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Broadsheet Summer Raumati 1996 1 New Zealand's feminist Magazine Issue 212 for Twenty Four Years------------- CONTENTS SUMMER/RAUMATI 1996 FEATURES 18 N e w Zealand Feminism Alive and well at your local Women's Centre What's happening in 12 Women's Centres around New Zealand Auckland Women’s Centre . Lower Hutt Women's Centre . The Nelson Women's House . The Women’s Centre, Christchurdi/Otautahi. North Shore Women's Centre . Palmerston North Women's Centre .Take-a-Break, Auckland Te Awamutu Women's Centre . West Auckland Women's Centre . Women's Resource Centre & SPIRAL and Happy Birthday, New Plymouth! 29 The Women’s Electoral Lobby Noeline Nuttal 30 Organising for W om en at W ork Working Women's Resource Centre, Auckland Wellington Working Women’s Resource Centre Shakti - The Strength of Asian Women Linda Hill talks to Farida Sultana of Auckland's most dynamic new women's organisation Women's Health Movement in the 1990s THAW Health Alternatives for Women Women's Health Action, Auckland Hysterectomy poem by Lindsay Nichols EDEN - Eating Difficulties Education Network 38 Auckland Rape Crisis - New Directions Jane Vanderpyl and Elizabeth Butterfield 41 Refuge - Safety for Women and Children Pippa Nicholson and Mary Clare Bartlett 43 Fiji Women’s Rights Movement Nik Rilkoff 45 Women's Centres in East and West Jerusalem Anna Gehrke writes to Broadsheet from the Middle East Broadsheet Summer Raumati 1996 2 CONTENTS SUMMER/RAUMATI 1996 FEATURES 47 A Veil over the East Islam, modernisation and women in Indonesia and Malaysia 52 W om en’s Self Defence Netw ork - Wahine Toa Libby Paulin REGULARS 1 Collective Comment 4 Herspective Amy Ross Why vote? The patriarchy always wins. 6 Yourwrite 54 Gripes o f Roth Margot Roth ^ Ê K Ē Ê ^ , 55 Overage Charlotte Purdy 56 Christchurch Comment Pat Rosier STRO KES AND ART ATTACKS 12 Putting Therapy on the Couch Jenny Rankine reviews Changing our Minds by Celia Kitzenger and Rachel Perkins 57 Three Masquerades Linda Hill reviews Marilyn Waring's latest book. 58 Irihapeti Ramsden Something for my Grandchildren to Hold Keri Hulme and Marian Evan's new film project 59 The Hungry Heart book review by Jane Tyrer Body Image poem by Fritha Parkes Nic Moon The Gathering Place exhibition review by Kate Millington Feeling Fabulous at 40, 50 and Beyond Claire-Louise McCurdy reviews Sandra Coney's new book Naiad's '96 Barbara Bennett reviews the latest in lesbian Mills and Boon 64 Bad News Barbie Young women give their views. Broadsheet Summer Raumati 1996 3 regularPerspective WHY VOTE? THE PATRIARCHY ALWAYS WINS A m y Ross t occurred to me, as I was might have voted for yourself three undermine and disrespect that?' listening to the panel of po times too!") This was popularly To which the appropriate response Ilitical women at the received by the audience, com is, of course, ‘No! What was I think Auckland Women’s Book forted with the light hearted ing of!’ Followed by a submissive weekend, that there was one reassurance that they should in scuttle to the nearest voting booth. issue that was not drawing deed ‘do their part’ and vote. I mean no disrespect to those the unanimity and raptur Slogans like ‘Do your part’, who fought for the vote, and in ous applause that all the ‘Vote for Change’, ‘Have Your Say, deed I believe they would take others seemed to. When or ‘Exercise your democratic right’ none. Many might actually have Jane Kelsey somewhat cau are only a few of the many that we supported the vision that we can tiously put forward the are brought up on.