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GA-00076 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Persahabatan yang Semakin Kokoh (Indonesia - Uni Soviet)

Ever Firmer Friendship (Indonesia-USSR)

Api Kartini (late 1960) item on strengthening Indonesia-USSR friendship: state visits by Sukarno and Khrushchev, cultural and economic agreements, Indonesian students at Friendship University, Soviet-built Asian Games stadium and a Soviet industrial exhibition in Jakarta. Reports that after the Copenhagen assembly an I

GA-00078 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Ulang Tahun Revolusi Agustus yang ke-15

The 15th Anniversary of the August Revolution

Api Kartini (Aug-Sept 1960) report on the 15th anniversary of the August Revolution: summarises Sukarno's 17 August address to the DPR-GR plenary and speech (Manipol-USDEK, unity of Nasakom groups, landreform, retooling, firm line on Irian Barat). Also prints editorial replies to readers in Lombok and Central Java. Con

GA-00117 1960 Sulami rel A licensed

Wanita Italia

Italian Women

Article by Sulami (1960) reporting on the 8th national congress of the Union of Italian Women (UDI) in Rome in May, attended by 783 delegates and foreign guests including Indonesia. Describes Maria Maddalena Rossi and Marisa Rodano, the women's demands (equal pay, pensions for housewives, social security, opposition to

GA-02815 1960 Sulami rel A licensed

Minah (short story by Sulami, 1960)

Minah: short story (Sulami, 1960)

'Minah', a 1960 short story by Sulami in Women of the Whole World, winning that magazine's monthly contest. Set in colonial and Japanese-occupation Java: Minah fights for schooling at Kartini's school, is married off, then resists Japanese Commander Josida's attempt to take her as second wife; Josida is shot as the ind

GA-00080 1961 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Harapan Jenab (Seminar Nasional Wanita Tani, 1961)

Jenab's Hope (National Seminar on Peasant Women, 1961)

Api Kartini (1961) human-interest profile of Jenab, a poor peasant woman from Pabuaran village, West Java, who attended the DPP Gerwani National Seminar on Peasant Women in Jakarta with her baby. Describes her family's poverty (8 of 12 children died) and her hopes for implementing the sharecropping and agrarian laws; n

GA-00083 1961 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Pembicaraan Majalah Women of the Whole World

On the Magazine Women of the Whole World

Api Kartini (1961) feature introducing the WIDF's monthly magazine 'Women of the Whole World' (six languages, Berlin), describing its sections on women's rights, peace, children and culture, and its photo covers. Gives subscription details for Indonesian readers (Rp. 12 per year via Jakarta) and notes administrative de

GA-00084 1961 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Sejarah Perjuangan yang Berkesan (Pameran HUT ke-10 Gerwani, 1961)

A History of Struggle Remembered: Exhibition for Gerwani's 10th Anniversary, 1961

Api Kartini (mid-1961) report on the exhibition at Gerwani's 10th anniversary (from 5 June 1961), with an interview of chair Umi Sardjono on Gerwani's history. Founded 4 June 1951 (first congress Surabaya, 17-22 Dec 1951), 185 branches, membership from 6,000 to 710,000, 326 kindergartens, 23,000 election workers; six m

GA-00086 1961 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Untuk Demokrasi, Hak-Hak Wanita, Sandang-Pangan (Kongres Nasional ke-IV Gerwani, 1961)

For Democracy, Women's Rights, Food and Clothing (Fourth National Congress of Gerwani, 1961)

Api Kartini report on the 4th National Congress of Gerwani, Jakarta, December 1961 (about 400 delegates and observers), with Sukarno attending. Lists foreign guests: Gloria Garton for WIDF, Soviet, Chinese and East German delegates. Sukarno called Gerwani one of the forces for the Irian Barat struggle and urged total u

GA-00108 1961 Hurustiati Subandrio rel A licensed

Jejak-langkah Wanita 1961

Women's Footsteps in 1961 (Hurustiati Subandrio)

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

GA-02802 1961 Kate Luders rel C licensed

Dance, Music, Architecture - Lively Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Kate Lüders with Dagmar Bothas)

Dance, Music, Architecture: Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Lüders and Bothas)

Women of the Whole World, 1961: staff writer Kate Lüders interviews Dagmar Bothas about a four-month government-guest visit to Java, Bali and Kalimantan, emphasising dance, music, temples and the literacy campaign (Minister Prijono). Gerwani appears only in a caption about May Day demonstrations; background material.

GA-00003 1962 rel A licensed

Seminar Nasional Wanita Tani, 17-20 Januari 1961 (DPP Gerwani)

National Seminar on Peasant Women, 17-20 January 1961 (DPP Gerwani)

Gerwani national leadership (DPP) brochure of the National Seminar on Peasant Women, Jakarta, 17-20 January 1961 (published 1962). Contains the DPP keynote on peasant-women's emancipation against imperialism and feudal remnants, speeches by BTI, ministers and D.N. Aidit, regional delegates' land-tenure reports, a Mudig

GA-00088 1962 Api Kartini rel B licensed

Kongres Perlucutan Senjata (Moskow, 1962)

Disarmament Congress (Moscow, 1962)

