[women-rights] Call for Articles for Women in Action (WIA) No. 3-2003; Theme: Women in Prisons

Dear colleagues,

I am Irene R. Chia, Media, Information and Communications Programme 
Associate of Isis International-Manila. Isis International-Manila is a 
feminist NGO dedicated to women's information and communication needs. We 
document ideas and visions, create channels to communicate, collect and 
move  information, and network and build links. We focus on those advancing 
women's rights, leadership and empowerment in Asia and the Pacific.

Isis publishes Women in Action, a magazine that comes out three times a 
year covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally, but focusing 
on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South, and 
forwarding a progressive perspective tempered by the experiences of the 
third world women's movements. I am also the issue coordinator of Women in 
Action. For more information about us, you may visit http://www.isismanila.org.

The No. 3 issue for 2003 of Women in Action will carry the theme "Women in 
Prisons." We are looking for writers to contribute in this issue of our 
magazine. We would like to ask you if you would be able to circulate this 
in your mailing list or if you would be able to recommend possible writers 
for our magazine. Below is our Call for Articles announcement. If you have 
something that you have already written which you think would cover the 
topics that we are interested in and that's current, we also welcome it.

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Irene R. Chia
Media, Information and Communication Services Programme Associate


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Call for Articles for Women in Action (WIA) No. 3-2003

Women in Action, a magazine published by Isis International-Manila, covers 
a broad range of issues affecting women globally, but focusing on the 
particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South. For its next 
issue, Women in Action will feature the theme "Women in Prisons."

We welcome articles on the following topics:

1. stories of Asian and Pacific women who are imprisoned for their 
political or religious beliefs, actions or affiliations or for their sexual
orientation; prison systems as a way of crushing resistance or rebellion or 
as a form of social control of Asian and Pacific women
2. prison activism or organising of Asian and Pacific women in prisons
3. how the prison system institutionalises and perpetuates class, race and 
gender oppression; how legislation discriminates against colored women; how 
legislation is applied in a discriminatory way against colored women
4. writings of Asian and Pacific women in prisons
5. "rehabilitation," reentry or reintegration of women prisoners into 
society; programmes for women while inside the prisons; stories of
reintegration of women into society
6. prisons and capitalism; prisons as a source of cheap labour; prisons as 
business ventures; stories of small businesses in prisons run by women inmates
7. how information and communciation techologies (ICT) mediates in the 
lives of women prisoners; how ICT has been of use or support to women 8. 
how media portrays and reinforces stereotypes of women prisoners

We welcome photo essays or photo submissions on women in prisons. We also 
welcome articles for our regular sections on women and media, women and 
health, and women and information and communication technology (ICT).

If you would like to submit photos, graphics or comic strips that may be 
used for your article or for these issues, you may also do so. We provide a 
modest honorarium for articles and photos or graphics that get published. 
Photos or artwork should be in tif format, scanned at 300 dpi. Please zip 
the file before e-mailing it. You may also send it by post.

Articles should be within 1,500 - 2,000 word range. Deadline for submission 
is  July 31, 2003. When submitting an article, please indicate on the 
Subject line what issue of Women in Action your submission is for. Please 
write the article in Times New Roman font, 10 pts font size, double space, 
and letter size (8 ½" x 11") paper. Please provide us with the following 
information:

Title of article:
Author/s:
Short description of the article:
Number of words:
Tagline or short bio of the author:
Postal address:
Country:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:

You may submit your articles by regular post, fax or E-mail to:

Irene R. Chia
Media and InfoCom Services Programme Associate
Isis International-Manila
Postal Address: 3 Marunong St., Bgy. Central, Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Fax: (63-2) 924-1065
E-mail: irene@isiswomen.org

Sincerely,
Irene R. Chia
Media, Information and Communication Services Programme Associate
Isis International-Manila
Street Address: 3 Marunong St., Bgy. Central, Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Postal Address: PO Box 1837, Quezon City Main, Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Tels (63 2) 435 3405; 435 3408; 436 0312
Fax (63 2) 924 1065
Website: www.isiswomen.org



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