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Geslaagde feestavond NVB (tien jaar IDVF)

Successful festive evening of the Dutch Women's Movement (ten years of WIDF)

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De Waarheid, 12 Dec 1955, p. 3: report on the NVB's festive evening in Amsterdam for the WIDF's tenth anniversary, with a speech by Betty Zeehandelaar on equal pay and women's rights, a Belgian greeting, and a Scapino ballet programme. At the close, letters were sent to the WIDF and to Gerwani asserting Indonesia's right to New Guinea and pledging that Dutch women will never allow troops to be sent to Indonesia for colonial ventures.

De Waarheid, 12 Des 1955, hlm. 3: laporan malam perayaan NVB di Amsterdam untuk ulang tahun kesepuluh WIDF, dengan pidato Betty Zeehandelaar tentang upah setara dan hak perempuan, sambutan Belgia, dan pertunjukan balet Scapino. Di akhir dikirim surat kepada WIDF dan Gerwani yang menegaskan hak Indonesia atas Irian dan janji perempuan Belanda tidak akan membiarkan pengiriman tentara ke Indonesia untuk petualangan kolonial.

“Brieven ... naar de Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie, de Gerwani, waarin wordt gewezen op het recht van Indonesië op Nieuw Guinea (p. 3).”

People

Betty ZeehandelaarRomme

Organisations

Dutch Women's MovementWomen's International Democratic FederationIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

AmsterdamBelgiumIndonesiaNew Guinea

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementNetherlandsWest Irian campaignwomen's rights and emancipationGerwani organisation

Tags

anniversary celebrationletter

Details

Date
1955-12-12
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
1955–1959
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 (1955-12-12) - Geslaagde feestavond NVB [Delpher ddd-010370504-a0077].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.876) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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