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GA-00800 1948-12-03 De Waarheid rel B

President en regering op vrouwencongres te Boedapest (President and government at women's congress in Budapest)

President and government at women's congress in Budapest (WIDF second congress opens)

Short De Waarheid report (3 Dec 1948) on the opening of the second WIDF congress in Budapest, attended by President Szakasits and the Hungarian government. Chinese and Soviet women were cheered; delegates from Vietnam were denied visas and women from Indonesia, Iran and Argentina were still awaited.

GA-00888 1956-05-24 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische vrouwen even in Amsterdam: naar congres in Boedapest

Indonesian women briefly in Amsterdam en route to Budapest working women's conference

De Waarheid, 24 May 1956, p. 4: report on eight Indonesian women briefly in Amsterdam en route to the international conference of working women in Budapest (until 17 June), after a Soviet visit. They represent health, tea or cigarette, industrial and union workers, including Suhartini, Sutjati, Sudjinem, Supinah, Sumar

GA-00112 1960 Maasje Siwi rel B licensed

GWDS 15 Tahun: Berjuang untuk Kebahagiaan Keluarga dan Perdamaian Dunia

WIDF at 15: Fighting for Family Happiness and World Peace

Api Kartini article (1960) by Maasje Siwi, an Api Kartini staff member who attended the WIDF Council in Warsaw (29 Nov-5 Dec 1960), marking the WIDF's 15th anniversary. Delegates from 61 countries heard Eugenie Cotton review WIDF history (1948 manifesto, 1953 Copenhagen congress, 1955 Lausanne mothers' congress, 1958 V

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);

GA-02303 2023-09-17 Tempo rel B licensed

Mengapa Para Eksil Peristiwa 1965 Tak Mau Pulang? (Tak Lagi Berharap Pulang)

Tempo, 17 September 2023: Why 1965 exiles will not return home

Tempo report (17 Sep 2023, Raymundus Rikang and Stefanus Pramono) on 1965 exiles who decline to return despite visa and residence facilities offered by ministers Mahfud Md. and Yasonna Laoly in Amsterdam and Prague. Sri Budiarti (Aachen, ex-student in Budapest) demands truth and an apology and removal of the stigma tha