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News from the Womens Movement Sa I *J N An International Bulletin 21 News from the Womens Movement sA i *j n Anti-Nuclear Women Racism and the Women's Movement Self-Defense Lesbian Separatism Report : 1st Latin American Women's Conference women's international information and communication service ISIS is a resource and documentation center in the international women's liberation movement. It was set up in 1974 by a coIFective of women to gather materials from local WQrrienY groups and the feminist movement and to make these resources available to other i^Dien. The quarterly ISIS International Bulletin reproduces theoretical and practical information and docwnjentation from women's groups and the women's movement around the world. It includes resource listings, reports and notices to help pass on information about what is going on in the movement in other countries and con- tinents and to help in the exchange of ideas, contacts, experiences and resources among women and feminist groups. If you would like to have notices, information of your activities or resources produced by your women's group included in the ISIS Bulletin, please send them to the ISIS collectives in fipme and Geneva. We ^ould like to exchange th&JSIS Bulletin on a regular basis With those who are proQfoing newsletters, magazines and other materials. ISIS is coordinating the International Feminist Network (IFN), a communication channel through which women can mobilize international support for each other. The IFN was proposed*at the International T||>unal on Crimes Against ^rVomen in Brussels in March 1976 to aid in the mobilization of support and solidarity among the women's movement on an international scale when needed for the struggles and actions of women — as in the cases of rape victims, court cases or strikes of women. The IFN can also be used for rapid spreading of information about interna- tional feminist actions and demonstrations. Women needing international support should write or telephone the ISIS collectives in Geneva or Rome giving details of the case and the ways women in other countries JJtafehelp them. Requests for support will be passed on to the contact women w^Jpve volunteered to inform the women's movement in their countries. Graphic Credits : p. 6 Virus 39/81; p. 9 Rachel Burger cpf; p. 11 Off Our Backs July '79; p. 20 New Internatio- nalist; p. 28 Carillon/LNS; p. 32SWAPO, P.O. Box 577, Lusaka Zambia. Women at ISIS : Lone Balsen, Rossana Cambi, Manuela Cienfuegos, Daniela Claro, Jane Cottingham, Javiera Fabri, Marilee Karl, Monika v. d. Meden-Niebergall, Jane Thiebaud, Valsa Verghese. Women working on this issue : Rossana Cambi, Roxanne Claire, Jane Cottingham, Valsa Verghese, and Marie- Rose Vuffray. Special thanks to Miranda Davie* who did a large part of the work. Unsigned articles and reviews are by members of the ISIS collective. Other views presented hsre are not necessarily those of ISIS members. Copyright 1981 ISIS. Nonprofit feminist publications may reproduce articles provided that ISIS is credited as a source and that subscription rates are included. Permission to reproduce signed articles should be obtained from the author. NOTE NEW ADDRESSES : ISIS in ITALY : Via S. Maria dcH'Anima 30, Rome - Tel: 06 / 65 65842 SWITZERLAND : C.P. 50 (Cornavin), 1211 Geneva 2 - Tel : 022/33 67 46 NEWS FROM THE WOMEN'S EDITORIAL .",'.'.'-,' '• - x'".,..' '* 'r' Dear Readers of ISIS, Some of you have asked us for more regular and updated information on topics we have already covered in our ISIS Bulletins. We ourselves often go through agonies trying to decide what to cut out of Bulletins — there is so much we would like to include amongst the tons of information we receive each week. So for this last Bulletin of 1981 we decided to put together a big mixture. In selecting material for this "News from the Women's Movement", we waated to present issues which over the past year have been of growing importance in the women's movement. We identified (amongst others) the anti-nuclear struggle, racism, lesbian separatism, prostitution, violence against women and health. As always in ISIS, we wanted to bring a broad geographical mix too, and the result, we feel, is somewhat remar- kable. '• '"" Some of the issues are easily seen as universal : the women's aid movement in Germany is one — fairly successful — response to violence against women. The Sri Lanka statement against thuggery indicates just how many forms violence against women takes. The anti-nuclear struggle becomes more and more international, although perhaps still more a concern of women in industrialised countries (even though it affects everyone everywhere). Other issues like devdasis (forced prosti- tution) in India or Lesbian separatism in the West, seem at first to be more culture- specific. There are people who believe that Lesbianism is not an issue in third world countries. The questions raised by Lesbianism and by separatism, however, are relevant to all women. In