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GA-00663 1947-03-04 De Nieuwe Nederlander rel C

Een luguber plan (A gruesome plan)

A gruesome plan: WIDF council delegation received in Prague

De Nieuwe Nederlander, 4 Mar 1947: the column criticises a plan for cheap letter-sheets for Dutch soldiers in Indonesia, and includes a brief note that the Dutch delegation (Mrs Nolles-Odinot and Mrs Nolles-Heuff) to the WIDF council in Prague was received by Mrs Beneš. The Indonesia link is the colonial war context; n

GA-00797 1948-07-09 De Waarheid rel C

Internationale vrouwententoonstelling te Parijs (International women's exhibition in Paris)

International women's exhibition in Paris with Dutch stand on Indonesia

De Waarheid report (9 Jul 1948) on the WIDF international women's exhibition in Paris (12 Jun-18 Jul, 42 countries). The Dutch Women's Movement stand had a section on Indonesia, opposing colonial war; the article contrasts Western capitalism with Eastern Europe, China and the USSR. No Indonesian women's group is named.

GA-00798 1948-07-24 De Waarheid rel C

Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs (Great success in Paris for Indonesians)

Great success in Paris for Indonesians at WIDF exhibition events

De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named In

GA-00801 1948-12-29 De Waarheid rel C

Vrouwen-congres te Boedapest deed machtige gelofte aan de wereld (Women's congress in Budapest made a mighty vow)

Women's congress in Budapest made a mighty vow to the world

De Waarheid report (29 Dec 1948) on the second WIDF congress in Budapest (1-6 Dec, 600+ women, 54 countries), framed as a Soviet-led peace front against "Anglo-American imperialism". Dutch Labour women are chided over the colonial war in Indonesia; Indonesian women are not among the delegates named.

GA-00804 1949-03-05 De Waarheid rel C

Vrouwen, demonstreert Dinsdag voor Vrede! (Women, demonstrate on Tuesday for peace!)

Women, demonstrate on Tuesday for peace: International Women's Day call 1949

De Waarheid call (5 Mar 1949) for Dutch women to demonstrate on International Women's Day for peace: against the colonial war in Indonesia, the Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact, for troop withdrawal and equal pay, with Soviet women held up as models and WIDF president Cotton quoted. Concerns Dutch communist women; no In

GA-00811 1949-11-25 De Waarheid rel C

Onze Kracht (Our Strength)

Our Strength: column on the WIDF Council in Moscow

De Waarheid column "Our Strength" by L.B. (25 Nov 1949) on the WIDF Council meeting in Moscow (15-20 Nov) and the 1948 Budapest congress, reflecting on women's unity and the daily struggle of a Dutch communist housewife. Indonesia appears only in a list of women's liberation struggles.

GA-00479 1959-11-06 Algemeen Dagblad rel C

Moskou's opmars (Kemajuan Moskow)

Moscow's advance

Algemeen Dagblad (1959-11-06, p. 7): second part of Allen W. Dulles's essay on Soviet and Chinese economic and subversive penetration of developing countries. Lists Indonesia among arms recipients and names the WIDF, with trade-union, youth and peace bodies, as a communist 'front organisation'. Cold War framing context

GA-00895 1959-12-18 De Waarheid rel C

Internationale vrouwenconferentie over ontwapening

International women's conference on disarmament near Stockholm

De Waarheid, 18 Dec 1959, p. 5: short report on a three-day international women's conference on disarmament near Stockholm, with delegates from 26 countries including the USSR, Japan, India and Indonesia. It adopted a letter to the great-power leaders, endorsed WIDF disarmament decisions and welcomed Soviet proposals.

GA-01064 1961-10-23 Het Parool rel C

Socialisten in Rome bijeen (Internationale raad van socialistische vrouwen)

Socialists meet in Rome (International Council of Socialist Women)

Short Het Parool report (23 Oct 1961) from Rome on meetings preceding the Socialist International congress: exiled East European socialists protest Russification, and the International Council of Socialist Women elects Dutch Rita de Bruyn-Ouboter president, succeeding Mary Sutherland. Indonesian delegate Djoesma Said c