard to attract readers because their curiosity,
their intelligence, has been worn away by all the years under
the Taliban," said Aaeen, a 38-year-old who favors long,
stylish dresses that cover her arms and legs but are a far cry
from the burkas that the Taliban forced women to wear in public.
Seerat has attitude. Aaeen recently wrote a blistering editorial
demanding that women stop sitting in the back of buses and taxicabs
or, in some cases, in open taxi trunks. Another article pointed
out that administrations before the Taliban provided day care
for female government employees, while the new government does
not.
Some interviews are tough. Afghans whose family members were killed
during the U.S.-led campaign that drove the Taliban from Kabul
angrily chased the Seerat reporters from their homes a few weeks
ago, the women said.
Riding the bus last week, Aaeen struck up a conversation with
a woman who mentioned that her daughter, a newlywed, was killed
in a U.S. airstrike last fall. The woman pulled out her daughter's
photo and began weeping.
Aaeen asked the woman to lend her the photo and to meet her for
an interview. The woman refused, saying her husband would never
give her permission.
"We have a long way to go before Afghanistan is a modern
country," Aaeen said. "That's what Seerat is trying
to achieve. We want the women of Afghanistan to be more modern,
more educated, more in control of their lives."
Though Seerat promotes what Aaeen calls "progressive ideas,"
she said it also seeks to inform and entertain women. "Their
lives have been terrible not just under the Taliban, but under
23 years of war," she said.
Aaeen despised the burka. She said she ripped it off Nov. 13,
the day the Taliban began fleeing Kabul. Aaeen, a mother of four,
taught an illegal girls school in her home during the Taliban
era.
In the Seerat office, a blue burka lies on a mattress on the floor.
It belongs to Najeeba Maraam, a reporter who doubles as the weekly's
treasurer. Maraam said she wears the suffocating garment to and
from work because she passes through conservative neighborhoods,
including her own.
At the office, she changes into a long-sleeved blouse and long
dress. She puts on makeup and lipstick. And, like the other four
staffers, she wears a dark scarf that covers her hair.
"I'm still a little afraid people will cause problems for
me," Maraam said. "People's attitudes have not entirely
changed just because the Taliban is gone."
Among other exposes, the weekly has published articles on the
miserable conditions for returning Afghan refugees, and one condemning
the corruption and profiteering in the nation's lucrative opium
trade.
Rukhshana Alawee, 35, an aggressive reporter and mother of four,
said there are few stories women can't cover as well as men, despite
working in a society in which women are often treated as chattel
and men dominate public life. Only a small percentage of women
mix with men in public, and very few appear without burkas, even
in Kabul. In most homes, women serve the men meals and eat alone
later.
"We interview ministers, lawyers, doctors--all men,"
Alawee said. "Men are used to women reporters. There is a
long tradition of women journalists here. The men are very polite
to us ladies."
The women say their husbands are supportive and "modern."
Aaeen's husband is a judge. Alawee and Maraam are married to engineers.
Each woman has a university journalism degree.
Alexandre Plichon, a French journalist who heads the private agency
that helps fund Seerat, said the women need guidance in newspaper
production and distribution. "But as journalists," he
said, "they're very competent."
Plichon's agency, Aina, which promotes independent reporting in
Afghanistan, pays the weekly's salaries and other costs through
grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development and
the British and French governments, he said.
The women said they have been paid once in the last three months
for their government work at Bakhtar. They earn about $50 a month,
they said, but they were paid just $38 in March. At Seerat, they
said, Aaeen is paid $150 a month as editor, and her reporters
earn $100 to $150.
As a commentary on a government that rarely pays its employees,
Seerat ran a cartoon showing a worker shouting down at a penniless
colleague who had just died and was being buried: "Get up!
The government's going to start paying salaries any day now!"
The paper also ran an anti-burka cartoon about a little boy and
his female teacher. It defies translation, but the punch line
refers to "big blue tents." The reporters said it was
a hit with female readers.
Also popular are the paper's traditional service features on such
subjects as keeping children clean and healthy in summertime,
and the importance of adding fruits and vegetables to the heavily
meat-and-starch Afghan diet.
