为争取和平而团结起来！ 记国际民主妇联理事会会议的开幕 (Opening of WIDF Council meeting in Beijing; growth of Indonesian women's movement)

北京中国人民政治协商会议大礼堂被打扮起来了。主席台的黄色帐幔上，悬挂着国际民主妇联的会徽。衔着橄榄枝的白鸽象征着和平。两边是英、法、俄、西、德、中六种文字的醒目标语：“妇女们加强团结和行动，为争取和平、权利和儿童的幸福而斗争！”数十面各国国旗在轻轻飘动，台上布满鲜花。 四月二十四日下午三时，代表们进入了会场。在这些人群中，我们看到了许多为妇女解放而坚持长期斗争的老战士；我们也看到了初次参加国际民主妇联会议的代表们，争取和平的斗争和各国妇女的友谊，把她们引到了这里来……。 各国的代表们有着不同的肤色，穿着不同的服装，说着不同的话语。但是，当她们亲热地相互拥抱的时候，眼睛里都流露着同样的激情。初次相见的代表互相问候，就象是久别重逢的朋友，这里，邓颖超亲切地握着埃及、以色列和印度尼西亚代表们的手，要她们在中国多留几天。因为这些人还是头一次到中国做客。她又诙谐地对英国的费尔顿夫人说：“你已经三次来到中国，算得上是半个东道主了。”戈登夫人和蔡畅两位主席的一再拥抱、亲吻，她们的热情感染着所有的代表。那边，黄金海岸和英国的代表亲密地交谈自己的观感。 印度的代表们老远跑过来招呼朝鲜和印度尼西亚的朋友们。伊拉克的代表在朝鲜代表的本子上留下了自己的地址和姓名。……团结和友谊的纽带，越过了国家的境界，把这些来自天南地北的妇女紧紧地连接在一起。 在悠扬的音乐声中，四十六名穿着美丽服装的北京市各族妇女代表走上主席台。她们献出了一束束芬芳的花朵，也献出了诚挚的欢迎和友情。 代表们聚精会神地聆听国际民主妇联主席戈登夫人的开幕词和总书记安吉奥拉米涅拉的报告。戈登夫人说：妇女们“属于一个大家庭，这个大家庭的成员都由于她们在追求同一的事业——保护她们的儿童，争取她们的权利和保卫和平，——而联系着和团结着。……十年以来，国际民主妇联的主要目标就是保卫和平。因为没有和平，家庭幸福就得不到保证，妇女的生活条件也得不到改善。”是的，战争为妇女们带来了数不尽的苦难。但是，就在各国妇女和人民企望着不要再经历这种灾祸的时候，美国却决定从五月八日起在太平洋岛屿进行一系列的核子试验。作为生命的创造者的母亲，不能容许散布死亡的战云再一次笼罩在亲爱的孩子们头上！她们知道，只有在和平的环境中，才能争取到妇女和孩子的幸福未来。越来越多的妇女把自己的愿望变成了行动，她们献出了一切，甚至不惜献出自己的生命。法国的女青年雷蒙达地阻止装载运往越南的军火的列车，巴西的女工埃利萨；普通的印度妇女达尔吉特普第安用自己的身体英勇布兰柯在军队检阅的时候，号召兵士拒绝到朝鲜去辛格征集了六万个和平签名……。约旦的阿拉伯妇女表现了极大的勇敢，反对帝国主义势力要约旦加入军事集团的压力……。所有这些行动和斗争，都是为着一个高贵的字眼：和平了解产生信任和友谊，也是团结和合作的基础。国际民主妇联为了扩大它的队伍和影响，邀请了许多亚非国家的代表参加这次理事会会议。各国代表的广泛的接触，特别是亚非各国代表与世界其他地区代表的接触，将会产生重大的结果。 “万隆会议”后，“亚非”已经成为不可分割的一个重要地区了。觉醒了的亚洲和非洲，妇女运动发展得也十分迅速。从前非洲有组织的妇女运动并没有形成。今天，埃及、突尼斯、尼日利亚和黄金海岸等十个国家的妇女派出代表来参加这次会议。在两年以前，印度尼西亚参加妇女运动的妇女只不过六千人。今天，坐在这个会场里的印度尼西亚代表，已经代表着五十万有组织的妇女和成千上万正在准备投入行动的妇女。在日本，妇女斗争已经发展成为非常广泛的群众性运动。她们在反对原子战争的斗争中起着巨大的作用。今天，她们的代表带来了一个非常重要的书面报告，将它献给大会。 从大会主席台上，我们可以看到国际民主妇联的力量不断壮大。意大利的玛丽亚布朗卡玛达琳娜罗西和巴西的费雅洛都是第一次参加国际民主妇联的领导工作。主席台上的新的领导人员的扩大，也反映了国际 === [PDF page 2] === 民主妇联影响的增长。越来越多的妇女团结在她的周围。这个国际组织成立的时候就团结了四十个国家的八千万妇女，而现在它所包括的国家增加了一倍，它的会员数目增加了一倍半。这样一个民主妇女力量的存在，在历史上还是第一次。而这样一支巨大国际力量的存在和活动，不能不对国际局势的发展和世界历史的进程发生不可忽视的作用。＊相关报道： === [PDF page 3] === Full page scan: 人民日报 1956-04-25 第4版

=== [Page 1] === 人民日报 Renmin Ribao, 1956-04-25, 第4版 (page 4) 标题: 为争取和平而团结起来！ 记国际民主妇联理事会会议的开幕 English gloss: Opening of WIDF Council meeting Beijing; growth of Indonesian women's movement Source: 人民日报图文数据库 (People's Daily database), via Columbia University Libraries; article URL http://data.people.com.cn/rmrb/19560425/4/fa36639305884e869191eca453dd6058 Retrieved 2026-10-17. Article text as given by the database; full-page scan follows (page image 4). 为争取和平而团结起来！　记国际民主妇联理事会会议的开幕 Unite to strive for peace! On the opening of the meeting of the Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation [People's Daily 1956-04-25, page 4] In this season when treetops put out green and a hundred flowers bloom, Chinese women welcome the convening of the meeting of the Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation as they welcome bright spring sunshine. The great hall of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing has been decorated. On the yellow drapes of the rostrum hangs the emblem of the WIDF; a white dove holding an olive branch symbolises peace. On both sides are striking slogans in six languages – English, French, Russian, Spanish, German and Chinese: "Women, strengthen unity and action in the struggle for peace, rights and the happiness of children!" Dozens of national flags flutter gently, and the platform is full of flowers. At 3 p.m. on 24 April the delegates entered the hall. In this crowd we saw many old fighters who have persisted in long struggle for women's liberation; we also saw delegates attending a WIDF meeting for the first time, drawn here by the struggle for peace and the friendship of the women of all countries... The delegates of the various countries have different skin colours, wear different clothes and speak different languages. But when they affectionately embrace one another, their eyes show the same warmth. Delegates meeting for the first time greet each other like friends reunited after a long separation. Here Deng Yingchao warmly held the hands of the Egyptian, Israeli and Indonesian delegates and urged them to stay a few more days in China, because these people were guests in China for the first time. She also said humorously to Mrs. Felton of Britain: "You have come to China three times already, so you count as half a host." The repeated embraces and kisses of the two presidents, Mrs. Gordon and Cai Chang, and their warmth, infected all the delegates. Over