The UNESCO Courrier 2008 - number 2 -"Women between two shores" British writer Doris Lessing returns to her country of birth, Zimbabwe, and denounces our jaded world. Franco-Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo explains how travels can morph into exile. Spôjmaï Zariâb tells the story of war torn Afghanistan, from her Paris vantage point. Michal Govrin, from Israel, reveals the impassioned dimension of an unending conflict. In the United States, Indian author Kiran Desai questions the fate of belonging to two cultures. Argentine poet María Medrano builds a bridge between the free world and incarceration. All are women between two shores.

 
This Dossier is produced on the occasion of 8 March, International Women’s Day, in collaboration with the Division for Gender Equality of the Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO.

ISSN 1993-8616

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© Laurent Giorgetti; "In between" is how these women define themselves.