Meeting of the WIDF Bureau (Jakarta, 1960)
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 activists. Resolutions on disarmament, French Sahara tests and Asian-African women. Representatives from 15 countries.
Laporan Api Kartini tentang Sidang Biro GWDS di Jakarta, 31 Januari-3 Februari 1960, di Hotel Duta Indonesia, pertemuan GWDS pertama di Indonesia. Mengutip sambutan PM Juanda dan pidato Anasuya Gyankhand, Marie Pritt, Thiele, Maria Rossi dan Marguerite de Ponce; para delegasi bertemu aktivis Kowani dan Gerwani. Resolusi tentang perlucutan senjata, uji coba Perancis di Sahara dan wanita Asia-Afrika. Wakil 15 negeri.
“WIDF Bureau, Jakarta, 31 Jan-3 Feb 1960: delegates met Kowani representatives and 'Gerwani activists', conveying greetings from 200 million WIDF women.”
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 G
shared: WIDF Bureau meeting, Jakarta, Anasuya Gyanchand, Afro-Asian solidarity
Renmin Ribao, 23 Dec 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Sukarno receives WIDF vice-president Maria Maddalena Rossi, invited to Gerwani's Third National Congress, and says two billion people back Indonesia on West Irian; second item reports Djuanda placing the West Irian struggle under the National Security Council and the D
shared: Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Maria Maddalena Rossi, Italy
Renmin Ribao, 23 Dec 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Sukarno receives WIDF vice-president Maria Maddalena Rossi, invited to Gerwani's Third National Congress, and says two billion people back Indonesia on West Irian; second item reports Djuanda placing the West Irian struggle under the National Security Council and the D
shared: Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Maria Maddalena Rossi, Italy
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao, 26 Apr 1956 (p. 1), on day two of the WIDF Council meeting in Beijing, with speeches from Indian, German, Malagasy, Argentine, Soviet, Tunisian and British delegates. Suharti, WIDF Council member and vice-chairman of Gerwani, says Indonesian women's organisations are growing, oppose US ef
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Maria Maddalena Rossi, India, Argentina
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao, 26 Apr 1956 (p. 1), on day two of the WIDF Council meeting in Beijing, with speeches from Indian, German, Malagasy, Argentine, Soviet, Tunisian and British delegates. Suharti, WIDF Council member and vice-chairman of Gerwani, says Indonesian women's organisations are growing, oppose US ef
shared: Indonesian Women's Congress, Maria Maddalena Rossi, India, Argentina
Api Kartini (1961) 'Echoes' column on the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council session in Bandung, 10-14 April 1961, based on interviews with women delegates. Features Marthe Moumie of Cameroon (widow of the poisoned Felix Moumie), delegates from Ceylon, Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Luu) and Iran, and a tea hosted by DPP Gerwani for t
shared: Iwanah Priyono, reception, Afro-Asian solidarity
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, Italy
Neues Deutschland, 13 February 1960, p. 2. ADN brief from Rangoon, 'Ilse Thiele führte Gespräche in Rangun': the DFD chair, returning from Indonesia where she attended the IDFF (WIDF) bureau meeting and the Indonesian Peace Congress, stopped in Rangoon to meet Daw Khin Kyi, widow of Aung San, and Burmese parliamentary
shared: WIDF Bureau meeting, Jakarta, East Germany