The Vietnam Activities of the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF)

Haan, Francisca de

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“…Francisca de Haan showed it to be an important organisation for women's rights and peace activism in general. 39 Others emphasise the strength of its ties to the Soviet Union as well as its importance for representing the interests of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. 40 From the Federation's early days, the Soviet Union and the WIDF paid particular attention to the situation of women of colour.…”

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Gradskova

2024

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In contrast to the racist theories produced in the 'West' that explicitly addressed differences in skin colour, Russian imperial politics did not speak the language of whiteness, 1 but differentiated the population along the lines of religion ('inovertsy') and ethnicity. Indeed, many non-Slavic people, particularly those in the Eastern part of the empire, were called 'inorodtsy '. 2 This was an imperial term for people who did not belong to the Russian/ Slavic majority, and were usually assumed to be non-Christian/Orthodox Christian. The unspoken but existing connections between Slavicness, Russianness, and the Orthodox Christianity evoked by 'inorodtsy' influenced Soviet thinking about racial divisions within a future socialist society. This happened despite the fact that the word 'inorodtsy', clearly indicating 'Otherness', was taken out of the lexicon of the 'builders of socialism'.Tsarist imperial politics had assumed that the multireligious and multilingual population of the empire could be at least partly Russified by spreading the Orthodox religion and Russian language. 3 Russified representatives of colonised and minority peoples could expect to receive some privileges of (white) Russianness -for example, being able to occupy administrative, military, and educational posts. Using Homi Bhabha's discussion on colonial mimicry, it is possible to say that it was a Russian imperial version of 'appropriating' the Other and visualising power and discipline. 4 At the same time, Russian imperial managers aspired for Russia to become a modern empire. 5 The people in its Eastern provinces were expected to be civilised through modern schooling and hygienic education -practices that could be comparable to the civilising mission that white Western Europeans claimed to pioneer. This made the 'inorodtsy' of the Russian Empire comparable with the colonised people in other parts of the world: all of them had to learn a more modern way of life through communication with the (white) coloniser. 6

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“…Improving women's wellbeing is a crucial goal for all World Health Organization programs, agendas, and action plans (2,3). Over time, most elements relevant to women's health and wellbeing have been identi ed, analyzed, strengthened, improved and resolved in relation to norms, discrimination, gender, society, economy, culture, and environment issues worldwide (4)(5)(6)(7). However, the Measure of America (2013-2014) reveals major differences between women of different races in relation to mental health issues.…”

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Women mental wellbeing in the adverse context: Evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen,

Duy

2023

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Background: Women’s health and wellbeing is of great concern to many developing countries. However, the topic on women mental wellbeing in developing countries is not adequately covered by academic studies. Our study is an endeavor amid the pandemic to investigate Vietnam women’s mental wellbeing and its associations. Methods A questionnaire survey on women including items on WHO-5 wellbeing, OECD wellbeing, demographics, education, and economic background. There were 519 women located in the city and province as Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh, Gia Lai, Lam Dong and Ho Chi Minh City participated in the survey. Correlational analysis was used to the associations between women’s mental wellbeing and other factors. Results Results from our study show statistically significant associations between women mental wellbeing and their marriage status, education, job, wage, age, children, and household appliances. Conclusions We suggest that social and economic policies should be well-coordinated to improve women mental wellbeing amid the adverse context.

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The Vietnam Activities of the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF)

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