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The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, December 1948)
The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, 1948)
WIDF documents volume (Budapest, December 1948) for the Conference of the Women of Asia: the report of the WIDF commission that toured South-East Asia in February-April 1948, plus country reports (Viet Nam, India, Malaya, China, Korea, Africa, Mongolia and others). Indonesia is mentioned only in passing: the commission could not visit it because France and Holland refused visas (p. 7), and a message salutes Indonesian women's heroism. Gerwani and Gerwis (founded later) are not mentioned. Background on WIDF's early Asian policy.
Volume dokumen WIDF (Budapest, Desember 1948) untuk Konferensi Perempuan Asia: laporan komisi WIDF yang mengunjungi Asia Tenggara pada Februari-April 1948, ditambah laporan negara (Vietnam, India, Malaya, Tiongkok, Korea, Afrika, Mongolia, dll.). Indonesia hanya disebut sekilas: komisi tak dapat berkunjung karena Prancis dan Belanda menolak visa (hlm. 7), dan sebuah pesan menghormati keberanian perempuan Indonesia. Gerwani dan Gerwis (didirikan kemudian) tidak disebut. Latar kebijakan awal WIDF di Asia.
“p. 7: the commission to study women in India, Burma, Malaya, Indonesia and Viet-Nam could not visit Indonesia because 'France and Holland refused entrance visas'.”
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- organisational document (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
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- 1945–1949
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- Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/WIDF congress and council documents (1948-1975) - proceedings and reports (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1948) - The Women of Asia and Africa - Documents - Report of the Commission [WASI].pdf
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › WIDF congress and council documents (1948-1975) - proceedings and reports (Alexander Street WASI)
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- structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)
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