International Women's Democratic Federation
The International Democratic Women's Federation (IDFF) (French Fédération Démocratique Internationale des Femmes , FDIF; English Women's International Democratic Federation , WIDF) was founded on December 1, 1945 in Paris as an umbrella organization of anti-fascist women's organizations with significant participation by Soviet and French women. It is a loose association of women's organizations from all over the world, which in 2009 had around 600 members.
history
From 1945 to 1967 the French Eugénie Cotton (1881–1967) was president of the IDFF, which was newly founded after the end of the Second World War . Her successor was Hertta Kuusinen from Finland (1904–1974) in 1969, followed in 1974 by Australian Freda Brown , Sudanese Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim in 1992 , French Sylvie Jan from 1994 to 2002 and Marcia Campos from Brazil from 2002 . As a rule, 10 to 12 representatives of national organizations representing the socialist camp in Europe, the liberation movements in Africa and Latin America, and representatives of communist organizations in Western Europe were elected as vice-presidents until 1990 . The first general secretary of the IDFF was Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier ; followed Angiola Minella (Italy), Carmen Zanti (Italy), Rosa Jasovich Pantaleon (Argentina), Cécile Hugel (France), Fanny Edelman (Argentina), Miriam Vire-Tuominen (Finland) and Brigitte Triems (DDR).
By 1949, 60 women's organizations had joined the IDFF; In 1988 there were 142 women's organizations from 124 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America; in 2002, 600 organizations from 106 countries belonged to the IDFF. The most important German member was the GDR mass organization Democratic Women's Association of Germany . After 1989, the IDFF lost its financial support and member organizations as well as its international presence, especially in Eastern Europe and Africa. In April 1994 in Paris, the IDFF oriented itself more towards regionalization, and from 1998 towards problems of violence against women.
The organ of publication of the IDFF was the magazine “Women of the Whole World”, which appeared in several languages.
Organizational principle
The highest organ of the IDFF were the IDFF congresses. They took place partly in the form of a "World Congress of Women", partly also (as in 1975 and 1981) directly after the World Women's Congress organized by the IDFF. The Executive Committee and, since 1953, the Council of the IDFF directed the work between Congresses. The organs of the IDFF Executive Committee and Council were its office (voluntary) and its secretariat (full-time).
The seat of the IDFF and its secretariat was Paris until 1951. After the IDFF (together with the World Trade Union Federation and the World Federation of Democratic Youth , which also had their headquarters in Paris) had been declared dissolved by the French government on January 25, 1951, the IDFF Secretariat moved to East Berlin in March 1951 to the headquarters of Disconto-Gesellschaft on Unter den Linden , where it remained until 1992. Since then the secretariat has been in Brazil.
The IDFF had consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN , UNESCO and UNICEF . The IDFF formulated the main concern “the fight for peace and disarmament, for national independence and democracy, for the rights of women and the happiness of children”.
reviews
The political scientist Wolfgang Rudzio rated the IDFF in 1988 as a pro-communist "international front organization ".
Congresses
- International Women's Congress, November 26 to December 1, 1945, Paris
Foundation of the IDFF - II. World Congress of the IDFF, December 1 to 6, 1948, Budapest (should originally take place in Helsinki in November 1948)
Manifesto to the women of all countries; Resolution on the proposal for an International Children's Day - World Congress of Women, June 5-10, 1953, Copenhagen
1873 participants from 67 countries - IV Congress of the IDFF, June 1-5, 1958, Vienna
- World Congress of Women, June 24-29, 1963, Moscow
- World Congress of Women / VI. IDFF Congress, June 14-17, 1969, Helsinki
- World Congress in the International Year of Women / VII. IDFF Congress, October 20th to 24th / April 26th October 1975, East Berlin
- 6th World Congress of Women / VIII. IDFF Congress, October 8th to 13th / April 14th and October 15, 1981, Prague
- 7th World Congress of Women / IX. IDFF Congress, June 23-27, 1987, Moscow
- 10th IDFF Congress, 1991, England
- 11th IDFF Congress, 1994, Le Blanc-Mesnil near Paris
- 12th IDFF Congress, November 18-21 , 1998, Bobigny near Paris
- 13th IDFF Congress, November 29 to December 1, 2002, Beirut
- 14th IDFF Congress, April 7-15, 2007, Caracas
literature
- Francisca de Haan: Hopes for a better world. The early years of the International Women's Democratic Federation (IDFF / WIDF) 1945-1950. In: feminist studies , issue 2/2009, pp. 241–258
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The list is based in part on the (incorrect) list on the website of the Partido Comunista Peruano
- ↑ Wolfgang Rudzio: The erosion of demarcation. On the relationship between the democratic left and communists in the Federal Republic of Germany. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1988, p. 29.
- ↑ Website with information on the 2007 World Congress ( memento of the original from June 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
