CIA study, September 1958: The international communist fronts in 1958
CIA/US government study (September 1958) surveying the activities of the international Communist fronts (World Peace Council, Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU and others) in 1958. Chapter IV covers WIDF's Fourth Congress (Vienna, 1-5 June 1958) and secretariat. Gerwani appears only briefly: Suharti (Suwarti) Bintang Suradi, a Gerwani Executive Council member and Constituent Assembly member, is listed among new WIDF secretaries, and Indonesia is noted as asking for secretariat representation (p. 132-133).
Kajian pemerintah AS/CIA (September 1958) tentang kegiatan front-front komunis internasional pada 1958 (Dewan Perdamaian Dunia, Dewan Solidaritas Afro-Asia, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU, dll.). Bab IV membahas Kongres IV WIDF (Wina, 1-5 Juni 1958) dan sekretariatnya. Gerwani hanya disebut singkat: Suharti (Suwarti) Bintang Suradi, anggota Dewan Eksekutif Gerwani dan anggota Konstituante, tercatat sebagai sekretaris baru WIDF, dan Indonesia disebut meminta keterwakilan di sekretariat (hlm. 132-133).
“Mrs. Suharti Bintang Suradi (Executive Council member of GERWANI, Indonesian WIDF affiliate, and a member of the Indonesian National Constituent Assembly) joined the WIDF Secretariat (p. 132-133).”
Document pack of the WIDF Fourth Congress, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958: Eugenie Cotton's report on women's role, the Manifesto, resolutions on peace, women's rights and children, appeals to the UN, credentials report and constitution. Indonesia appears in passing: Cotton credits 'the Indonesian Women's Movement' with improvi
shared: Fourth WIDF Congress, Vienna, Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti, Cairo
CIA compilation of reference data (February 1957, data to 1 October 1956) on international communist-front organisations and friendship societies, including the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). The WIDF directory lists headquarters, publications, executive officers and national affiliates. Under Indo
shared: World Peace Council, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Federation of Democratic Youth, International Union of Students
Report volume (WIDF, Berlin, 1953) on the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953: reports, speeches, documents, resolutions and the officers elected. Gerwani and Gerwis are not named. Indonesia appears in the congress report (p. 4), which says its 10 delegates and observers came from six organisations, one
shared: World Peace Council, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Federation of Democratic Youth, Eugénie Cotton
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
shared: Fourth WIDF Congress, Vienna, Eugénie Cotton, Soviet Union, Vienna
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
shared: Fourth WIDF Congress, Vienna, Eugénie Cotton, Soviet Union, Vienna
WIDF magazine 1957 report on the WIDF Council meeting in Helsinki, 22-27 June 1957: Finnish hospitality, Palace of Culture built by volunteer labour, reports by Eugénie Cotton, Branca Fialho, Molly Keith and Elisa Uriz, a new draft constitution and call to the Fourth Congress, and resolution on nuclear tests and women'
shared: World Peace Council, Eugénie Cotton, Carmen Zanti, conference abroad
CIA study of the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, Apr 1960-Apr 1961. Covers AAPSO factions (Soviet, Chinese, UAR), the Cairo Afro-Asian Women's Conference of January 1961 and its takeover by Communists, and the April 1961 Bandung meeting arranged by Indonesians, notably Bintang Suradi (head of the PKI intern
shared: Central Intelligence Agency, Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation, Suwarti Bintang Suradi, Cairo
Overview essay by Francisca de Haan (Women and Social Movements International database, c. 2012) on WIDF's origins, agenda, UN role and Cold War marginalisation, 1945-1991. Gerwani is listed once as a large, influential WIDF member organisation (with footnotes to Wieringa and to McGregor on Indonesian women and WIDF);
shared: World Peace Council, Eugénie Cotton, Andrea Andreen, Vienna