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GA-02775 1957 rel B licensed

Surat Emma Poeradiredja kepada Helen Fowler, 12 Januari 1957

Letter from Emma Poeradiredja to Helen Fowler, 12 January 1957

Letter from Emma Poeradiredja (Bandung, 12 January 1957) to Helen Fowler, answering a request to describe Indonesian women's work. She explains the Kongres Wanita Indonesia umbrella, its three foundations, women's organisations by type (social, officials' wives, political), kindergartens, schools, cooperatives and the

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-02787 1966 rel A licensed

Appell für Solidarität mit GERWANI und den Frauen Indonesiens (Seruan Solidaritas dengan Gerwani dan Perempuan Indonesia), WIDF, 1966

Appeal for Solidarity with Gerwani and the Women of Indonesia (WIDF Bureau, June 1966)

WIDF Bureau appeal (Berlin, 2-5 June 1966), German original with English translation and notes by Faye Chan (2015). It states that tens of thousands of Indonesian women were murdered or are held and tortured, that Gerwani's leaders and several thousand members were arrested, and that Gerwani and other women's organisat