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GA-02784 1954 rel B licensed

WIDF, 'I Want To Live: Ban Atomic Weapons' (1954)

WIDF pamphlet 'I Want To Live' (Berlin, May 1954) campaigning to ban atomic weapons after the March 1954 Bikini H-bomb test, with Hiroshima testimonies, the Stockholm Appeal and WIDF appeals. Page 25 cites a resolution of 1 April 1954 in Jakarta by the National Congress of the 'Indonesian Women's Democratic Organisatio

GA-02806 1954 Monica Felton rel A licensed

Dawn Over the Equator (Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954)

Dawn Over the Equator: Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954

Monica Felton (WIDF Vice-President) writes in 1954 on the Second Congress of Gerwani, which she attended: 349 delegates, 80,000 members, a meeting with President Sukarno, resolutions on West Irian, the 1955 elections, a nationwide marriage law, democratic rights and support for the government against armed gangs. She s

GA-02820 1956 Teng Ying-Chao, Hajrah Begum and Suharti rel A licensed

Let Us Respect All Opinions (speeches by Teng Ying-chao, Hajrah Begum and Suharti, 1956)

Let Us Respect All Opinions: speeches by Teng Ying-chao, Hajrah Begum and Suharti (1956)

1956 page of speeches to the WIDF Council: Teng Ying-chao (China), Hajrah Begum (India) and Suharti, Gerwani Vice-President and MP. Suharti reports Gerwani membership grew from 281,000 to 565,147, its cooperation at the Palembang Women's Congress (March 1955), International Children's Day events, and delegations demand

GA-02812 1959 Sulami rel A licensed

The Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part II (Sulami, 1959)

Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part II (Sulami, 1959)

Part II of Sulami's 1959 history: Indonesian women under Japanese occupation (Fujinkai, women coerced as 'geishas'), the 1945 proclamation, founding of Perwari (Klaten, Dec 1945), the formation of KOWANI (Solo, Feb 1946), its second congress at Madiun deciding to affiliate to WIDF, and women's role in partisan resistan

GA-02813 1959 Sulami rel A licensed

The Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part III (Sulami, 1959)

Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part III (Sulami, 1959)

Part III of Sulami's 1959 history: KOWANI conflicts and 1948 Solo congress, founding of Gerwis at Semarang (4 June 1950), its 1954 renaming as Gerwani, structure with six commissions, membership growth (6,000 Java 1951; 642,460 in January 1957; 700,000 at the Third Congress, Solo, Dec 1957), 1955 election results (5 MP

GA-02797 1963 rel B licensed

World Congress of Women Convened by the WIDF, Moscow, June 1963

World Congress of Women, Moscow, June 1963

WIDF publication on the World Congress of Women, Moscow, 24-29 June 1963 (1,543 women, 113 countries): reports, speeches, resolutions and the new WIDF council list. Gerwani is mentioned briefly: its roughly 1,000 day nurseries for working mothers are cited as a model; its role in the West Irian campaign is praised; and

GA-02854 1963 WIDF rel A licensed

Indonesia: Report in preparation for International Women's Day and the World Congress of Women (WIDF, 1963)

Indonesia: preparations for International Women's Day and the World Congress of Women (WIDF, 1963)

1963 WIDF bulletin: Gerwani plans a broad campaign to prepare for the World Congress of Women (Moscow 1963) through the International Women's Day committee, chaired by Mrs Arudji Kartawinata and including Umi Sardjono (Gerwani president), Ratu Aminah Hidajat, Utami Suryadarma and others (18 organisations); also bazaar