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the country: the victorious barbaric form of female stitutes there, by poverty and misery.
The revolution tells the HOLY the Sandinista victory in Only a month after July 1979 a law was passed prohibiting and the brothels were closed. The twelve buildings WHIC ACE CECE GOTECHO owned by high-ranking officials ol Somoza s Na. tional Guard in Corinto, Nicaragua's largest Pacific are now a training and Social CommunicaREMEMBER The Deerhunter'7 Until the end of the Vietnam war, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was probably the largest vice-city' in the world. Teeming with gambling joints and brothels, the city's only function seemed to be to service the needs of Uncle Sam's troops and the corrupt officials of the disintegrating South Vietnamese puppet regime. Within days of the liberation in 1975 the red light district was closTo throw off the yoke of imperialism it is not enough to drive an occupying army out of people have to regain their dignity and their culture, their independence in the widest sense of the word. The closing of the Saigon brothels was not 'puritanism' but a necessary stamping out of a slavery. The pro most of them teenagers and many of them children, were no more than degraded playthings, driven on to the streets tions Centre.
It is here that fifty in the Reinstate Programme for Women. Laura Rivera, a night student who plans to SHE WOTKET. IS ONC of the 200 or so who have been helped by the centre. one of the centre's administrative team she says: Wile study a night, I give adult educa tion classes during the day. An example of the nation's people educating cach other. Right?
as terac classes there are workshops in sewing, emtypine the plan as the typing. plan at the moment is that the voing women learn a skill so that they may later form an artisans collective sell their products in stores which ther themselves would manage in Corinto and Managua.
Laura adds: *Programme participants nave aiso tomca i we de tivities promoted by the are part of the municipal directorate of AMNLAE nationa organisation). and others of the CDS (the Sandinista neighbourhood committe The women have also participated in the National Health Days, the militia, night-watch duty, and in the cotton harvest. We feel that since we have been given a chance to better back something in return.
Women Today" is the title of one of a series meetings abou Nicaragua and Cuba 1o he ting on Tuesday 16 November at the Crat House Kens (pm) there dar her topics will mediude An Introduction poRticer Canceron media, cuirare and sexual Organised jointly by the Solidarity CamBritain-Cuba ПЕДС KeSONre Centre STIT Lamau Centre. this MAROOTER background to anyone keen to know more revolutionar processes Nicaragm Clamaa Centre 14 Brixtor SWI