De Nieuwsgier, 31 Mar 1953: on Gerwis's initiative a conference of women's organisation representatives from across Indonesia will meet in Jakarta on 2-3 April to collect data on Indonesian women's social, economic and political struggle, discuss the WIDF world women's congress in Denmark in June and consider sending a
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (7 Apr 1953): at a Gerwis-initiated meeting of women's organisations (2-3 April, Jakarta) it was decided to send a delegation to the WIDF women's congress in Denmark in June. Delegates include S.K. Trimurti, Kandjinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat and others.
Page 4 of the Daily Worker (New York, 24 Jul 1956) reporting a Budapest conference of women trade unionists from 42 countries called by the WFTU, which demanded equal pay and opportunities and paid maternity leave. An unnamed delegate from Indonesia is cited on women workers being treated as cheap labour. Gerwani is no