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Issues absorb Women's World Meet (WIDF Copenhagen Congress)

Sunday Worker, 7 June 1953, p. 4: Issues absorb Women's World Meet (WIDF Copenhagen Congress)

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Sunday Worker, 7 June 1953, p. 4: report on the opening of the WIDF World Congress of Women in Copenhagen, with debates on peace and children and delegates from many countries, including Burma, Japan and the Philippines. Indonesia appears only in a speech listing the Dutch in Indonesia among colonial powers; no Indonesian delegate is named.

Sunday Worker, 7 Juni 1953, hlm. 4: laporan pembukaan Kongres Perempuan Sedunia WIDF di Kopenhagen, dengan debat tentang perdamaian dan anak serta delegasi dari banyak negara, termasuk Burma, Jepang dan Filipina. Indonesia hanya disebut dalam pidato yang menyebut Belanda di Indonesia sebagai kekuatan kolonial; tidak ada delegasi Indonesia yang disebut.

“Speaker cites 'the Dutch in Indonesia' among colonial powers while 80 delegates' nations convened in Copenhagen (p.4).”

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationSunday Worker

Places

CopenhagenIndonesia

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingspeace and anti-imperialismAfro-Asian solidarity

Tags

child welfarecolonial rulecongress report

Details

Date
1953-06-07
Creator
Sunday Worker
Publication
Sunday Worker
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (Daily Worker, Sunday Worker, The Worker, Daily World, People's Weekly World) (Columbia) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)/Sunday Worker (1953-06-07) - p.4, Issues absorb Women's World Meet (WIDF Copenhagen Congress), Asian delegates [ProQuest 1923033300].pdf
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Fair (0.814) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)
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