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GA-02831 1954 WIDF rel A licensed

Indonesia: Miss Darmini of the G.E.R.W.I.S. (WIDF, 1954)

Indonesia: Miss Darmini of Gerwis (WIDF, 1954)

WIDF 1954 profile of Miss Darmini of GERWIS, reporting to a WIDF meeting. Membership rose from 6,000 at the 1951 first congress to 37,000 by 1953 and about 600,000 prior to the March 1954 second congress (as printed); the Union of Railway Workers' Wives affiliated. She describes campaigns on women's rights, maternity l

GA-02818 1957 Suwarti Bintang Suradi rel A licensed

Indonesia (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, WIDF Information Bulletin No. 14, 1957)

Indonesia: social protection for mothers and children (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, 1957)

Excerpt from the WIDF Information Bulletin No. 14 (1957): Mme Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang Suradi), member of the Gerwani executive, reports on social insurance and protection for mothers and children in Indonesia. She notes obstacles for women officials, company rules such as Shell-BPM ending employment on marriage, lack

GA-02776 1958 rel A licensed

Geeta Mukherjee, 'About the Movement of Indonesian Women' (lampiran surat edaran WIDF, 21 April 1958)

Geeta Mukherjee, 'About the Movement of Indonesian Women' (WIDF Circular Attachment, 21 April 1958)

Report by Indian MP Geeta Mukherjee on Gerwani, attached to a WIDF circular of 21 April 1958, based on talks with her neighbour Suwarti Bintang Suradi, WIDF Secretariat member and Gerwani organisation chair. It covers Gerwis's 1950 origin and renaming, the Third Congress, membership growth (to 460,000 by August 1957),

GA-02781 1964 rel A licensed

Working Women Shape Their Future: 2nd International Trade Union Conference on the Problems of Working Women, Bucharest, 11-16 May 1964

Working Women Shape Their Future: 2nd International Trade Union Conference on Working Women, Bucharest 1964

Proceedings volume published by the World Federation of Trade Unions (Prague, 1964) of the 2nd International Trade Union Conference on the Problems of Working Women, Bucharest, 11-16 May 1964: agenda reports, delegates' speeches, a Charter on the Economic and Social Rights of Working Women and a memorandum to the ILO.