Isis-WICCE

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Isis-WICCE , also Isis Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange , is an international feminist organization that works in conflict and post-conflict regions. It is based in Kampala , Uganda .

history

The association was founded in 1984 by Marilee Karl and Jane Cottingham . Its predecessor organization was the Women's International Information and Communication Service . This served as a documentation center for women's rights and was founded in Geneva in 1974 . It has been based in Uganda since 1993 . The organization is named after the Egyptian goddess Isis .

literature

  • Marilyn Porter, Ellen R. Judd (Eds.): Feminists Doing Development. A Practical Critique. Zed Books, London / New York 1999, ISBN 1-85649-693-7 , pp. 133-141.
  • Isis (Ed.): Women in development. A resource guide for organization and action. New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, PA 1984, ISBN 0-86571-041-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Isis Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange. GND 5222912-9 .
  2. a b isis.or.ug