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Another organization linked from the "Organizations and Other Sites Emphasizing Women's Communication, Networking, News, and Other Issues" sub-page is Isis International, based in the Philippines.

screen capture for <http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/networking.htm> a page listing "Organizations and Other Sites Emphasizing Women's Communication, Networking, News, and Other Issues." A link for "Isis International " is circled in red.

Isis generates two publications, "WE!" and "Women in Action."

screen capture for <http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia101/index.html> homepage for issue 1, 2001, of "Women in Action." Circle in red is a link to the article "Feminist Project Seeks to Understand Men" by Rashidah Abdullah.

This issue of "Women in Action" focuses on men's involvment in women's empowerment, including an article on a feminist project seeking to understand men.

screen capture for <http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia101/projects.html> for the article "Feminist Project Seeks to Understand Men" by Rashidah Abdullah. The excerpt includes the following: "Men are the focus of a new project of the International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group (IRRRAG). This may seem surprising as IRRRAG is a coalition of feminist researchers, and women, not men, are usually involved in feminist research. After all, it is commonly argued, there is so much that is not yet known about women's needs, perspectives and visions, that women themselves as a neglected and marginalised group must be asked and listened to first. This was the position of IRRRAG when in 1992, it decided on its first research project on women's perception of their reproductive rights or their perceived entitlements in making decision in the areas of childbearing, contraception, abortion and sexuality ..."

If you are interested in reading the entire article, here is the link. <http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia101/projects.html> In the meantime, try and answer the following question.

The main topic of research involves attitudes about
Reproduction
 Cancer
 Education for women
 AIDS

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