Neues Deutschland, 8 August 1975, p. 2. Short ND item 'IDFF verlangt Freilassung von indonesischen Frauen': the WIDF (IDFF), with 120 organisations in 103 countries, wrote to the President of Indonesia (Suharto, not named in the text) appealing for release of the women sentenced in June 1975 and all women held for poli
Neues Deutschland, 22 October 1975, p. 3: "Beratungen der neun Kommissionen", report from the World Congress of Women in East Berlin (International Women's Year). Under the subhead "Schulwesen abhängig von sozialem System" (Commission 5), the Indonesian delegate Sjamsiddar Moerdono is quoted that 51 percent of the coun
East German daily Berliner Zeitung, 20 October 1976, p. 7, a news-in-brief item headed 'Verurteilt' reporting that an Indonesian military court sentenced Mrs Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, arrested in October 1965, an active PKI leader and former MP, to life imprisonment. The rest of the page is unrelated. Gerwani is not m
East German daily Berliner Zeitung, 20 October 1976, p. 7, a news-in-brief item headed 'Verurteilt' reporting that an Indonesian military court sentenced Mrs Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, arrested in October 1965, an active PKI leader and former MP, to life imprisonment. The rest of the page is unrelated. Gerwani is not m
Berliner Zeitung, 26 Feb 1979, p. 6: report on the international Bebel conference in Berlin (60 speakers). A short paragraph says Satiajaya Sudiman, member of the PKI leadership, described harsh conditions for Indonesian women: unequal pay and dismissal of women workers who marry or become pregnant. No mention of Gerwa
Neues Deutschland, 26 February 1979, p. 6: report 'Aussprache über Fragen unserer Zeit' on the international SED Central Committee conference marking 100 years of Bebel's 'Woman and Socialism'. Satiajaya Sudiman, speaking for the Communist Party of Indonesia, said that Kartini, drawing on Bebel, had developed ideas on