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From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Becky Holmes

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Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:55 AM

Subject: Feinholz's original message: gender and genome

Dear Dafna (and other interested Fabsters),

I've read others' responses to your message.

You might find helpful information on my website <www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~fholmes/>  This site has not been updated for at least 7 years.  It is the site from WAGICS  "Women and Genetics in Contemporary Society," a 1995 workshop I (and others) organized . We were funded by the ELSI program.  I fought for an all-women group.  This was begrudgingly granted after several text revisions, but I was ordered to invite women who had never raised questions about their genetics work.  Some did come, but most refused.  And several were no-shows.

On the site, my 'report' might be interesting to you.  Also the address list of participants, although several addresses may be outdated.  Some women may no longer be working in ethical analysis of genome issues.  I am retired from most of my professional work, but I do keep up with genetics as it is applied in in vitro fertilization.

Becky Holmes
 

Dafna Feinholz wrote:

Dear colleagues:I am working on gender and genome issues; particulary risks for women as well as benefit sharing of genomics in developing countries.I would very much appreciate if we could have some disscussion about the issue and if you could share some of your experience as well as bibliography, any existing laws in your countries, websites that could be useful, etc.Thanks a lot in advance.Dafna FeinholzNational Commission for Human GenomeMexico

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Becky Holmes
Center for Genetics, Ethics and Women
24 Berkshire Terrace
Amherst, MA 01002-1302
phone:413-549-1925; phone/fax: 413-549-1226