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GA-02618 1949-08-01 rel C licensed

Potentials of world communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

Potentials of World Communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

OSS/State Department intelligence report (1 Aug 1949) on the Women's International Democratic Federation as a communist front: origins in the Soviet Anti-Fascist Committee of Women, 1945 Paris founding, leaders (Cotton, Popova, Ibarruri, Cai Chang), membership claims and Asia activities. Indonesia is mentioned only in

GA-02148 1963-07-31 Soviet Woman rel A licensed

Soviet Woman, 31 Juli 1963: Program Kegiatan WIDF (Kongres Moskow)

Soviet Woman, 31 Jul 1963: WIDF programme and elected leaders (Moscow Congress)

Soviet Woman, 31 Jul 1963, p. 44: WIDF programme adopted at its 1963 Moscow World Congress of Women, with an issue preview and the list of elected leaders. Eugenie Cotton re-elected president. Umi Sardjono (Indonesia) is named among Bureau members, with Freda Brown (Australia), Vilma Espin and others.

GA-03422 1975-02-01 Neues Deutschland rel C licensed

Neues Deutschland, 1. Februar 1975, S. 15: Paris war das Reiseziel für Delegierte aus aller Welt

Neues Deutschland, 1 Feb 1975, p. 15: Paris was the destination for delegates from all over the world

Neues Deutschland, 1 February 1975, p. 15 (anniversary supplement for International Women's Year): retrospective 'Paris war das Reiseziel für Delegierte aus aller Welt' on the 1934 World Women's Congress against Fascism and War in Paris. Among the speakers, 'the delegate Siti' (surname not given) brought greetings from

GA-02957 2012 rel B licensed

The Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF): History, Main Agenda, and Contributions, 1945-1991

The WIDF: History, Main Agenda, and Contributions, 1945-1991 (de Haan, c.2012)

Overview essay by Francisca de Haan (Women and Social Movements International database, c. 2012) on WIDF's origins, agenda, UN role and Cold War marginalisation, 1945-1991. Gerwani is listed once as a large, influential WIDF member organisation (with footnotes to Wieringa and to McGregor on Indonesian women and WIDF);