Aidit congratulates Indonesian women on 8 March (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (9 Mar 1964, p. 4): per the PKI press bureau, Aidit's International Women's Day letter urges revolutionary women cadres to go to the countryside and unite with poor-peasant women to struggle for the Basic Agrarian Law and Crop-Sharing Law; truncated. Full text is in the next record.
Aidit's International Women's Day letter urges women cadres to join poor-peasant women
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (9 Mar 1964, p. 4) on D.N. Aidit's International Women's Day letter, via the PKI Press Bureau. He urges urban revolutionary women cadres to go to villages and unite with poor-peasant women to enforce the Basic Agrarian and Crop-Sharing Laws, argues that women cannot be emancipated without
Gone to the farmer: communists in the Indonesian countryside
Friese Koerier travel/feature piece (12 Mar 1964, p.11) on how Indonesian communists won rural support via relief after Darul Islam raids, farming advice, theatre, wayang and badminton. It states the communists founded nominally non-communist organisations: BTI, Gerwani ('the Indonesian women's movement') and Pemuda Ra
Aust. delegate sees Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 2 Sep 1964, p. 9: Enid Hampson reports on the 10th Congress of Indonesian women's organisations (WANITA, 40 organisations) in Jakarta, 24 July 1964, opened before 9,000 women; Mrs Subandrio gave the main report. Sukarno urged women to a bigger role, food and Malaysia were main themes; also land reform
Aust. delegate sees Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 2 Sep 1964, p. 9: Enid Hampson reports on the 10th Congress of Indonesian women's organisations (WANITA, 40 organisations) in Jakarta, 24 July 1964, opened before 9,000 women; Mrs Subandrio gave the main report. Sukarno urged women to a bigger role, food and Malaysia were main themes; also land reform