WIDF founding congress

Indonesian name: Kongres pendirian GWDS (WIDF)
Type: founding
Date: 1945-11-26
Until: 1945-12-01
Place: Paris
Description: International Congress of Women in Paris founds the Women's International Democratic Federation, the left-wing international to which Gerwis and Gerwani later affiliated.
Deskripsi: Kongres Perempuan Internasional di Paris mendirikan Gabungan Wanita Demokratis Sedunia (WIDF), federasi kiri tempat Gerwis dan Gerwani kemudian berafiliasi.

1950 – 2009

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GA-00817 1950-12-14 De Waarheid rel C

Het begon in Parijs: Vijf jaar IDVF (It began in Paris: five years of the WIDF)

It began in Paris: five years of the WIDF

De Waarheid retrospective (14 Dec 1950) on five years of the WIDF, founded in Paris in Dec 1945, describing its heroines and growth to 91 million members in 59 countries, the 1946 founding of the Dutch Women's Movement, the 1949 Asian women's conference in Peking and the Stockholm Appeal. Indonesian women are only name

GA-02955 2009 rel C

Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Welt: Die frühen Jahre der IDFF-WIDF (1945-1950) (de Haan, 2009)

Hopes for a better world: the early years of the WIDF 1945-1950 (de Haan, 2009)

Francisca de Haan's article (German, Feministische Studien 2009) on the WIDF's early years 1945-50: founding congress in Paris, leaders Cotton, Ibarruri and Popova, and the destruction of the US affiliate by HUAC. Background on the federation Gerwani later joined.