The FDIM and women's rights in Latin America: expectations and alliances during the Cold War, 1950-1970
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The Women’s International Democratic Federation was founded in Paris in 1945 with the aim of defending peace and rights of women and children. Frequently, theFederation was often addressed as a “communist front”. With the help of the documents from the archive in Moscow (GARF) this article shows that the participation of women and organizations from the Latin American countries in the WIDF depended on different factors including the dynamics of the Cold War, their political orientation and their position with respect to the Soviet Union and its foreign policy. But it shows that the female activists from Latin America did not agree with all the political decisions of the pro-Soviet leadership of the WIDF and demanded changes in different aspects of the organization of work in the Federation.
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