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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)

Opening of WIDF Council meeting in Beijing; growth of Indonesian women's movement (Renmin Ribao, 25 April 1956)

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Renmin Ribao, 25 Apr 1956 (p. 4), descriptive report on the opening (24 Apr) of the WIDF Council meeting in Beijing: Presidents Mrs Gordon and Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao welcoming Egyptian, Israeli and Indonesian delegates, and Angiola Minella's report on peace, nuclear tests and Asian-African women after Bandung. It claims Indonesian organised women grew from 6,000 two years earlier to 500,000 represented by the Indonesian delegates. Gerwani is not named.

Renmin Ribao, 25 Apr 1956 (hlm. 4), laporan deskriptif pembukaan (24 Apr) sidang Dewan WIDF di Beijing: Presiden Ny. Gordon dan Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao menyambut delegasi Mesir, Israel, dan Indonesia, serta laporan Angiola Minella tentang perdamaian, uji coba nuklir, dan perempuan Asia-Afrika pasca-Bandung. Disebut perempuan terorganisasi Indonesia naik dari 6.000 dua tahun sebelumnya menjadi 500.000 yang diwakili delegasi Indonesia. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p. 4: '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.'”

People

Eugénie CottonCai ChangDeng YingchaoAngiola MinellaMaria Maddalena RossiBranca FialhoMrs GordonMonica Felton

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationAll-China Women's FederationRenmin Ribao (People's Daily)

Places

BeijingIndonesiaEgyptIsraelJapanAfrica

Events

WIDF Council meeting, Beijing

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingsAfro-Asian solidarityChinapeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

wire reportcongress reportmembership figures

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Date
1956-04-25
Creator
Renmin Ribao
Publication
Renmin Ribao
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Chinese
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
China
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
People's Daily 人民日报图文数据库 (Columbia proxy) · source link
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OCR / text
Good (0.985) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Renmin Ribao (1950-1966) - articles on Gerwani and Indonesian women (People's Daily database)
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