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GA-02052 1959-02-01 relevance A check rights

Dolgozó Nő, 1959. február 1.: NDNSZ-hírek (Indonézia, Gerwani)

Dolgozó Nő, 1 Feb 1959: WIDF news (Indonesia, Gerwani)

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Dolgozó Nő, 1 Feb 1959, 'WIDF News' column. Indonesia items: parliament unanimously approved the bill on women's political rights, and Gerwani, in the name of its 650,000 members, protested to South Africa over 1,100 women imprisoned in Johannesburg. Other items concern Berlin, Latin America and Czechoslovakia.

Dolgozó Nő, 1 Feb 1959, kolom 'Berita WIDF'. Butir Indonesia: parlemen dengan suara bulat menyetujui RUU hak politik perempuan, dan Gerwani atas nama 650.000 anggotanya memprotes Afrika Selatan atas 1.100 perempuan yang dipenjara di Johannesburg. Butir lain tentang Berlin, Amerika Latin dan Cekoslowakia.

“Gerwani, in the name of its 650,000 members, protested ... against the detention of the 1,100 women imprisoned in Johannesburg (translation, p. 44)”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Women's International Democratic Federation

Places

IndonesiaSouth AfricaJohannesburg

Topics

Gerwani organisationWIDF and international women's movementelections and parliamentpeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

women votersdemonstrationfeature articlecommentary

Details

Date
1959-02-01
Creator
Dolgozo No
Publication
Dolgozo No
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Hungary
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Hungaricana Library (Hungary) · source link
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Dolgozo No (1959-02-01) - Gerwani 650,000 members, political rights bill [Hungaricana No_1959 pg44].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.908) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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