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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]
This is a list of people associated with the Women's International Democratic Federation, a women's rights organization established in 1945. [1] Albania
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 .
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.
Teresa "Trees" Sunito Heyligers, sometimes written as Soenito Heyligers (1915–2003) was a Dutch lawyer and activist. She was the wife of Indonesian activist Raden Mas Djojowirono Sunito and an active member of the Dutch Women's Movement [] and the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF).
In the 1930s, Rodd and her husband campaigned for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, then a new political party in Canada. [2] [3] In 1951, Rodd led an international delegation of 21 women from the Women's International Democratic Federation on a controversial study mission to North Korea.
A year later she was elected as President of the Women's League. In 1954, she helped to found the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and was elected to the national executive of the ANC; she was the first woman to be elected to national office in the organisation. [9]
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 ...