Hi, Alison (and All). There is a very comprehensive web site titled "South Asian Women's Network," and the address online is:
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/ See the menu on the left? Toward the bottom is "South Asian Women's Organizations." There are several resources noted for Canada. Additionally, the web page has all sorts of fun features, like book reviews and profiles of prominent South Asian women. It is a good way to learn more about women in and from "Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka." Yours truly, Lisa Sharlach In a message dated 5/30/02 12:51:15 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <<< I am writing from Canada and have been following the discussion of the Hudood Laws in Pakistan with interest. By chance, quite unassociated with my professional work in the anti-violence field, I know two Pakistani women who emigrated to Canada for arranged marriages. Canadian women have worked very hard in recent decades to improve women's rights and to create a spectrum of services for abused women. These two women are aware that Canadian women have many rights but it is as if they are watching these rights from behind a glass barrier. They cannot access them and our laws and systems of intervention are not designed to help them.>>> Dr. Lisa Sharlach Dept. of Political Science Dwight Beeson Hall Samford University Birmingham, AL 35229 ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
