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«Women: The Fifth World» by Elise Boulding

Founded in 1975, the Asian Women's Institute represents a consortium of nine Asian Colleges and Universities concerned with women's education. Eight of the members have women students only while one is coeducational. These colleges and universities stretch from the Middle East to the Far East with three colleges in India, two in Korea, one in Japan, one in Pakistan, one in Iran and one in Lebanon.

The process of awareness regarding woman's problems and demands has not achieved any significant progress, either on the cultural or on the social level.

An international congress on mental health for children and families was held in Salzburg, Austria, July 8-13, 1979, and was organized by the Austrian association for Mental Health in collaboration with the World Federation for Mental Health.

The Status of Women in Arab Laws in the Light of the U.N. International Conventions is the title of a book of over 600 pages, written in both Arabic and English and issued at the Seminar held by the National Council of Lebanese Women, Beirut, 1974.

The issue of Continuing Education for Arab Women was the theme of a workshop sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World and the Middle East Church Council and was held last May in an old monastery in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

Comments made by lulinda Abu Nasr at a meeting of thePopulation Council, American University of Beirut.

Monographs of the Institute for Women's Studies in the ArabWorld, No.3, 1980, Principal Investigators: Julinda Abu Nasr,Mary Makhouli, Irini Lorfing .

The first Arab woman who created a publishing house to publish her own works. Her books, which represent a loud claim for liberal thought, are best sellers in the Arab world.

Under the sponsorship of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World a Workshop on Arab Women in Industry was held in Ayia Napa Cyprus from May 21 to 23, 1984.

Pt. 1: Feminist consciousness and leadership roles: Graham-Brown, Sarah: Women and politics in the Middle East Khalidi, Ramla; Tucker, Judith: Women's rights in the Arab world Pt. 2: Women political leaders: Palestine's Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi (interview) Jordan's Leila Sharaf (interview) Curtiss, Richard H.: Women's rights: an affair of state for Tunisia Pt. 3: Women and work: Hijab, Nadia: Women and work in the Arab world Sha'aban, Bouthaina: The status of women in Syria Carapico, Sheila: Women and public participation in Yemen Pt. 4: Women and education: Harfoush-Strickland, Samira: Formal education and training in non-traditional jobs Sanabary, Nagat el-: Women and the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia Amawi, Abla: Women's education in Jordan Pt. 5: Women and the civil war in Lebanon: Maksoud, Hala: The case of Lebanon Abu Nassr, Julinda: The effects of war on women in Lebanon Makdisi, Jean Said: Lebanon's civil war through different eyes (interview) Pt. 6: Palestinian feminism and nationalism: Sabbagh, Suha: Palestinian women and institution building Sabbagh, Suha: The Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Women's Rights: an analysis Kuttab, Eileen: The Women's Document: a tool for women's empowerment and struggle (interview) Giacaman, Rita: The women's movement on the West Bank Pt. 7: Women in political Islam: Yazbeck Haddad, Yvonne; Smith, Jane I.: Women in Islam: the mother of all battles Amawi, Abla: Women and property rights in Islam Guindi, Fadwa el-: Feminism comes of age in Islam Mernissi, Fatima: Muslim women and fundamentalism Pt. 8: Women, the state, civil society, and kinship ties: "private" and "public" space: Hatem, Mervat F.: Economic and political liberalization in Egypt and the demise of state feminism Joseph, Suad: Gender and family in the Arab world Joseph, Suad: Gender and civil society (interview) Slyomovics, Susan: "Hassiba Ben Bouali, If you could see our Algeria". Women and public space in Algeria Charrad, Mounira: State and gender in the Maghrib Alqudsi-Ghabra, Taghreed: Women in Kuwait Pt. 9: Women and literature: Sha'aban, Bouthaina: Arab women and literature: an overview An interview with Iraq's Lami'a Abbass Ammara An interview with Syria's Kamar Keilany Sha'aban, Bouthaina: The hidden history of Arab feminism Appendix A: General Union of Palestinian Women, Jerusalem-Palestine: Draft Document of Principles of Women's Rights (third draft); appendix B: Statistical profiles