I enjoyed your articles immensely. I thank you for the information that you present because as a women who is disabled I personally have great reservations as to where the world is headed. As a citizen of a country that has many social services in place (though dwindling due to Free Trade Agreements) I feel that I have a very privileged position in relation to the conditions of women in other countries. Yet, I experience many problems relating to issues of inequality, lack of resources etc. I can't imagine what it must be like for women in what we term "Third World" countries.

I am presently a student at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada and plan to use the information contained in your articles in both a presentation and an essay that I have due. The essay will include details on the IMF and how it affects the most vulnerable of our populations via the mechanism of globalization. If you have done any research in this area please point me to it. I would love to include your view.

Thank you for your advocacy and your heart.

Pambazuka News replies: Thanks for your comments, Deb. We've had a number of articles on the IMF which you can read by browsing through the back issues. In 2004, we had a special issue on the IMF which can be read at http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?issue=175