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Women's Asian-African Conference (FBIS, 29 Jun 1956)

FBIS, 29 June 1956: Women's Asian-African conference (Kowani consultative committee)

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FBIS item (29 Jun 1956): the Indonesian Women's Congress consultative committee (executive members of Indonesian women's organisations) will meet in Jakarta on 2 July to discuss a projected Asian-African women's conference; the organisations agreed sponsors should be the Bandung Conference countries: India, Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan and Ceylon. Background to Afro-Asian women's networking.

Berita FBIS (29 Jun 1956): komite konsultatif Kongres Wanita Indonesia (pengurus organisasi perempuan Indonesia) akan bertemu di Jakarta 2 Juli membahas rencana konferensi perempuan Asia-Afrika; organisasi sepakat penyelenggara adalah negara-negara Konferensi Bandung: India, Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan, Ceylon. Latar jejaring perempuan Asia-Afrika.

“Sponsors should be 'countries which sponsored the Asian-African conference in Bandung--India, Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan, and Ceylon.'”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Congress

Places

JakartaBandungIndiaMyanmarPakistanSri Lanka

Events

Asian-African Women's Conference, Colombo

Topics

Afro-Asian solidaritycongresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

conference abroadradio broadcast monitoring

Details

Date
1956-06-29
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id B6E085E0) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report (1956-06-29) - Women's Asian-African Conference, Jakarta [Readex FBIS B6E085E0].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.706) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
Summary basis
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