But news drives the paper. The day the country's former monarch,
Mohammad Zaher Shah, arrived after 29 years in exile, Alawee was
in the middle of the scrum of Western and Afghan reporters, male
and female, pushing and shoving at the airport to catch a glimpse.
She followed her report on his arrival with an analysis of his
impact on the country's fragile political equilibrium.
For an upcoming issue, Aaeen said, she's working on a new expose:
why the new government, even with the Taliban gone, still refuses
to play the music of female singers and musicians on government-run
TV and radio.
"That's an inequity that really makes me angry," Aaeen
said. She thought for a moment, then added, "But we're not
sacrificing news coverage to run this story. If a hot story is
breaking, you can be sure we'll be right on it."
2002 Los Angeles Times
and the earlier article about Seerat:
Women's Voices Again Heard in New Women's Magazine in Afghanistan
http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/261201/dlame16.asp
HINDUSTAN TIMES, Wednesday December 26, 2001
Afghanistan's first women's magazine for decade hits the shelves
AFP Kabul, December 26In a sign of the changing times in Afghanistan, the first magazine for women in nearly 10 years has hit the shelves of the war-ravaged country. Seerat (Attitude) does not look like a standard glossy magazine. Crudely churned out on an old fashioned printing machine it features a picture of a woman being pulled along by a rope.
"We call on women to claim back their rights and to express themselves on an artistic level or by writing," said the 38-year-old Mari.
Employed by the ministry of information, she is one of three journalists behind the project in a country where independent newspapers do not exist.
"We want to work for a youth that aspires to other things," said Djamila Omar, a younger member of the trio.
The three women are funding the weekly magazine out of their own pockets. All they have asked is that the ministry, which reads it for censorship, does not change any of the articles, Five hundred copies of Seerat, which costs 2,000 afghanis (10 cents), are being distributed by its authors to colleges, bookshops and other institutions.
Women's magazines disappeared from Afghanistan in 1992 with the fall of the post-Soviet communist government and the closure of the monthly magazine Mermon (Woman). "The gates of hope are opening," reads Seerat's main headline, rejoicing in the beginning of the reopening of schools for girls.
During the five years when the fundamentalist Islamic Taliban regime ruled Kabul before being routed by opposition forces last month, all females were banned from attending school.
Mari however gave classes secretly, something that could have brought her harsh punishment had she been caught.
A former teacher recounts the hardships under the Taliban. "The regime destroyed the rights of orphans and women," says the article which makes reference to sayings of the Prophet Mohammed.
An article provocatively entitled "With or without the chador?" raises the emotive issue of whether or not women should wear the shawl that covers their head and upper body. One woman interviewed said they must abandon wearing it.
"We must initiate the movement. If a minority does not dare, the majority will never follow," says Mari. When civil war broke out in 1992, men asked their wives to wear the chador for their own security. Mari has strong views on the issue. "But a page is too little to say it," says the softly spoken woman, who studied for six years in Moscow.
"Many Afghan women did not go to school. But I understood when I was young that I was a full member of society. I fight by writing, not with weapons," Mari says.
The next issue of Sareet will be devoted to comments by the country's new interim leader Hamid Karzai on women's rights. The 44-year-old Pashtun royalist has pledged that women will be brought back into public life. His 30-member cabinet, which was sworn in on Saturday, includes two women.
The three journalists, who have never before seen popular women's magazines such as Cosmopolitan or Elle, one day hope to be able to include lighter articles.
And Omar dreams of "a full colour magazine, with illustrations and interviews."
"We are a long way behind the technology that other newspapers have used for a long time. "Please send us magazines. Any help and all ideas are welcome," Mari adds.
UNESCO Launches Afghanistan Women in Media Network
March 05, 2002 - A professional association of women media workers has been established in Kabul with support from UNESCO. The new AfghanistanWomen in Media Network was formally brought into being at a meeting in Kabul last Thursday. More than 60 women media professionals participated in the inaugural session.
The Network elected Ms Jamila Mujahid, Editor of Malalai (a women's magazine) and broadcaster with Radio-Television Afghanistan as President. Other office holders are Ms Najiba Maram of the Bakhtar Information Agency as Vice-President; Ms Fakhria Sorosh of Radio-Television Afghanistan as co-ordinator of culture activities; Ms Mary of the Seerat Weekly (the first women's magazine published following the departure of the Taliban regime) as Administrator; and Ms Azima Nikzad, a television broadcaster, as External Relations Co-ordinator.
