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GA-02791 1948 rel C licensed

The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, December 1948)

The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, 1948)

WIDF documents volume (Budapest, December 1948) for the Conference of the Women of Asia: the report of the WIDF commission that toured South-East Asia in February-April 1948, plus country reports (Viet Nam, India, Malaya, China, Korea, Africa, Mongolia and others). Indonesia is mentioned only in passing: the commission

GA-02780 1949 rel C licensed

Marian Ramelson, 'British Woman in New China': laporan Konferensi Wanita Asia, Peking, 1949

Marian Ramelson, 'British Woman in New China': Report on the Asian Women's Conference, Peking, 1949

Pamphlet (1949, British WIDF Committee, Daily Worker-style 'Today' publication) in which Marian Ramelson reports on the WIDF-organised Conference of the Women of Asia in Peking (198 delegates, 23 countries). It relays delegates' speeches on child labour, polygamy, illiteracy and colonialism, and praises New China. Indo

GA-02779 1951 rel C licensed

Janet Robb, 'Five Women from the Far East' (Komisi Status Perempuan PBB, 1951)

Janet Robb, 'Five Women from the Far East' (UN Commission on the Status of Women, 1951)

Booklet by Janet Robb (AAUW New York City Branch, 20 Oct 1951) on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, with 25 delegate biographies, an IFUW statement on women's education and an account of the 1951 ILO equal-pay convention. The section 'Five Women from the Far East' profiles Artati Sudirdjo of Indonesia, a young

GA-02782 1952 rel C licensed

WIDF, 'For Their Rights as Mothers, Workers, Citizens' (1952)

WIDF pamphlet (Berlin, Dec 1952) surveying women's political rights, wages, unemployment, education, rural conditions and social protection country by country, and issuing the Call to the World Congress of Women (Denmark, June 1953). Indonesia appears briefly: equal rights on paper under the 1950 Constitution, no elect

GA-02783 1953 rel C licensed

As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953

As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen 1953

Report volume (WIDF, Berlin, 1953) on the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953: reports, speeches, documents, resolutions and the officers elected. Gerwani and Gerwis are not named. Indonesia appears in the congress report (p. 4), which says its 10 delegates and observers came from six organisations, one

GA-02777 1956 rel C licensed

Laporan Mrs. Henry G. Fowler kepada Asia Foundation, 1956

Report of Mrs. Henry G. Fowler to the Asia Foundation, 1956

Two-page report submitted to the Asia Foundation in 1956 by Mrs Henry G. Fowler, chair of the American Committee of a women's group promoting US-Asian understanding through newsletters, UN reports, programmes and hospitality. Mentions an Asian-American discussion group including Indonesia and talks on Indonesian women'

GA-02778 1957 rel C licensed

Surat Helen Fowler kepada Emma Poeradiredja, 15 Februari 1957

Letter from Helen Fowler to Emma Poeradiredja, 15 February 1957

Letter from Helen Fowler to Emma Poeradiredja dated 15 February 1957, handwritten; OCR is almost entirely unreadable, so the summary rests on the title. It appears to be a friendly reply to Poeradiredja's January 1957 letter about Indonesian women's work and her planned US visit. Gerwani is not evident.

GA-00148 1959 rel C

Ichtisar Chronologis Kedudukan Wanita dalam Perkawinan, 1959

Chronological Survey of Women's Position in Marriage, 1959 (Kowani Legal Commission)

Pamphlet by the Legal Commission of the Kongres Wanita Indonesia (22 Dec 1959): numbered chronology of the struggle over women's position in marriage from 1928, the 1937 draft ordinance, to post-independence marriage law debates.

GA-02798 1969 rel C licensed

WIDF, Activities of the Women's International Democratic Federation, 1964-1969 (appendix)

WIDF Activities 1964-1969 (appendix to Sixth Congress report)

Chronological appendix (1969) to the WIDF activity report for the Sixth Congress, listing 1964-69 activities: Viet Nam and Middle East solidarity, peace and disarmament meetings, women's rights seminars, rights of the child, attendance at national congresses, Bureau and Council meetings, UN agency work and publications