Short item, Java-Bode, 1 Apr 1953, p. 2: Gerwis takes the initiative to hold a conference of women's organisations in Jakarta on 2-3 April, ahead of the world women's congress in Denmark, to discuss sending a delegation; press conference on 4 April.
De Nieuwsgier, 7 Apr 1953: the conference of women's organisations held on Gerwis's initiative on 2-3 April in Jakarta decides, among other things, to send an Indonesian delegation to the WIDF-organised world women's congress in Denmark on 6 June (the Copenhagen congress).
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (7 Apr 1953): at a Gerwis-initiated meeting of women's organisations (2-3 April, Jakarta) it was decided to send a delegation to the WIDF women's congress in Denmark in June. Delegates include S.K. Trimurti, Kandjinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat and others.
Java-Bode, 7 April 1953, p. 2: short news item listing the Indonesian delegation to the international women's congress in Denmark (Copenhagen), leaving end of May. Gerwis is represented by S.K. Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi; other members come from Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat, Sarbupri and as individuals
Whole-page OCR of Java-Bode, 7 April 1953 (p. 2), reproducing the same short item on the Indonesian delegation to the women's congress in Denmark, in which Gerwis members Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi are named. Other page articles (Andi Azis trial, Electoral Law, cabinet matters) are unrelated.
Short item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 8 Apr 1953, p. 1: Gerwis takes the initiative for a conference of women's organisations in Jakarta on 2-3 April, ahead of the world women's congress in Denmark in June, to discuss sending a delegation; press conference on 4 April.
Alger républicain (11 Apr 1953, p.4): a short item reports that the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis called on its 141 national branches to put on the agenda for preparing the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen, June 1953) women's rights, recruitment of new members, social and economic work, and strengthening the ch
Alger républicain (11 Apr 1953, p.4; clean snippet extract): a short item reports that the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis called on its 141 national branches to put on the agenda for preparing the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen, June 1953) women's rights, recruitment of new members, social and economic work, a
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 15 Apr 1953, p. 3: names the Indonesian delegation to the world women's congress in Denmark (end of May): Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat, Sarbupri and individual delegates including Dr Towoliu.
Full page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 15 Apr 1953. Only the article on the Indonesian women's delegation to the Denmark world women's congress concerns Gerwani: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis among delegates. Other articles (17 October affair, Ministry of Defence, WHO, local news) are unrelated.
De Waarheid, 16 Apr 1953, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch listing members of the Indonesian delegation to the WIDF International Women's Congress in Copenhagen: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, Ratjih Kartawinata (Wanita Demokrat), Hadiprabowo (Partai Wanita Rakjat), Dr. Towoliu, Yap Oei, Kartowijono, two Sarbupri
Full De Waarheid page, 16 Apr 1953 (p. 4), mostly unrelated news. Indonesia items: rising prices in Jakarta and the delegation list for the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress (Trimurti, Kartinah, Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, with representatives of Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat and Sarbupri). OCR garbled in places.
De Locomotief, 20 Apr 1953, city news: Semarang prepares Kartini Day, with a committee of women's associations chaired by Mrs Surya Hadi (Perwari), including Mrs Sri Hudarijah of Gerwis. Programme includes a commemoration meeting, a krontjong evening, a cooking competition, a dolls' exhibition and a foundation for a ho
De Waarheid, 29 Apr 1953, p. 6: short Jakarta dispatch (20 April) that Gerwis handed to Prime Minister Wilopo the resolutions from its recent conference: price controls, independent trade policy, firm action against security threats, and condemnation of attempts to drive peasants off their land in North Sumatra.
De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953: Jakarta's Children's Week opens with events and free cinema shows. The relevant paragraph says the first group of the Indonesian delegation to the 5-12 June Copenhagen world women's congress left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis, travel
Full scrambled page of De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953 (duplicate of GA-00684 context): children's week in Jakarta and, in one paragraph, the departure of the first Indonesian delegates (Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi, Kartinah of Gerwis) to the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento with the Australian delegation.
