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Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa (WIDF Council, Peking, 1956)

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WIDF Council (Peking, 24-30 April 1956) 'Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa', with a side item on a European girls' conference in Paris. The appeal salutes anticolonial struggles, welcomes the Bandung principles, and opposes the Baghdad and SEATO pacts and nuclear tests. Indonesia and Gerwani are not named.

'Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa' dari sidang Dewan WIDF (Peking, 24-30 April 1956), dengan butir sampingan tentang konferensi remaja putri Eropa di Paris. Seruan itu menyalami perjuangan antikolonial, menyambut prinsip Bandung, dan menentang pakta Baghdad, SEATO, serta uji coba nuklir. Indonesia dan Gerwani tidak disebut.

“'We greet all those who are rising... demanding an end to colonial domination'; welcomes the Bandung principles (p. 20).”

People

Eugénie CottonRenée Alexandre

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth

Places

BeijingParisAsiaAfrica

Events

WIDF Council meeting, Beijing

Topics

Afro-Asian solidaritypeace and anti-imperialismWIDF and international women's movementChina

Tags

protest telegram campaignnekolimcolonial ruleconference abroad

Details

Date
1956
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
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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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 (1956) - Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.958) · 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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