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World Congress of Women, Copenhagen (Indonesian delegates)

Sunday Worker, 28 June 1953, p. 12: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen (Indonesian delegates)

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Sunday Worker, 28 June 1953, p. 12: account of the WIDF World Congress of Women in Copenhagen, describing delegates in the lobby (including 'exquisite Indonesians') and calls for peace. A moving scene has Indonesian and Dutch women embracing after a Dutch delegate said her people fought for liberty everywhere; Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia and Malaya mentioned. No Indonesian delegate is named.

Sunday Worker, 28 Juni 1953, hlm. 12: laporan Kongres Perempuan Sedunia WIDF di Kopenhagen, menggambarkan delegasi di lobi (termasuk perempuan Indonesia) dan seruan perdamaian. Ada adegan perempuan Indonesia dan Belanda berpelukan setelah delegasi Belanda menyatakan rakyatnya berjuang demi kebebasan; Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia dan Malaya disebut. Tidak ada delegasi Indonesia yang disebut namanya.

“Prolonged cheering as the Indonesian and Dutch women embraced each other; it symbolized unity (p.12).”

People

Eugénie Cotton

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationSunday Worker

Places

CopenhagenIndonesiaNetherlands

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingspeace and anti-imperialismNetherlands

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solidaritycongress report

Details

Date
1953-06-28
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 (1953-06-28) - p.12, World Congress of Women Copenhagen, Indonesian delegates [ProQuest 1923029340].pdf
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Fair (0.877) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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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)
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