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Second Women's International Congress, WIDF, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948
Official WIDF account of its Second Women's International Congress, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948 (390 delegates, 51 nations), with preface by Irene Joliot-Curie. It frames women's rights, child welfare and peace against Cold War blocs. Gerwani is not named. Indonesia appears only as a colonial struggle: appeals to end Dutch intervention, greetings to Indonesian women, and ratification of the Congress of Women of Indonesia (Kowani) as a WIDF affiliate.
Laporan resmi WIDF tentang Kongres Perempuan Internasional Kedua di Budapest, 1-6 Desember 1948 (390 delegasi dari 51 negara), dengan kata pengantar Irene Joliot-Curie. Berisi hak perempuan, kesejahteraan anak, dan perdamaian. Gerwani tidak disebut. Indonesia hanya muncul sebagai perjuangan antikolonial: seruan menghentikan intervensi Belanda, salam bagi perempuan Indonesia, dan pengesahan keanggotaan Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) di WIDF.
“Greetings to the women of 'Spain, Greece, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaya, and Burma who are fighting for the independence of their countries'; 'The Congress of Women of Indonesia' request ratified unanimously (affiliation list).”
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- 1949
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- organisational document (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
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- International (WIDF)
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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 (1949) - Second Women's International Congress WIDF 1948 [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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