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Pravda, 1 Juli 1963, no. 182 (Program WIDF, Kongres Perempuan Dunia Moskow)

Pravda, 1 Jul 1963: WIDF programme, Moscow World Congress of Women

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Pravda no. 182, 1 July 1963 (full issue). Page 4 prints the WIDF programme adopted at its Moscow congress (29 June 1963): equal rights, peasant women, children, peace, national independence, solidarity with persecuted women. It lists the new Bureau, which includes Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, spelled 'Umisa Sardjono'). Eugenie Cotton re-elected president.

Pravda no. 182, 1 Juli 1963 (terbitan penuh). Halaman 4 memuat program WIDF yang disahkan pada kongresnya di Moskow (29 Juni 1963): kesetaraan hak, perempuan tani, anak-anak, perdamaian, kemerdekaan nasional, solidaritas dengan perempuan yang dianiaya. Daftar Biro baru mencakup Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, ditulis 'Umisa Sardjono'). Eugenie Cotton terpilih kembali sebagai presiden.

“p. 4: 'The Bureau also includes ... Umisa Sardjono [Umi Sardjono] (Indonesia), Frida Brown (Australia)...'”

People

Umi SardjonoEugénie CottonDolores IbárruriAndrea AndreenNina PopovaFunmilayo Ransome-KutiHiratsuka Raichō

Organisations

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

Places

MoscowIndonesia

Events

Fifth WIDF World Congress of Women, Moscow

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipationpeace and anti-imperialismUSSR and Eastern Europe

Tags

statutes and programmecongress report

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Date
1963
Creator
Pravda
Publication
Pravda
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1960–1965
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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)/Pravda (1963) - No. 182, Umi Sardjono at World Congress of Women Moscow [archive.org 1963182_8112].pdf
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Poor (0.724) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
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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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