Java-Bode, 5 May 1953, p. 2: brief report that the first group of Indonesian delegates to the Copenhagen women's congress (5-12 June) left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Gerwis members Maasje Siwi and Kartinah. The Australian delegation was aboard too. The rest of the OCR is an unrelated football repo
Whole-page OCR of Java-Bode, 5 May 1953 (p. 2), including the item on the first Indonesian delegates leaving for the Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto, and Gerwis members Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, with the Australian delegation aboard. Other articles (G.I.A., bank strike, 4/5 May commemorati
De Waarheid, 6 May 1953, p. 5: short report that the first Indonesian delegation to the Copenhagen International Women's Congress left on the ship Surriento on 4 May; the group includes Setiati Surasto and Maasje Siwi. A second delegation of eight is said to follow. OCR heavily garbled.
De Waarheid, 20 May 1953, p. 5: preview of the WIDF World Congress of Women in Copenhagen (5-10 June 1953) with delegations from about 80 countries. Notes an Indonesian member on the WIDF preparatory committee and that Indonesian and Australian delegations are already en route; also covers Vietnamese, African, Indian,
Neues Deutschland, 4 June 1953, p. 1: picture caption 'Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet'. Delegates from Burma, Indonesia, Austria, the GDR and China were formally seen off in Berlin to the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen (opening 5 June); the photo shows Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher with the Chin
Sunday Worker, 7 June 1953, p. 4: report on the opening of the WIDF World Congress of Women in Copenhagen, with debates on peace and children and delegates from many countries, including Burma, Japan and the Philippines. Indonesia appears only in a speech listing the Dutch in Indonesia among colonial powers; no Indones
De Waarheid, 10 Jun 1953, p. 5: air-mail report from Copenhagen on the Third World Congress of Women (WIDF): 1,700 delegates from over 80 countries, opened by Eugenie Cotton, with speeches by Chinese and Soviet delegates and a Dutch delegate. Delegates from Korea, Malaya and Vietnam were refused entry. Indonesian deleg
Izvestiia, 11 Jun 1953, p. 3. TASS and correspondent reports from the Copenhagen World Congress of Women. Indonesian women's moment: a Dutch delegate greeted Indonesian women, and Mrs Van Staveren, whose son refused to fight in Indonesia and was jailed for seven years, handed his portrait to Indonesian delegate Surasto
Sunday Worker, 28 June 1953, p. 12: account of the WIDF World Congress of Women in Copenhagen, describing delegates in the lobby (including 'exquisite Indonesians') and calls for peace. A moving scene has Indonesian and Dutch women embracing after a Dutch delegate said her people fought for liberty everywhere; Vietnam,
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao, 5 July 1953 (p. 1): part of the Chinese delegation to the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen) returns to Beijing, with the first foreign women delegates invited to tour China. The Indonesian guest is Kartina (rendered Katina), member of the West Java branch of Gerwis, arriving with Burme
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao, 5 July 1953 (p. 1): part of the Chinese delegation to the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen) returns to Beijing, with the first foreign women delegates invited to tour China. The Indonesian guest is Kartina (rendered Katina), member of the West Java branch of Gerwis, arriving with Burme
De Locomotief, 11 July 1953: one-line notice from Surakarta that the Central Java Commissariat of Gerwis will hold a working conference from 27 July (end date garbled in source), with delegates from all of Central Java.
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (16 Jul 1953) that a delegation of parties and groups (PPDI, Partai Buruh, PNI, PKI, Gerwis, Permai) which demonstrated in Bandung met Sukarno to present an open letter urging a decree declaring Darul Islam bands terrorists to be destroyed. The Badan Kontak Nasional demanded a progressive
De Locomotief, 29 July 1953: Salatiga branches of SOBSI, BTI, PPDI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwis jointly convene a meeting of 35 organisations and parties, which forms a national action committee and decides to send an open letter to Sukarno urging implementation of parliament's decisions and action against Darul Islam and