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IVth Congress of the WIDF, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958 (Berlin edition): Conference on the Rights of Women

IVth Congress of the WIDF, Vienna, 1958 (Berlin Edition): Conference on the Rights of Women

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Berlin edition of the WIDF IVth Congress (Vienna, June 1958) pamphlet on the conference 'Conditions which will enable woman to fulfil her role as mother, worker and citizen' (98 delegates, 55 countries). The Indonesian section (pp. 66-70) has Mudigdio, Gerwani vice-chair, urging a WIDF study or seminar on peasant women, reporting illiteracy and the absence of land rights, and describing Gerwani's 1954 marriage-law proposals and its five MPs.

Edisi Berlin brosur Kongres IV WIDF (Wina, Juni 1958) tentang konferensi 'syarat-syarat agar perempuan dapat menjalankan peran sebagai ibu, pekerja, dan warga negara' (98 delegasi, 55 negara). Bagian Indonesia (hlm. 66-70) memuat Mudigdio, wakil ketua Gerwani, yang mengusulkan kajian atau seminar WIDF tentang perempuan tani, melaporkan buta huruf dan tiadanya hak atas tanah, serta menjelaskan usulan Gerwani 1954 tentang UU perkawinan dan lima anggota DPR-nya.

“Mudigdio proposes a WIDF seminar on women peasants (illiteracy 50% in Indonesia) and reports that 'In 1954, GERWANI forwarded a draft [marriage law] to its members'; 5 Gerwani members sit in parliament (pp. 66-69).”

People

Mudigdio

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Women's International Democratic FederationIndonesian parliament (DPR)

Places

ViennaIndonesiaBerlin

Events

Fourth WIDF Congress, Vienna

Topics

Gerwani organisationpeasant womenmarriage law and polygamyWIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

conference abroad

Details

Date
1958
Creator
WIDF
Publication
Document type
organisational document (WIDF / international women's movement record)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
International (WIDF)
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · 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/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/WIDF congress and council documents (1948-1975) - proceedings and reports (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1958) - IVth Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958 (Berlin edition) [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.971) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
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)
Summary basis
structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)

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