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Our History From Mexico to Beijing and New York, Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) still carries on the vision of its founders Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl of communicating ideas, creating solidarity networks and sharing information to overcome gender inequalities. Founded in 1974 in Geneva, Switzerland as an action oriented women's resource centre to meet the need for information by women from various regions of the world, Isis-WICCE has three main programmes: The Exchange Programme, Information and Documentation Programme and the Publication Programme. Isis Goddess The organisation is named after the ancient Egyptian goddess ISIS who symbolises Wisdom, Creativity and Knowledge. Founders Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl The move to Africa Isis-WICCE relocated to Kampala, Uganda at the end of 1993 with an objective of tapping African women's ideas, views and problems and share the information with women at the international level. Since the move to Kampala, Isis-WICCE started National-and regional level programmes to facilitate the flow of information from Uganda to other parts of Africa and the rest of the world, and to contribute towards the strengthening of the Uganda and African women's movement. Mission Isis-WICCE exists to promote Justice, and empowerment of women globally through documenting violations of womens rights and facilitating the exchange of information and skills, to strengthen women's capacities, potential, and visibility. Vision Isis-WICCE envisions an informed society that values and ensures women^?s rights and promotes the realisation of their full potential in society. Core Purpose To promote the fundamental human rights of women through networking, action oriented documentation of women^?s experiences, and cross-cultural exchange of skills. Objectives To document, repackage and disseminate issue oriented information to different target groups as a means of addressing the injustices. To adopt innovative means of information sharing and capacity building to promote gender equality and redress violations committed against women. To influence policy makers and civil society about gender sensitivity and self determination of women. To cultivate mutually beneficial networking relationships with other organisations at the national, regional and international level. To enable women to deliberate together and work towards building a culture of peace.
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