January 1961 issue with a report on the First Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo (14–23 Jan 1961) and Iwanah Prijono's speech, plus East German textiles, Cuban women fighters and household columns.
Api Kartini (1961) report on the Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo, 14-23 January 1961. Indonesian delegation: Iwanah Priyono, Francisca Fanggidaej, Sugiarto, Lies Haryoto and Arifin Sudaryo. Priyono's speech linked women's nature to opposing nuclear war and colonialism; the conference issued resolutions on Algeri
Article by Hurustiati Subandrio (1961) reviewing women's activity at the start of 1961. She lists the Gerwani-organised National Seminar of Peasant Women (17-20 January, Gedung Wanita, Jakarta), the Asian-African Women's Conference in Cairo, and preparations for the Indonesian Women's Congress (6-8 February). She links
Special report by Yvonne Quiles in WIDF's magazine (1961) on the first Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo (January 1961, ~200 delegates, 50 countries): anticolonial denunciations, calls for solidarity and disarmament, a resolution on a liaison body and journal, debates on women's rights and personal status. Indones
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 15 Jan 1961, p. 10): article on the opening in Cairo of the Afro-Asian women's conference. 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.
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 17 Jan 1961, p. 2): article on a report by Tanaka Sumiko, head of the Japanese delegation, on the Afro-Asian women's conference in Cairo. 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
Renmin Ribao, 19 Jan 1961, p. 5 (Xinhua, Cairo): report on the 16 Jan sessions of the Afro-Asian Women's Conference: preparatory-committee proposals on Algeria, Congo, Vietnam, Laos and military pacts, a UAR report on women's rights tied to national independence, and speeches. The unnamed head of the Indonesian delegat
Renmin Ribao, 19 Jan 1961, p. 5 (Xinhua, Cairo): report on the 16 Jan sessions of the Afro-Asian Women's Conference: preparatory-committee proposals on Algeria, Congo, Vietnam, Laos and military pacts, a UAR report on women's rights tied to national independence, and speeches. The unnamed head of the Indonesian delegat
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 22 Jan 1961, p. 3): article on the close of the Afro-Asian women's conference in Cairo. 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.
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 6 Feb 1961, p. 5): article on Kanazawa Naoko's contribution on attending the first Afro-Asian women's conference (Cairo); legible fragments mention women's low position and women workers. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible
CIA study of the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, Apr 1960-Apr 1961. Covers AAPSO factions (Soviet, Chinese, UAR), the Cairo Afro-Asian Women's Conference of January 1961 and its takeover by Communists, and the April 1961 Bandung meeting arranged by Indonesians, notably Bintang Suradi (head of the PKI intern