This extra-large double issue of WSQ combines two themes, related but distinct: a report on the largest United Nations sponsored gatherings of women in history-at Beijing and Huairou-and a series of national reports on women's studies.

This issue includes reportage by Robin Morgan on the NGO Forum in Huariao and Beijing and the Governmental Conference. The writers are distinguished scholars and political figures who made history in Beijing. New National Reports on Women's Studies come from the following countries: Ghana, South Africa, Hungary, Uganda, Latvia, Turkey, Korea, China, Thailand, Bangladesh, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. This volume also covers public policy, international efforts in mainstreaming, teaching about women and the law, women's history in a global perspective, and women's studies. Two noteworthy reports focus on the formation of a World Federation of Women's Studies National Associations and on Shared Visions of Women's Studies in the 21st Century.