International cooperation despite Cold War? Approaches between the Women’s International Democratic Federation the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (1945-1963)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2024.218348

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feminism, women’s history, Cold War, WIDF, WILPF

Abstract

After the Second World War, international women’s organizations that already existed before the War, such as the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), began to coexist with new actors. One of them argues that women’s issues could not be separated from themes such as colonialism, imperialism and protection of motherhood and childhood: the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF). Although there were moments of conflicts and disputes typical of the period, the main goal of this article is to explore the attempt at cooperation, as well as the circulation of these women through countries and organizations that had the Cold War not only as a limiter, but also a field that enabled new channels and ways of communication. In this process, women in Latin America played an important role in trying to overcome the Cold War obstacles, especially through initiatives related to motherhood in the 1950s.

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  • Guilherme Machado Nunes, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

    Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFGRS, com pós-doutorado pela Universidade de Genebra e pela Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF; historiógrafo do Centro de Documentação e Memória da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho/Unesp (Cedem).

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2024-05-27

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NUNES, Guilherme Machado. International cooperation despite Cold War? Approaches between the Women’s International Democratic Federation the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (1945-1963). Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 183, p. 1–29, 2024. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2024.218348. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/218348.. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2024.