Written by Meredith Tax, the pamphlet begins with an analysis of the world crisis, and goes on to examine the role of women writers in the emancipation of women and the construction of civil society. It was discussed at international meetings in 1994 and 1995 by a working group consisting of Marjorie Agosin (Chile/USA), Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana), Ritu Menon (India), Ninotchka Rosca (Philippines) and Mariella Sala ( Peru). The pamphlet introduces the reader to the global crisis looming over world in the form of a New Economic Order in which profit will replace all intellectual and spiritual goals of life. It also goes on to explain what one means by gender-based censorship and why it must be fought. Most importantly, it tells us that “cultural development i.e. women’s development as full human beings, ready to speak out and take their place in society, is an essential part of remaking a world in which the dreadful imbalance between rich and poor, strong and weak, men and women, humans and other species, is becoming a death sentence, not only for millions of people but for the earth itself”.