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I§3!B2D_PC2 Jg£l • Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is still kill- 
ing women and uniform labeling is crucial for reducing the 
number of cases. The Collective's mailing alerts and pub- 
lic statements calling for uniform absorbency labeling 
have generated hundreds of letters to the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA). We are the major group in the country 
initiating consumer pressure on the FDA and have assisted 
over a dozen reporters with special articles on tampons 
and TSS. Recently* the leading tampon manufacturer agreed to 
introduce absorbency labeling following the recommendation 
of several consumer groups like ours. 
lo£.£CQ 3 t i 2 D£l_Qutrg££h • Hundreds of women write* call and 
visit the Collective from countries all over the world. 
We have worked with women's groups in a dozen countries on 
the tr ans 1 at i on/adap tat i on of Qyr Bcdi.es> QuCSelvgs and Our- 
S2lvg§ find QuC CDildLeD* distributed materials free of 
charge to women in developing countries, and participated in 
international meetings in Europe, New Zealand* Latin Amer- 
ica and elsewhere. We wrote and published, in collabora- 
tion with ISIS (Women’s Information and Communication Ser- 
vice, then based in Rome and Geneva) the first loitCDitign- 
al Wgmgn grid Hga^th Rgsoyrce Quid? • 
In 1985 one of us attended the UN’s NGO Women’s 
Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, where she led several work- 
shops on women and health. As a result of discussions at 
that time, we are collaborating with even more women’s health 
activists from all parts of the world. 
Da5£a2bu&£l£s-£2LLS&li2Qal-lD5liluli2Q_y2a)£nls-bsallti 
gDd_LE3CDiD9_CeDieC • This ground-breaking project, con- 
tracted through the Hass. Department of Public Health, 
has already served over 1,000 women in prison faced with 
problems of violence, substance abuse, poor health and 
parenting. Now Learning Center staff are advocating for 
alternatives to imprisonment for pregnant women (over ^0 
pregnant women are committed to MCI Framingham annually). 
Soon the Learning Center will function independently of 
the Collective as part of the newly-formed Social 
Justice for Women. We will continue to participate and 
provide support as needed. 
•The Collective puts 100 percent of our book royalties 
into projects for women, but we continually need additional 
funding. If you would like to contribute to the support of 
these projects, please know your donation is tax— deduct- 
ible . 
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