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Acting for Transnational Women’s Rights (but from East Berlin): The WIDF and the Cold War
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Gender Studies. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES). Mid Sweden University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0975-5560
2024 (English)In: Transnational Feminism in Non-English Speaking Europe, c.1960-1990 / [ed] Agnes Andeweg, Heidi Kurvinen, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, Vol. Part F4011, p. 203-221Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter problematises the hegemony of Western feminist knowledge by looking at the history of the transnational women’s organisation, the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF). It is based on the WIDF official publications and archival documents. Looking from the perspective of the WIDF headquarters in East Berlin as a centre of transnational networks and following Lucy Delap’s suggestion to see “feminism” rather as a “conversation,” it becomes visible that rights of women, a central part of the feminist programme, were at the centre of the WIDF’s work. However, the rights that WIDF prioritised did not always coincide with priorities of feminist organisations in the West. The economic rights, rights to live in the independent state, right of living in peace and rights of mothers had visible priority in the documents originating from East Berlin, compared to, for example, rights of freedom from male physical and psychological abuse and rights to sexual expression that were central for mainstream feminism in the West. 

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Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. Vol. Part F4011, p. 203-221
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Genders and Sexualities in History, ISSN 2730-9479, E-ISSN 2730-9487
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Gender Studies
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Baltic and East European studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-56738DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69138-6_10Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216645116ISBN: 9783031691379 (print)ISBN: 9783031691386 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-56738DiVA, id: diva2:1943330
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Kvinnornas transnationella möten i kalla krigets periferi, SAB23-0010_RJ
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Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, SAB23-0010
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Correspondence Address: Y. Gradskova; Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden; email: yulia.gradskova@sh.se

Available from: 2025-03-10 Created: 2025-03-10 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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