there, delegates from the Gold Coast and Britain talked intimately about their impressions. Indian delegates came a long way to greet their Korean and Indonesian friends. The Iraqi delegate left her name and address in the Korean delegate's notebook... The bonds of unity and friendship cross national boundaries and tie these women from all corners of the earth tightly together. To melodious music, forty-six women representatives of the various nationalities of Beijing, in beautiful costumes, walked onto the rostrum. They offered bunches of fragrant flowers, and also offered sincere welcome and friendship. The delegates listened intently to the opening address of WIDF President Mrs. Gordon and the report of General Secretary Angiola Minella. Mrs. Gordon said that women "belong to one big family, whose members are linked and united because they pursue the same cause – protecting their children, striving for their rights and defending peace... For ten years the main aim of the WIDF has been the defence of peace. Because without peace, family happiness cannot be guaranteed and women's living conditions cannot be improved." Indeed, war has brought women countless sufferings. But just as women and peoples of all countries hope never to experience such disaster again, the United States has decided to carry out a series of nuclear tests on Pacific islands from 8 May. Mothers, as creators of life, cannot permit the war clouds that spread death to hang once more over their dear children! They know that only in a peaceful environment can they win a happy future for women and children. More and more women have turned their wishes into action; they have given everything, even their own lives. The young French woman Raymonde Dien heroically used her body to stop a train carrying arms to Vietnam; the Brazilian woman worker Elisa Branco, during a military review, called on the soldiers to refuse to go to Korea; an ordinary Indian woman, Dalgit [Dargit] P. Singh, collected sixty thousand peace signatures... The Arab women of Jordan showed great courage in opposing the pressure of imperialist forces to make Jordan join a military bloc... All these actions and struggles are for one noble word: peace! Understanding produces trust and friendship, and is also the basis of unity and cooperation. To expand its ranks and influence, the WIDF invited many delegates from Asian and African countries to take part in this Council meeting. Broad contact between delegates of the various countries, especially contact between delegates of Asian and African countries and delegates from other parts of the world, will produce important results. After the "Bandung Conference", "Asia-Africa" has become an indivisible and important region. In awakened Asia and Africa, the women's movement is also developing very rapidly. Formerly there was no organised women's movement in Africa. Today women of ten countries including Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria and the Gold Coast have sent delegates to this meeting. Two years ago, the number of women taking part in the women's movement in Indonesia was only six thousand. Today the Indonesian delegates sitting in this hall represent five hundred thousand organised women and tens of thousands more who are preparing to go into action. In Japan, the women's struggle has developed into a very broad mass movement. They play an enormous role in the struggle against atomic war. Today their delegates have brought a very important written report, which they present to the congress. From the rostrum of the congress we can see the continuous growth of the WIDF's strength. Maria Maddalena Rossi of Italy and Branca Fialho of Brazil are both taking part in the leadership work of the WIDF for the first time. The enlargement of the new leadership on the rostrum also reflects the growth of the WIDF's influence. More and more women are united around it. When this international organisation was founded it united eighty million women of forty countries; now the number of countries it includes has doubled and its membership has increased by one and a half times. The existence of such a force of democratic women is a first in history. And the existence and activity of such a huge international force cannot fail to exert a significant effect on the development of the international situation and the course of world history. * Related reports: