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Dokumen Kongres IV WIDF, Wina, 1-5 Juni 1958

Documents of the 4th WIDF Congress, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958

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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 improving women's and children's lives, and the Dutch women's movement funded Indonesian delegates. Gerwani is not named.

Kumpulan dokumen Kongres IV WIDF, Wina, 1-5 Juni 1958: laporan Eugenie Cotton tentang peran perempuan, Manifesto, resolusi tentang perdamaian, hak perempuan dan anak, surat ke PBB, laporan kredensial dan anggaran dasar. Indonesia disebut sepintas: Cotton memuji 'Gerakan Wanita Indonesia' memperbaiki hidup perempuan dan anak, dan gerakan perempuan Belanda membiayai delegasi Indonesia. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.6: 'the Indonesian Women's Movement has succeeded in considerably improving the material and cultural lives of women and children.' p.29: 'The Netherlands Women's Movement assisted the Indonesian delegates.'”

People

Eugénie CottonCarmen ZantiRameshwari NehruShanta Dev

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationUnited NationsUNESCODutch Women's Movement

Places

ViennaIndonesiaAlgeriaCairo

Events

Fourth WIDF Congress, Vienna

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingspeace and anti-imperialismwomen's rights and emancipationAfro-Asian solidarityNetherlands

Tags

minutes and recordsorganisational statementstatutes and programme

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 - Documents [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.975) · 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
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