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GA-02821 1947 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF Bulletin (1947): Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin 1947: Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin, 1947: French Friends of Peace conference, plus an 'Indonesia' item quoting a letter from the Secretariat of the Indonesian Women's Congress on the Dutch colonial war. It says all women's organisations back the Republic, women take part in the fighting, thanks Dutch women's groups for protesting, and asks

GA-02792 1949 rel C licensed

Second Women's International Congress, WIDF, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948

Official WIDF account of its Second Women's International Congress, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948 (390 delegates, 51 nations), with preface by Irene Joliot-Curie. It frames women's rights, child welfare and peace against Cold War blocs. Gerwani is not named. Indonesia appears only as a colonial struggle: appeals to end D

GA-00803 1949-01-06 De Waarheid rel B

70 millioen arbeiders en 80 millioen vrouwen protesteren tegen koloniale oorlog (70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war)

70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war

De Waarheid report (6 Jan 1949) on international protests against the Dutch "Christmas" military action in Indonesia: the WFTU statement, and the WIDF telegram and letter to the Security Council on behalf of 80 million women including its Indonesian and Dutch affiliates. Also covers Security Council scheduling and Mini

GA-00807 1949-04-25 De Waarheid rel C

Zware slag op Sumatra (Heavy battle in Sumatra; Paris peace congress speeches)

Heavy battle in Sumatra; speeches at Paris World Peace Congress

De Waarheid page (25 Apr 1949) with a report on fighting in Sumatra (Dutch landing at Indrapura, Republican scorched-earth) plus speeches from the Paris World Peace Congress. WIDF chair Eugénie Cotton says millions of women are fighting in China, Greece, Indonesia and Spain. No Indonesian women are named.

GA-02839 1956 WIDF rel C licensed

Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa (WIDF Council, Peking, 1956)

WIDF Council (Peking, 24-30 April 1956) 'Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa', with a side item on a European girls' conference in Paris. The appeal salutes anticolonial struggles, welcomes the Bandung principles, and opposes the Baghdad and SEATO pacts and nuclear tests. Indonesia and Gerwani are not named.