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GA-02834 1955 WIDF rel C licensed

Women of the Whole World, No. 89, April 1955: Cover (Indonesian women of Bali)

Women of the Whole World no. 89, April 1955: cover note on Balinese women

Cover note of Women of the Whole World no. 89 (April 1955, 10th year), stamped by the Amsterdam Institute of Social History. The cover photo shows Balinese women, described as largely bound by feudal tradition yet joining the fight to strengthen the country's independence. No Gerwani mention.

GA-02836 1955 WIDF rel C licensed

The Asian-African Conference in Bandung (WIDF, 1955)

WIDF magazine 1955 report on the Asian-African (Bandung) Conference, 18-24 April, listing participants and the ten principles of the communique, with supportive statements from women (Anusuya Gyanchand, Erika Wendland, Gusta Fucikova) for the World Congress of Mothers. Presents Bandung as boosting peace and disarmament

GA-02326 1955-04-26 Daily Worker rel C licensed

Bandung Notebook: The Spirit in the Streets (Ralph Parker from Bandung)

Daily Worker, 26 April 1955: Bandung notebook - the spirit in the streets (Ralph Parker)

Page 2 of the Daily Worker (New York, 26 Apr 1955) with Ralph Parker's 'Bandung Notebook' on the Asian-African Conference: Indonesian hosts, students, land and independence hopes. A separate item reports 27 doctors' protest over Claudia Jones's imprisonment, citing a WIDF report. Indonesian women appear only in a fragm

GA-03378 1955-07-07 Neues Deutschland rel C licensed

Neues Deutschland, 7 Juli 1955, S. 5: Frieden und Glück für die Kinder aller Mütter

Neues Deutschland, 7 Jul 1955, p. 5: Peace and happiness for the children of all mothers

Neues Deutschland, 7 July 1955, p. 5: article 'Frieden und Glück für die Kinder aller Mütter' (signed E. T.) on the opening of the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne. Indonesia appears only once, in a list of countries where preparatory committees were formed. No Indonesian women, Gerwani or other named Indonesians

GA-02346 1955-07-31 Sunday Worker rel C licensed

Lausanne Congress Sends Message to Mothers of All Nations (World Congress of Mothers)

Sunday Worker, 31 July 1955, p. 11: Lausanne congress sends message to mothers of all nations

Sunday Worker, 31 July 1955, p. 11: Federated Press report on the first World Congress of Mothers at Lausanne (7-10 July 1955), more than 1,000 women from 68 countries, which issued a manifesto calling for the defence of children against war and for banning atomic weapons. The OCR is partly garbled and shares the page