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The Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) is an international women's rights organization. Established in 1945, it was most active during the Cold War when, according to historian Francisca de Haan, it was "the largest and probably most influential international women's organization of the post-1945 era". [1]
Shahnaz Alami , promoted WIDF's idea for International Women's Year to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1972. [21]: 63 Jamileh Sadighi (جمیله صدیقی, 1903-1983), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953. [22] [23]: 75–77
She was a co-founder and the first president of the Democratic Federation of Cuban Women, formed in 1948 as an affiliate of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). García was a delegate to the WIDF 1948 Congress in Budapest, the 1949 Conference on Asian Women held in Beijing, and was elected to the 1953 Executive Council of WIDF.
Organisations listed in this category were affiliated to the Women's International Democratic Federation. Pages in category "Women's International Democratic Federation affiliates" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
The March 8 event gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. International Women’s Day is a public holiday in several countries.
It was founded in New York on International Women's Day, March 8, 1946, following the 1945 founding conference of the Women's International Democratic Federation in Paris, to which it affiliated. Its primary organizer was Elinor S. Gimbel (wife of Louis S. Gimbel, Jr., grandson of Adam Gimbel of Gimbels department store [1]).
Women's International Democratic Federation; List of Women's International Democratic Federation people This page was last edited on 6 February 2024, at 23:46 ...
After graduating from the University of Havana in 1949, she became active in leftist causes, aimed at revising the Cuban Civil Code and improving women's rights. She was a founder of the Federación Democrática de Mujeres Cubanas (Democratic Federation of Cuban Women), an affiliation of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF ...