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Internationale vrouwententoonstelling te Parijs (International women's exhibition in Paris)

International women's exhibition in Paris with Dutch stand on Indonesia

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De Waarheid report (9 Jul 1948) on the WIDF international women's exhibition in Paris (12 Jun-18 Jul, 42 countries). The Dutch Women's Movement stand had a section on Indonesia, opposing colonial war; the article contrasts Western capitalism with Eastern Europe, China and the USSR. No Indonesian women's group is named.

Laporan De Waarheid (9 Juli 1948) tentang pameran perempuan internasional WIDF di Paris (12 Juni-18 Juli, 42 negara). Stan Gerakan Perempuan Belanda memuat bagian tentang Indonesia, menentang perang kolonial; artikel membandingkan kapitalisme Barat dengan Eropa Timur, Tiongkok dan Uni Soviet. Tidak ada organisasi perempuan Indonesia disebut.

“An important part [of the Dutch stand] is devoted to Indonesia, for Dutch women too want peace and friendship between peoples and no colonial war.”

People

Paul ÉluardAuricosteFernand Léger

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationDutch Women's Movement

Places

ParisNetherlandsIndonesiaSoviet UnionChinaEastern Europe

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementUSSR and Eastern Europepeace and anti-imperialismNetherlands

Tags

exhibitionindependence revolution

Details

Date
1948-07-09
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1945–1949
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Waarheid (1948-07-09) - Internationale vrouwententoonstelling te Parijs Vrouwen, tegen de dood sloot [Delpher ddd-010850608-a0067].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.885) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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