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Press Release                                       Dec. 8, 1996
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- "Talking about Development"  -
An interview series on development issues by Vera Britto

"Talking about Development" is an interview series where seasoned
professionals, politicians, grassroots activists, and others,
talk about what is "development" and how their work fits in
with the larger social, political, and economic
framework of the world we live in and the goals they seek.

Topics covered reach out in the vast realm of "development"
which include, but are not restricted to, health, human rights,
women's rights, reproductive rights, education,
economic, and social rights, foreign relations,
international and national politics, citizenship and democracy,
the environment, etc. These current interviews mix personal
and macro politics experiences to delve into the complex dynamics
of the world we live in. Interviews will be published grouped
in different sets.

The first set of seven interviews published include:

   - Celita Eccher - REPEM - Uruguay - Latin American popular
                   education, gender inequality

   - Carolyn Elliot -AWID/ Ass. of Women in Development - USA -
                   globalization, the challenge of  women organizing globally

   - Sandra Moran - CIEP - Guatemala - the peace process,
                    14 years of exile, gender inequality, racism

   - Magaly Pineda - CIPAF - Dominican Republic -
                   Latin American social movements, gender inequality

   - Maria Elvira Salles - House of Representatives - Brazil -
                   20 years of Brazilian politics

   - Stephanie Seguino - Univ. of Vermont - USA -
                   a fascinating look at South Korea's economy

   - Vandana Shiva - The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural
                    Resource Policy - India -
                    Globalization, intellectual property rights,
                    environmental and gender politics

"TD" is available at:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fiatlux/td/

Interviews are in their original language (English, Spanish, or Portuguese).
First published Dec.2,1996.


Vera Britto
(fiatlux@umich.edu - http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux)
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Le Bret: Si tu laissais un peu ton ame mousquetaire, la fortune et la
gloire...  Cyrano:  Et que faudrait-il faire? Chercher un protecteur
puissant, prendre un patron, et, comme un lierre obscur que circonvient
un tronc et s'en fait un tuteur en lui lechant l'ecorce, grimper par
ruse au lieu de s'elever par force? Non, merci! Non, merci! Non, merci!
Mais... chanter, rever, rire, passer, etre seul, etre libre... oui.
                                "Cyrano de Bergerac" - Edmond Rostand