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Women coming to conference (Tribune, 4 September 1963)

Women coming to conference

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Tribune (Sydney), 4 Sep 1963, p. 3: reports that Soviet (Nina Bogomolova) and Indian (Geeta Mukherjee, for WIDF) delegates accepted invitations to the UAW national conference of 13-17 September; advice is awaited from Indonesia about the delegate invited from Gerwani, 'one and a half million strong'.

Tribune (Sydney), 4 September 1963, hlm. 3: melaporkan delegasi Soviet (Nina Bogomolova) dan India (Geeta Mukherjee, mewakili WIDF) menerima undangan konferensi nasional UAW 13-17 September; kabar dari Indonesia tentang delegasi Gerwani, 'beranggota satu setengah juta', masih ditunggu.

“Advice is awaited from Indonesia about the delegate invited from Gerwani, one and a half million strong women's organisation. (p. 3)”

People

Nina BogomolovaGeeta Mukherjee

Organisations

Union of Australian WomenWomen's International Democratic FederationSoviet Women's CommitteeNational Federation of Indian WomenIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

SydneyIndonesiaIndiaSoviet Union

Topics

Gerwani organisationcongresses and meetingsWIDF and international women's movementAustralia and New Zealand

Tags

conference abroaddelegation abroadmembership figures

Details

Date
1963-09-04
Creator
Tribune
Publication
Tribune
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1960–1965
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Trove · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/Tribune (1963-09-04) - Women coming to conference [Trove 236851535].pdf
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Good (0.926) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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