Api Kartini (1962) report on the World Congress for Disarmament and Peace, Moscow, July 1962 (about 2,500 delegates, 100 countries). The Indonesian delegation was led by Dr. Hurustiati Subandrio, who attacked colonialism and cited Irian Barat; Rameswari Nehru and J.D. Bernal are quoted. Also covers Indonesian mass-orga

GA-00091 1962 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Pendaftaran Sukarelawan untuk Membebaskan Irian Barat (17 Januari 1962)

Registration of Volunteers to Liberate Irian Barat (17 January 1962)

Api Kartini report on the registration of volunteers for the Irian Barat liberation (Trikora) at the National Front building, 17 January 1962. A Gerwani delegation led by Hurustiati Subandrio, with Aruji Kartawinata and others, declared readiness for training and handed in the list of women volunteers to Secretary-Gene

GA-00092 1962 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Sahabat Penyokong Pembebasan Irian Barat (tamu Kongres Gerwani ke-IV)

Friends Supporting the Liberation of Irian Barat (Guests at Gerwani's Fourth Congress)

Api Kartini (early 1962) report on foreign guests at Gerwani's 4th National Congress (Jakarta, December 1961): Gloria Garton (WIDF and Australian women), Dzhura Ilkhamova and Nina Voronina (USSR), Kuo Chien and Chang Chieh-hsun (China), and Nitze of East Germany. They toured Yogyakarta, Bogor and Bandung, praised Gerwa

GA-00097 1963 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Dengan Manipol Perkuat Front Persatuan Wanita (Sidang Pleno DPP Gerwani, Januari 1963)

With Manipol Strengthen the United Women's Front (Gerwani DPP Plenary, January 1963)

Api Kartini (1963) report by Ratna on the Gerwani DPP Plenary held in Jakarta, 6-10 January 1963, a year after the 4th Congress. Umi Sardjono's general report praised the Irian Barat victory and the end of the state of emergency (1 May 1963), and the plenary resolved to strengthen the Nasakom-based national front, supp

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-02803 1963 M. L. Huber rel C licensed

INDONESIA - a new state with an ancient civilization (M. L. Huber)

Indonesia: a new state with an ancient civilization (M. L. Huber, 1963)

Travel essay by M. L. Huber in Women of the Whole World, 1963, on a car journey from Jakarta toward East Java and Bandung, with a sweeping history of Indonesian civilisation, colonialism, the Round Table agreement and 1957 nationalisations, in a pro-Sukarno-era socialist-bloc framing. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02853 1963 WIDF rel A licensed

The Need for Social Services in Indonesia (WIDF, 1963): Gerwani kindergartens

The Need for Social Services in Indonesia: Gerwani kindergartens (WIDF, 1963)

1963 WIDF bulletin article 'The Need for Social Services in Indonesia': the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) and others push kindergartens. It reports a first National Seminar on kindergartens in 1959, teacher courses in 1961-62, the aim of one kindergarten per street, over 700 kindergartens (first started in 1951

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

GA-00103 1964 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Rasialisme di Negeri Dollar (dan Pameran Buku)

Racism in the Land of Dollars (and a Book Fair)

Api Kartini (1964) article 'Racism in the Land of Dollars' on discrimination against 19 million African Americans (Birmingham bombing, voting restrictions), condemning also the 10 May 1963 anti-Chinese racist riots in West Java. The page continues with a short piece on a May book fair at Gedung Pemuda and encouraging w

GA-00104 1964 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Sedikit tentang Gerakan Wanita Indonesia

A Little about the Indonesian Women's Movement

Api Kartini (late 1964) history of the Indonesian women's movement for Youth Pledge Day, tracing Kartini, Isteri Sedar, Perwari, wartime Fujinkai and Gerwis's founding on 4 June 1950 from the Gerakan Wanita Sedar, its name change to Gerwani after merging with railway workers' wives and Perwin Menado, joining Kowani and

GA-00105 1964 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Tavip Menjiwai 17 Agustus '64

Tavip Inspires 17 August '64

Api Kartini (Aug-Sept 1964) report on women's participation in 17 August 1964 celebrations inspired by Sukarno's 'Tavip' speech (Year of Living Dangerously). Describes the Gerwani DPP rally on 15 August, where over 700 Gerwani Dwikora volunteers from the Jakarta training centre (Tiswati Jaya) swore oath, then the Merde

GA-00109 1964 Hurustiati Subandrio rel B licensed

Kongres ke-X Wanita Indonesia: Wejangan Presiden Sukarno

Tenth Indonesian Women's Congress: Sukarno's Counsel

Report (1964) on the opening of the 10th Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) at Istora, Jakarta, with extracts of Hurustiati Subandrio's speech and Sukarno's address. Sukarno calls for 'Manipolist' women, a cooperative body uniting women's organisations, and warns against admitting persons linked to subversion or bann

GA-02774 1967 rel A licensed

Surat Betka Papanek kepada Nani Suwondo, 15 Maret 1967

Letter from Betka Papanek to Nani Suwondo, 15 March 1967

Letter dated 15 March 1967 from Betka Papanek to Mrs Nani Suwondo, Djalan Pasar Minggu 39, Jakarta, apparently about a conference. OCR is almost entirely unreadable, so content beyond the address, date and a mention of a conference cannot be confirmed; summary rests on title and legible fragments. Nani Suwondo was a wo