Already, the executive of the new Network has moved into action and has planned its first activity for today. This will take the form of a large gathering of women to talk about their role in the new society being developed in Afghanistan. The meeting will be recorded for television and re-broadcast by Radio-Television Afghanistan as a one hour 'special' on International Women's Day (8th March).
"This is a very exciting and important new Network" said Martin Hadlow, UNESCO Team Leader in Afghanistan. "We brought six media women together to talk about establishing a professional association and, within a week, the organization was a reality!"
UNESCO will fund the Afghanistan Women in Media Network to enable it to establish an office and a range of training programmes for women media workers. In addition, it is expected that the Network will receive a wide range of support from other interested donors and supporters.
"This organization could well play a key role in the development of media in Afghanistan" said Hadlow. "It will also enable Afghan women to link with their colleagues all over the world. The spirit of these women is remarkable. They have lived through a lot, and now it is their turn to speak out".
Request for Coverage by Women's Group
When Words Fails, Bombs Explode
By Jan Lightfoot-Lane
Most women of poverty, rarely are allowed to effectively speak on any topic. Lesbians of poverty are doubly discriminated against. In fact even most lower middle-classes women, cannot afford to produce Bumper stickers. Nor unlike Yoko Ono they also cannot afford $150,000 a week to advertise their point of view on a sign in Piccadilly Circus, saying
"Imagine all the people living life in peace."
The Proud Lesbians of Poverty envisions their name alone informs the public that contrary to the myth, not all Lesbians/Gays or LGBT's are affluent.
So the message this international group located in Maine USA intends to get out there, is simply "listen and respond to the powerless and the disenfranchised." Presently this group formed in the spring of 2000 has selected to speak on Ending Rape.
We have an un-funded, yet modest advertising budget of $77,000 a year. This still un-raised years cost, is the amount the brave Yoko Ono will spend for half a week, to advertise her late husbands words.
The newly founded Proud Lesbians of Poverty is Open to "all" regardless of Race, Gender, sexual orientation, age, income, religion. The only website the group can afford; a free web site, can be found at: http://pages.ivillage.com/rosytulips/proudlesbiansofpoverty/
When those of least power - as the poor, can speak out in a manner causing change; violence will end. It matters little if the Proud Lesbians of Poverty fights for the end of rape or world peace. The ending of any violence sets in motion for the ceasing of all violent behavior. The dis-empowered speaking for themselves, is the key.
Us women, can accomplish a halt to many forms of violence. As ending the nightmares of poverty, and the dark valley of shadows, mistrust and tears, rape causes. Life will be enhanced when the pleas of the weakest are heard. It will take the wisdom and generosity of others; men and women with more income than the inadequately paid poor, to provide us that forum.
The Proud Lesbians of Poverty, created a booklet entitled "Real" Men Can Control Their Genitals. It calls ethical sexual behavior. And conveys the idea "Rape is not sex; Anyone more than being beaten with a frying pan is "Cooking. Rape is a crime."
We ask our sisters who believe in freedom, to contribute their time energy cash, and forums, to get our point of view, out to the public. We need bumper stickers, and election type front lawn-signs, either donated or at break even prices. These can be created by anyone in the world, the angel does not need be in Maine, or even in the USA. The Proud Lesbians of Poverty who are two or more underpowered groups in one; seeks magazine space. And bill board space. The ad we create can say "Space Donated By_____-______."
Believe many sisters out there, who would jump at the chance to help create a better world. Would love the opportunity to speak to groups about either Poverty, Ending Rape, or world peace. For in the estimation of some, all three forms of violence, are based on the imposed silence of the weak. For more information, phone 1-800-438-3890 it will be answered Homeless Crisis Hotline.
When heart felt pleas go unspoken or unheard, hostages are taken. Property is destroyed, and bombs explode. When the sound of words are unheard, the cries of violence looms. Brutality is the only language felt left available, to the unsuccessfully acknowledged .
Woman Filmmaker Faces Execution in Iran
Action Alert: Help
Her Now!