addition, both compulsory heterosexuality and the particular practice of dedicating young girls (devdasis) to a goddess, which sanctions their becoming prostitutes, are different manifestations of the wider problem of women's sexual oppression. Whatever the forms, the underlying forces are the same. We do not want to say that differences are not important What each woman holds to be important or true in her life must be respected. Each different viewpoint in fact raises basic, sometimes crucial, questions which enrich our understanding of our situation as women in its entirety. This can only be achieved by sharing, exploring, challenging and supporting each other. "News from the Women's Movement" is our continuing contribution to this. Happy New Year. The women of ISIS ISIS 21/page3 Report From Bogota: Women and Liberation in Latin America This is a report by two women from ISIS who attended the first Latin American Women's Conference in Colombia in July 1981. It is translated from ISIS Spanish Bulletin No 7 which focused on Women and National Liberation Struggles. More about what was discussed in Bogota will be published in the next english-language issues of ISIS which will concen- trate on women in Latin America. The conference will also be the entire theme of Spanish ISIS No 8 which comes out The first ever conference of Latin American and Caribbean women was held this year on 18-21 July in Bogota. Women from 25 countries took part. We met over all four days in a trade union centre on the outskirts of Colombia's capital. It was very moving, arriving there to find more than 250 women, many with ponchos and guitars, each carrying their own struggles, experiences and hopes on their shoulders — all set to discuss and exchange points of view about women's from vindication feminista struggles in different countries and regions. The atmosphere was warm and friendly with none of the formality and rituals so often found in international conferen- ces, so communication was easy. Everyone worked hard during the day, showing great dedication and enthusiasm. When it came to discussing the autonomy of the women's We all wanted to learn from each other. During breaks and in movement, everyone agreed that this doesn't mean breaking the evenings we entertained ourselves by singing, talking, away from the general process of social change. Instead it reading poetry, dancing and doing theatre and mime. There implies examining the need for structural changes in society was an overwhelming feeling of unity, fantasy, and freedom. from a new perspective. Feminism, as an autonomous move- ment, has to become a strong social force allied to other Women came to the conference from all social backgrounds : sectors of society. Several women stressed the need to get students, housewives, peasants, professionals, workers, etc. away from a particular attitude which is prevalent in many Understandably, given the characteristics of our under-deve- feminist and Left circles and amounts to ,~ '* f ~* *u' loped continent with its history of colonisation and military dictatorships, the most discussed issue — and the one which proved to be the most explosive — was the relationship results between feminism and broader political struggles. These are a*rfOlnking awjjlittcontact with "Society and, without the main points we discussed : any 'motivation for power', easily leads to a form of sterility. - the autonomy of the women's movement in relation to Feminism needs to be a mass movement capable of helping political parties to transform society through a series of progressive conquests. In other words, the women's movement has to act as a very - double-militancy, i.e. working both in the women's move- strong pressure group. Feminist perspective implies an entirely ment and in political parties new outlook on life which requires profound changes in - the political significance of women's liberation struggles society's dominant values — a veritable cultural revolution. and a feminist concept of poHtics It means redefining the roles which society at present assigns - feminism and cultural imperialism to women and men, as much in our private as in our public lives. Consequently, it affects the education system, the — the need to broaden and strengthen the movement through organisation of healthcare, the role of the mass media, or- the mobilisation and participation of women from the mass ganisations in the community and the political system itself of the people and not only the middle classes It is for this reason that the autonomy of the women's move- - an emphasis on feminist organisation which is primarily ment is founded on the very specific nat6re of women's based on direct personal experience. struggles. ISIS21/page4 The question of two levels of militant action (double mili- violence against women. This was because three sisters from tancy) revealed different and sometimes directly opposite the Dominican Republic were murdered on that date after views.
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