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Women Write to Us (WIDF, 1955): Indonesia after the World Congress of Mothers

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WIDF magazine 'Women Write to Us' (1955), country letters after the World Congress of Mothers (Lausanne): Bulgaria, Argentina, France, India floods, and Indonesia. The Indonesia item reports delegate Mme Suryadarma's warm airport welcome, press and radio coverage of her Congress speech, and the Indonesian Women's Movement's plan for press conferences, meetings and a handicraft exhibition in Jakarta.

Rubrik majalah WIDF 'Women Write to Us' (1955), surat dari berbagai negara setelah Kongres Dunia Ibu (Lausanne): Bulgaria, Argentina, Prancis, banjir India, dan Indonesia. Butir Indonesia melaporkan sambutan hangat di bandara untuk delegasi Ibu Suryadarma, liputan pers dan radio pidatonya, serta rencana Gerakan Wanita Indonesia berupa konferensi pers, pertemuan, dan pameran kerajinan di Jakarta.

“'Mme. Surjadarma... was surrounded by press correspondents. She told them her opinion on the World Congress of Mothers'; the Indonesian Women's Movement's programme includes press conference at Djakarta (p. 21).”

People

Utami SuryadarmaHajrah Begum

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

JakartaLausanneIndonesiaBulgariaArgentinaFranceIndia

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

letterpress conferenceconference abroad

Details

Date
1955
Creator
WIDF
Publication
WIDF
Document type
periodical article (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/Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1955) - Women Write to Us [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.961) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)
Summary basis
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