Target: Mr. Mohammad Khatami President of the Islamic Republic
of Iran
Sponsor: Shruti Nagar
http://www.facets.org/petition.html
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DEADLINE: Ongoing ...
Iranian Filmmaker, Tahmineh Milani, is facing charges of "insulting Islam" and is under threat of prosecution and possibly execution. Her film 'The Hidden Half' which depicts forces struggling against the Islamic Revolution in a sympathetic light, is believed to have angered the ruling hardliners of the country. She, deserves the opportunity to express her artisitic and filmaking endeavors and her prosecution MUST be protested by the international community. Your signature can help save her, and protect the basic human rights of women like her!
Magazine gives Afghan women new voice
February 6, 2002
By Kate Clark
BBC Afghanistan correspondent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1804000/1804255.stm
A new women's magazine, The Women's Mirror, has been published in Afghanistan giving a female perspective on news and social affairs.
The magazine, a four-page independent publication, demonstrates how some Afghan women are re-entering public life, but also how Afghans generally are pushing for greater civil liberties.
The new magazine brings the number of independent publications in Kabul to at least six.
Just publishing is a victory after an era in which women were denied any public voice.
But state censorship in Afghanistan has a much longer history than the last five years of Taleban rule - broadcasting and most of the print media is still state-owned and very much state-controlled.
The radio still reports on how Afghan leaders give satisfactory answers to the questions of visiting delegations.
Seeking answers
But some of the new publications do question the actions of the new interim administration.
That is not easy - under the Taleban, people were terrified to criticise the state and although the fear is much less now it is still there.
There are still intelligence agents in the new Afghanistan - all appear to be drawn from one of the factions of the Northern Alliance, Jamiat-i-Islami.
The armed men still have a lot of political power here, despite their poor human rights records.
Pushing for freedom
Even so, many people say the fact that the world and the United Nations are watching Afghanistan closely, gives them the opportunity to push for greater freedoms.
Clandestine political parties are starting to operate openly - the first seminar on civil liberties was held this week.
And Afghan journalists and writers are publicly asking questions about corruption and accountability in the post-Taleban era.
Future of WIN NEWS
(Women's International Network News)
Fran P. Hosken is offering to discuss the future of WIN with any group or organization active internationally that is interested in providing or developing an institutional base to assure the future of WIN News and its related educational activities, including the distribution of its existing publications as well as to develop new ones.
The WIN News communication network, organized, maintained and continuously expanded for a quarter century (1975-2000) is the work of Fran Hosken, its founder, editor and publisher. The Annual Reports of WIN, a nonprofit organization incorporated in Massachusetts in 1975 with 501(c)3 status, are available: they document its steady growth and progress. A special report and overview of all activities of the network is available on request.
In order to expand the service and mission of WIN in the rapidly growing communication world, it is necessary to institutionalize WIN to assure its future of serving women around the world. After 25 years of growth and contacts around the world with women leaders, WIN News is not only widely recognized but has steadily gained in influence in many areas of importance to women. WIN News has subscriptions by universities, libraries, governments and institutions worldwide, quite aside from women and women's organizations: that is WIN News has a solid base of recognition by decision makers and educators for its reliable reporting and is accredited by the United Nations. The time has come to organize a permanent system capable of building on these achievements and to expand its worldwide services to women into the next century.
WIN is offering the opportunity to interested groups / organizations to participate in institutionalizing the network to assure its success in the 21st century: Please send all inquiries to: WIN News, 187 Grant St., Lexington, MA 02420. ph: (781) 862-9431, fax: (781) 862-1734, email: winnews@igc.org
IV. A History of Women's Media (1963-1983)
and an article on Women of Color Media, 1968-1988, is also available on this website.
Some historic women's media are still available, including:
No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation
Black Belt Woman: The Magazine of Women in the Martial Arts and Self Defense
Historic Originals program of WIFP: Media Report to Women (1972-1987), Directory of Women's Media (1975-1989), The Celibate Woman, A Journal for Women Who Are Celibate or Considering This Liberating Way of Relating to Others (1982-1988), Paid My Dues, A Journal of Women and Music and more.
webeditor@wifp.org
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
1940 Calvert Street, NW
Washinton, DC 20009-1502
phone: 202-265-6707 fax: 202-986-6355
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