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
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
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 27 Jun 1963, p. 2): article on a fierce dispute between Chinese and Indian delegates at the World Congress of Women. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.
Moscow News (English), 29 June 1963, p. 6: report on the WIDF World Congress of Women in Moscow (June 1963), with abridged report by President Eugenie Cotton and sessions on peace, colonialism, children's welfare and women's rights. Umi Sardjono (Indonesia), WIDF Vice-President and Gerwani chair, read greetings from J.
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 1 Jul 1963, p. 2): article on Japan abstaining on the platform of the World Congress of Women (legible: Moscow). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 1 Jul 1963): article on the closing of the World Congress of Women; one fragment seems to say Indonesia voted against a measure, context unreadable. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwa
Renmin Ribao, 2 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Moscow): Umi Sardjono, head of the Indonesian delegation at the World Congress of Women, states that the Indian delegate's raising of the Sino-Indian border at the 26 June session was out of place and that the chair acted undemocratically and partially; Chinese delegates should h
Renmin Ribao, 2 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Moscow): Umi Sardjono, head of the Indonesian delegation at the World Congress of Women, states that the Indian delegate's raising of the Sino-Indian border at the 26 June session was out of place and that the chair acted undemocratically and partially; Chinese delegates should h
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (8 Jul 1963): an Indonesian women's delegation, a Nepalese delegate and the Chinese delegation arrived in Peking after the World Congress of Women in Moscow, welcomed by 300 people. Indonesian members include Mme Parjani Pradono (head, Gerwani central committee), Mme Satryo and Mme Muningga
Renmin Ribao, 9 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): after the Moscow World Congress of Women, an Indonesian delegation, a Nepalese delegate and the Chinese delegation arrive in Beijing, welcomed by 300 leaders. Delegation head Mrs Pardjani Pradono is a Gerwani CC member; Mrs Satrijo and Mrs Muninggar are East Java Gerwani leaders
Renmin Ribao, 9 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): after the Moscow World Congress of Women, an Indonesian delegation, a Nepalese delegate and the Chinese delegation arrive in Beijing, welcomed by 300 leaders. Delegation head Mrs Pardjani Pradono is a Gerwani CC member; Mrs Satrijo and Mrs Muninggar are East Java Gerwani leaders
Renmin Ribao, 11 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani secretary-general Maasje Siwi tells the press, after the Moscow World Congress of Women, that Gerwani opposes the WIDF programme as lacking revolutionary spirit and disagrees with the Appeal on war, peaceful coexistence and disarmament. She criticises the congr
Renmin Ribao, 11 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani secretary-general Maasje Siwi tells the press, after the Moscow World Congress of Women, that Gerwani opposes the WIDF programme as lacking revolutionary spirit and disagrees with the Appeal on war, peaceful coexistence and disarmament. She criticises the congr
Renmin Ribao, 14 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including Brazilians, Vietnamese NLF women and the Indonesian delegation (Gerwani CC member Pardjani Pradono, East Java Gerwani leaders Satrijo and Muninggar, Baperki, Christian and other women)
Renmin Ribao, 14 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including Brazilians, Vietnamese NLF women and the Indonesian delegation (Gerwani CC member Pardjani Pradono, East Java Gerwani leaders Satrijo and Muninggar, Baperki, Christian and other women)
Renmin Ribao, 15 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): 7,000 people at the Great Hall of the People welcome women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America who attended the Moscow World Congress of Women. Several speakers attack the congress as undemocratic and anti-China. Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian delegation
Renmin Ribao, 15 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): 7,000 people at the Great Hall of the People welcome women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America who attended the Moscow World Congress of Women. Several speakers attack the congress as undemocratic and anti-China. Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian delegation
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (18 Jul 1963): a 10,000-strong Peking rally welcomed the Chinese delegation back from the Moscow World Congress of Women. Yang Yun-yu's report attacked Soviet delegation leader Popova and WIDF leaders for 'sectarianism, splittism and big-power chauvinism', calling the congress 'undemocratic
Renmin Ribao p. 2 (19 Jul 1963), report on the Moscow World Congress of Women (June 1963) from the Chinese side. In the excerpt, Umi Sardjono, head of the Indonesian delegation, says she expresses great regret that a Chinese women's delegate was attacked and not allowed to speak after an Indian delegate's slander, at a
Renmin Ribao p. 2 (19 Jul 1963), report on the Moscow World Congress of Women (June 1963) from the Chinese side. In the excerpt, Umi Sardjono, head of the Indonesian delegation, says she expresses great regret that a Chinese women's delegate was attacked and not allowed to speak after an Indian delegate's slander, at a
FBIS-monitored KCNA item (23 Jul 1963): Kim Ok-sun, first vice chair of the Korean Democratic Women's Union, reported to a Pyongyang meeting on the Moscow World Women's Congress, calling it a 'great blot' that ignored the anti-imperialist struggle and allowed an anti-Chinese racket. She lists the women's delegations of
Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (27 July 1963, p. 4): the five-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation after the World Congress of Women, leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong. At a farewell banquet, Gerwani Central Committee member Pardjani Pradono says the two peoples share an anti-imperi
Soviet Woman, 31 Jul 1963, p. 44: WIDF programme adopted at its 1963 Moscow World Congress of Women, with an issue preview and the list of elected leaders. Eugenie Cotton re-elected president. Umi Sardjono (Indonesia) is named among Bureau members, with Freda Brown (Australia), Vilma Espin and others.
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1963, pp. 6-8: delegates' reports on the June 1963 World Congress of Women in Moscow: Fuki Kushida (Japan) on Tereshkova and the congress, Lotte Ulbricht (GDR) on a German peace treaty, Gondo Kikue on 'stitches for peace' banners, and Thamina Salam Adel's testimony on Ba'ath terror in Iraq. Umi Sar
Francisca de Haan's 2018 chapter proposing a 'global left-feminist 1960s' led by the WIDF network, from the 1953 Copenhagen Congress (whose declaration reached Indonesia) to the 1963 Moscow congress. Frames WIDF transnationalism relevant to Gerwani.