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WIDF (1969) - Report on the Activities of the WIDF, Sixth Congress, Helsinki

WIDF Report on Activities, Sixth Congress, Helsinki 1969

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WIDF 1969 Sixth Congress documents (Helsinki): auditing committee financial report and General Secretary Cécile Hugel's report on activities since 1963. Mostly Vietnam, Middle East and Latin America; Hugel notes WIDF's concern for 'democratic men and women in Indonesia', its telegram to Suharto, and that nothing had been heard of its friends in GERWANI.

Dokumen Kongres Keenam WIDF 1969 (Helsinki): laporan keuangan dan laporan kegiatan Sekjen Cécile Hugel sejak 1963. Sebagian besar tentang Vietnam, Timur Tengah, Amerika Latin; Hugel menyebut kecemasan WIDF atas nasib kaum demokrat di Indonesia, telegram kepada Suharto, dan bahwa tak ada kabar dari kawan-kawan GERWANI.

“'We were also deeply disturbed over the fate of the democratic men and women in Indonesia... we still have heard nothing of our friends in GERWANI' (report, p. 15).”

People

Cecile HugelRada TodorovaEugénie CottonValentina TereshkovaNina PopovaSuharto

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)UNESCODemocratic Women's League of Germany

Places

HelsinkiIndonesiaVietnamMoscow

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

WIDF and international women's movement1965 coup and aftermathpeace and anti-imperialismNew Order

Tags

congress reportsolidaritytrauma and silence

Details

Date
1969
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
1967–1979
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 (1969) - Report on the Activities of the WIDF [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.965) · 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
full text read

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