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Keynotes of the Council Meeting: Unity and Confidence (Simone Bertrand, 1955)
Keynotes of the Council Meeting: Unity and Confidence (Bertrand, 1955)
Simone Bertrand, WIDF Assistant General Secretary, reports in 1955 on the Fifth WIDF Council meeting in Geneva (45 countries). She cites GERWANI as a remarkable example: mostly peasant and plantation women, membership up from 80,000 to 281,000 in a year, and with nine organisations it formed a committee opposing a US base in Western New Guinea. Two Indonesian delegates attended.
Simone Bertrand, Asisten Sekjen WIDF, melaporkan tahun 1955 tentang Sidang Dewan WIDF kelima di Jenewa (45 negara). GERWANI disebut sebagai contoh luar biasa: mayoritas perempuan tani dan buruh perkebunan, anggota naik dari 80.000 menjadi 281.000 dalam setahun, dan bersama sembilan organisasi membentuk komite menentang pangkalan AS di Irian Barat. Dua delegasi Indonesia hadir.
“'A remarkable example is provided by GERWANI... the majority of whose members are peasant women and women plantation workers. Its membership has gone up from 80,000 to 281,000 in the past year.' (p. 4)”
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- 1955
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- Simone Bertrand
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- Simone Bertrand
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- periodical article (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
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- International (WIDF)
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- 1955–1959
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