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GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-00622 1953-02-05 De Locomotief rel A

Gerwis-fröbelschool (Gerwis Froebel school)

Gerwis opens third Froebel school (kindergarten) in Semarang

De Locomotief, 5 Feb 1953: short note that the Semarang women's association Gerwis has opened its third Froebel school (kindergarten) on Jalan Dargo, already attended by 53 pupils. Evidence of Gerwis's early childcare and kindergarten work. The second item (archaeological dating) is unrelated.

GA-01033 1953-08-26 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Demonstratie tegen berechting van aanval op 'Vrije Pers' (Soerabaja, 1953)

Demonstration against prosecution over attack on 'Vrije Pers' (Surabaya, 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (26 Aug 1953, p.2): in Surabaya the trial began of 42 students accused of wrecking the Vrije Pers offices on 16 April; a demonstration by thousands of students and pupils against prosecution, reportedly also joined by Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI, demanded a press law and curbs on Dutch-l

GA-01034 1953-10-28 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Tegen het gedwongen huwelijk (Gerwis-conferentie, oktober 1953)

Against forced marriage (Gerwis conference, October 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Oct 1953, p.2): at its 25 October conference the Jakarta women's organisation Gerwis resolved on 'Menteng 31' (supporting its return to youth but asking the government to rehouse the girls living there) and on a forced marriage of a 60-year-old man to a 14-year-old schoolgirl, expressing

GA-00263 1954-06-01 Morning Bulletin rel B

Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 Jun 1954)

Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 June 1954)

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), 1 June 1954, p. 9, report of Allison Dickie, Victorian president of the Union of Australian Women, on her return from an Indonesian women's conference in Jakarta (360 delegates for 60,000 women; Dutch WIDF delegates present). She describes sex equality in the provisional constitution but

GA-00524 1955-03-29 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel C

Herdenkingscomité voor Kartinidag (Panitia peringatan Hari Kartini)

Commemoration committee for Kartini Day

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1955-03-29, p. 2, much unreadable): school-youth committee for Kartini Day celebrations in Bandung, initiated by the Taman Siswa pupils' association, with IPPI and school boards, planning sport, an exhibition of handicrafts and a reception. Named board members are pupils; neither Gerwani nor S

GA-00646 1955-06-09 De Locomotief rel C

Wanita Demokrat (Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Semarang)

Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Semarang: new board and kindergarten

De Locomotief, 9 June 1955: the Semarang branch of Wanita Demokrat Indonesia forms a new board (names garbled; a Soetanti and Sri Soetanti appear) and will again open a Froebel kindergarten on Jalan Karangtempel. Gerwani is not mentioned; the Soetanti here is not identified as Soetanti Aidit.

GA-00706 1955-12-24 De Nieuwsgier rel C

Universitaire examens (University examinations)

University examinations: Universitas Indonesia medical pass list

Short De Nieuwsgier list (24 Dec 1955) of Universitas Indonesia medical students who passed examinations; "Mrs. Soetanti Aidit" passed the doctor's exam A1 (first part). Soetanti was D.N. Aidit's wife; Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00654 1955-12-27 De Locomotief rel C

Universitaire examen (University examinations)

University examinations: Jakarta medical faculty pass list

De Locomotief, 27 Dec 1955: list of passes in Jakarta medical faculty examinations; 'Miss Soetanti Aidit' passed the first part of her exam. Gerwani is not mentioned and the item does not state she is D.N. Aidit's relative.

GA-00567 1957-10-19 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Bandung in kort bestek (Bandung sekilas)

Bandung in brief

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad 'Bandung in short' column (1957-10-19, p. 2) of local news. Relevant: Gerwani, which now has fifteen kindergartens across West Java, has begun a one-month emergency course to train teaching staff, with theory taught by Miss Sri Sulistiewaty of IPPI. Other items cover rice distribution, a Red Cr

GA-01556 1958-05-30 Asahi Shimbun rel B licensed

インドネシアの母親学校 (Indonesia's mothers' school)

Indonesia's mothers' school

Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 30 May 1958, p. 2): article on Indonesia's mothers' school, apparently founded by a woman whose name is illegible. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.