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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]
Pages in category "Women's International Democratic Federation affiliates" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The Union of Luxembourg Women (French: Union des Femmes Luxembourgeoises, UFL) is a non-profit association which was created following the Liberation of Luxembourg during World War II. It is affiliated with the Women's International Democratic Federation created in 1945. [1] [2] [3]
Mazzella was a co-founder of the Union des femmes du Maroc (Moroccan Women's Union) in 1944 and served as the organization's first secretary general. She was a delegate to the founding executive council for the Women's International Democratic Federation as a representative for Morocco in 1945.
Women in Nicaragua gained acceptance entry into the public sphere, recognition for their triple shift as well as rights to leadership and democratic participation because of this organization. Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women is affiliated with the Women's International Democratic Federation. [1]
OMA was an affiliate of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) and from 1976 she served as a vice president on their executive committee and attended and spoke at many of the organization's conferences and seminars over the next decades. In 1977, she was elected to the Central Committee of the MPLA, and was re-elected in 1985.
From 2008, she served on the Conselho Nacional dos Diretos da Mulher (National Council of Women's Rights. [1] In 2002, at the Beirut congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation she was elected president of the organization. She was re-elected president at the 2007 WIDF congress in Caracas and again st the 2012 congress in Brasilia.