From left, Dr. Carol Sobritchea, with Esel Panlaque and Wanet Lacsamana at the UPCWS booth at the APNGO Forum in Bangkok.

Bangkok -- For an outsider like me, the University of the Philippines Center for Women's Studies (UPCWS) is a place where we always get invited to book launchings and lectures. Indeed, according to Carol Sobritchea, Executive Director, they have published around "100 books and IEC materials that are presently used in classroom teaching and research."