UNU Monitor is a quarterly review of the United Nations University's current research, publications and forthcoming projects in the area of global change and related activities by other institutions. It is compiled by the UNU in Tokyo. This issue's Monitor presents the report on the IFIAS workshop on ‘Women, science and development’, held in Toronto in March. This is followed by a summary of the UNU conference on ‘Toward a sustainable environmental future for the Southeast Asian region’, held in Indonesia in May. For information regarding UNU's activities in the area of global change, please contact Mr Dieter Koenig, UNU, Toho Seimei Building, 15-1 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan.