Violence was the subject of a plenary session at which Jacqueline Pitanguy, director of Citizenship, Studies, Information and Action in Brazil, spoke on the foundations of gender violence. Order and disorder in Brazilian society, and other societies, has been defined basically in relation to what the white, middle-class male has believed it to be. Some persons are seen as more human than others. But maps change, and they have changed as a result of political struggle. Electronic communications and its growing role in health and human rights work was another theme of the conference.
Internet access is extremely expensive in Eastern Europe.
Many people there have not even seen a Web page. It's more affordable to use electronic mailing lists to share and collect information. You will be able to look up Poland's abortion law or Belize's domestic violence law, and download them.