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Honderden vrouwen betoogden voor ontwapening: Annie Averink, 'Emancipatie begint bij beroepsopleiding'

Hundreds of women demonstrated for disarmament; Gerwani telegram quoted (Amsterdam IWD 1962)

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De Waarheid, 26 Mar 1962, p. 3: report on an International Women's Day demonstration in Amsterdam for disarmament and peace with Indonesia, with a speech by Annie Averink (NVB). A telegram from Gerwani thanks Dutch women for solidarity and hopes troop shipments to West Irian will stop; Averink proudly noted the NVB received a telegram from the '700,000-member Gerwani' and vowed to continue the campaign.

De Waarheid, 26 Mar 1962, hlm. 3: laporan demonstrasi Hari Perempuan Internasional di Amsterdam untuk perlucutan senjata dan perdamaian dengan Indonesia, dengan pidato Annie Averink (NVB). Telegram Gerwani berterima kasih atas solidaritas perempuan Belanda dan berharap pengiriman pasukan ke Irian Barat berhenti; Averink menyebut bangga NVB menerima telegram dari 'Gerwani beranggota 700.000' dan berjanji meneruskan kampanye.

“Relevance raised from C: Gerwani telegram quoted with a membership claim.”

People

Annie AverinkEsther Muller-van West

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Dutch Women's Movement

Places

AmsterdamWest New Guinea (Papua)New Guinea

Topics

Gerwani organisationWest Irian campaignpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlandsWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

international women's daydemonstrationnuclear disarmamentsolidarity telegram

Details

Date
1962-03-26
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
1960–1965
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 (1962-03-26) - Honderden vrouwen betoogden voor ontwapening Annie Averink Emancipatie begint [Delpher ddd-010371657-a0050].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.854) · 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)
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