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The 6th Congress was held in 1920 in Kristiania, Norway; [9] followed in 1925 by the Washington, D. C. Congress; [10] and then in 1930, the conference was held in Vienna. [11] The next conference was a jointly-held congress of the ICW and the National Council of Women in India, hosted in Calcutta in 1936. [12] During World War II congresses ...
At 4:00 PM, all who had participated in other demonstrations earlier in the day were invited to Dupont Circle for a "Mass Re-meet" at Dupont Circle. Hot food and drinks were provided for participants. [11] A Critical Mass bicycle ride started here at the same time, and in addition, a group marched back into downtown Washington DC from here. The ...
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace" and to unite women worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation.
Inter-Allied Women's Conference, February–April 1919, parallel conference to the Paris Peace Conference; 1919 International Congress of Working Women, Washington, D.C., 28 delegates from 11 countries; International Conference of Communist Women, 1920, Moscow, Soviet Russia; Eighth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, 1920 ...
The women's conference delegates met with peace conference delegates from 16 countries, hoping to generate support at least for allowing women to sit on committees likely to deal with issues concerning women and children. [63] A second delegation of women, led by de Witt-Schlumberger, met with the Council of Ten, without Wilson present, on 11 ...
At this conference, the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) was founded. Mary Church Terrell—cofounder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women in Washington D.C.—was the only black women present at and spoke at this conference, she also went to the conference in Zurich in 1919. [7]
Christine Ahn is a Korean-American peace activist who serves as the Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, an organization of women advocating for an end to the Korean War. In 2015, she led 30 international women peacemakers across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) from North Korea to South Korea.
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world.