Getting to Know the WIDF Up Close
Api Kartini preview of the WIDF Bureau meeting due in Indonesia (early 1960), profiling its leaders: President Eugenie Cotton, Secretary-General Carmen Zanti, Marie Ange, Beatrice Johnson and Asian-African vice-presidents. Notes WIDF's support for Indonesian independence and condemnation of Dutch aggression, and that Gerwani, a WIDF member, grew from 6,000 members in 1950 to 700,000, with Gerwani leading local preparations.
Pratinjau Api Kartini tentang sidang Biro GWDS yang akan diadakan di Indonesia (awal 1960), memperkenalkan pimpinannya: Presiden Eugenie Cotton, Sekjen Carmen Zanti, Marie Ange, Beatrice Johnson dan wakil presiden Asia-Afrika. Menyebut dukungan GWDS pada kemerdekaan Indonesia dan kecamannya atas agresi Belanda, serta Gerwani, anggota GWDS, yang tumbuh dari 6.000 anggota (1950) menjadi 700.000 dan memimpin persiapan setempat.
“Gerwani, 'a member of WIDF', grew from 6,000 members in 1950 to 700,000 now; WIDF received Gerwani's letter supporting the Spanish people.”
First issue of Api Kartini's second year (Jan 1960). Editorial on price rises after the currency sanering and ministers refusing housewives' delegations; a profile of WIDF leaders (Carmen Zanti, Eugenie Cotton) ahead of the WIDF Bureau meeting in Indonesia.
shared: WIDF Bureau meeting, Jakarta, Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti, France
Api Kartini report on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Jakarta, 31 January-3 February 1960, at Hotel Duta Indonesia, the first WIDF meeting held in Indonesia. Quotes Prime Minister Juanda's welcome and speeches by Anasuya Gyankhand, Marie Pritt, Thiele, Maria Rossi and Marguerite de Ponce; delegates met Kowani and Gerwani ac
shared: WIDF Bureau meeting, Jakarta, Anasuya Gyanchand, Afro-Asian solidarity
CIA/US government study (September 1958) surveying the activities of the international Communist fronts (World Peace Council, Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU and others) in 1958. Chapter IV covers WIDF's Fourth Congress (Vienna, 1-5 June 1958) and secretariat. Gerwani appears only briefly: Suharti (
shared: Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti, Afro-Asian solidarity
Document pack of the WIDF Fourth Congress, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958: Eugenie Cotton's report on women's role, the Manifesto, resolutions on peace, women's rights and children, appeals to the UN, credentials report and constitution. Indonesia appears in passing: Cotton credits 'the Indonesian Women's Movement' with improvi
shared: Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti, Afro-Asian solidarity
Pravda p. 3, 22 July 1952: TASS reports from the 13th session of the WIDF executive committee in Bucharest and a mass women's meeting addressed by Eugenie Cotton. Darmini (Indonesia) is listed among debaters on Carmen Santi's report on child defence; national committees reportedly formed in Indonesia. Content of Darmin
shared: Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti
WIDF magazine 1957 report on the WIDF Council meeting in Helsinki, 22-27 June 1957: Finnish hospitality, Palace of Culture built by volunteer labour, reports by Eugénie Cotton, Branca Fialho, Molly Keith and Elisa Uriz, a new draft constitution and call to the Fourth Congress, and resolution on nuclear tests and women'
shared: Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti
Berliner Zeitung, 14 March 1952, p. 2: "Die herrlichste Sache der Welt...", a reception report in which women from five countries welcome the Soviet draft peace treaty for Germany. A young Indonesian woman, Darmini, about to return home, says Indonesia's people value cooperation with Germany and await the treaty. Indon
shared: Beatrice Johnson, Berlin, France
Neue Zeit, 9 February 1960, p. 1: the page is headlined by the GDR industrial exhibition in Iraq; a small item 'Ilse Thiele über Welle Djakarta' reports that DFD chair Ilse Thiele spoke on Indonesian radio about the GDR women's struggle for peace, having attended a WIDF [bureau] meeting in Jakarta. Short news item; Ger
shared: WIDF Bureau meeting, Jakarta, Berlin