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Girls Request Your Attention is a magazine for young people which is published in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan (part of the Russian Federation -- editor) by a group of young women activists and students in the Femina Club, led by Elena Mashkova. This third issue includes: an excerpt from a book published in the West about Hillary Rodham Clinton and women's power; materials on alcoholism and drug addiction; a doctor's comments on having abortions at a very young age; material from an American manual on self defense against violence; pages of fiction and poetry, etc. The editors write, "We are seeking our own distinct style and we are trying to improve both the look and content of the magazine. Essential to us always is a continuing conversation on human rights for girls and women about the possibilities of choosing one's life path, about eliminating all forms of gender violence and discrimination."

Letters and inquiries to the magazine may be sent to the following addresses: e-mail: elena@femina.kazan.su, tel/fax (8552) 53 62 65, snail mail: 4238l5 republic of Tatarstan, Naberezhnye Chelny, New Town (novyi gorod) l/l7, et.2,5
Business Women in the Urals, a special issue of Kompanion magazine, Yekaterinburg, l997. This is about small business enterprises in the region, some 40% of which are headed by women. Herein are profiles of and interviews with some of these women entrepreneurs, not only of business but of other interesting projects as well, and accounts of their hard road to success. The issue also reports the results of a Russian-American study of Russian and American attitudes, characteristics and skills relevant to business. Herein also is information about centers supporting small business and socially oriented entrepreneurship.

Women for Life Without War and Violence, Materials from an international conference, bulletins number l and 2, Rostov-on-Don, l996. This is about the conference preceeding the one reported on in this issue of our magazine. The materials include how the conference was prepared, various documents, and the talks that were given at the conference, etc.

Family, Gender, Culture, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, l997, 4l6 pp. In his introduction, the Director of the Institute, V.A. Tishkov, writes about the need to factor gender into the analysis of what is going on in the world, and he associated this with the transition to a "modernizing" type of society. The first part of this anthology includes articles by Yekaterina Lakhova, a member of the Duma and at various times an aide to President Yeltsin, and by the American scholar Gail Lapidus. The book's chapters are titled: "The Economy and the Family," "Demographic Aspects of Family Marital Relations,"

"The Sociology of Family, Marriage and Sexual Relations," "The Ethnography of the Family and Marriage," "Gender and Culture." The various authors are well known scholars, people in political life, and critics in the arts and literature, and they present a wide range of views.Women in Russian Society, l997, No. 4 -- This series of publications is already known to researchers and lecturers in courses of feminology in Russia. This issue number 4 includes a large body of material on women's social status (articles on the self image and feelings of women who are homemakers, women business entrepreneurs, on the family in these new socio-economic conditions). There are sections on gender research in the women's movement in Russia and abroad, on sociological research. There is a section on "the historical path of the Russian woman" and a bibliography section. You can subscribe to this series by writing or phoning to the editorial office: l53025 Ivanovo, Ermaka Street, 39, Ivanovo State University, phone in Ivanovo: (0032) 32-66-00 and 32-5l-6l, phone/fax in Moscow: (095) 237-92-82.

Lady-Leader, digest, material from The School of Women's Leadership, compiled by Svetlana Gromova, Moscow, Solo-Press, l997. These are talks and interviews of interesting women who have participated in Nadezhda Radio's ongoing one hour program entitled "The School of Women's Leadership." The introduction to the booklet says, "We call this program a 'school' because we are travelling a road new to Russia. We are learning, we are trying by ourselves to understand the structure of society and to introduce our own corrections where needed. We have not got time to respond to ironic and ridiculing comments about feminism." This radio program enjoys a high rating among listeners and half of the phone calls coming in are from men.