Aidit returns to Jakarta (Renmin Ribao, 9 April 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 9 Apr 1959, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PKI delegation led by Aidit returns from the CPSU's 21st Congress via China and Vietnam. Gerwani leaders are named only among those greeting it at the airport, with Njono, PKI MPs, SOBSI and Pemuda Rakjat.
Aidit returns to Jakarta (Renmin Ribao, 9 April 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 9 Apr 1959, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PKI delegation led by Aidit returns from the CPSU's 21st Congress via China and Vietnam. Gerwani leaders are named only among those greeting it at the airport, with Njono, PKI MPs, SOBSI and Pemuda Rakjat.
Mrs Andreen and others leave Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 9 October 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 9 Oct 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): WIDF vice-president Andrea Andreen, with her daughter, leaves Beijing for Prague after an All-China Women's Federation invitation. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwani) and Helen Kesian of the WIDF delegation fly on the same plane to Prague; a Tunisia-China Association delegation also departs.
Mrs Andreen and others leave Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 9 October 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 9 Oct 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): WIDF vice-president Andrea Andreen, with her daughter, leaves Beijing for Prague after an All-China Women's Federation invitation. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwani) and Helen Kesian of the WIDF delegation fly on the same plane to Prague; a Tunisia-China Association delegation also departs.
Gerwani holds congress; Sukarno calls for unity to recover West Irian (Renmin Ribao, 16 December 1961)
Renmin Ribao, 16 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opens on 14 Dec with over 400 delegates; Umi Sardjono's opening address stresses the 1945 revolution's aims and West Irian. Guests include Chinese, Soviet and East German delegations, Aidit and PNI's Sidik. Sukarno speaks, rejecting '
Gerwani holds congress; Sukarno calls for unity to recover West Irian (Renmin Ribao, 16 December 1961)
Renmin Ribao, 16 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opens on 14 Dec with over 400 delegates; Umi Sardjono's opening address stresses the 1945 revolution's aims and West Irian. Guests include Chinese, Soviet and East German delegations, Aidit and PNI's Sidik. Sukarno speaks, rejecting '
Head of Indonesian women's delegation on unfair treatment of Chinese delegation at World Congress of Women
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
Head of Indonesian women's delegation on unfair treatment of Chinese delegation at World Congress of Women
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
Gerwani secretary-general on the World Congress of Women
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
Gerwani secretary-general on the World Congress of Women
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, 19 Jul 1963: Report on the Moscow World Congress of Women (Umi Sardjono)
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, 19 Jul 1963: Report on the Moscow World Congress of Women (Umi Sardjono)
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
Chairman Aidit departs for the Soviet Union and China (Renmin Ribao, 21 July 1963)
Renmin Ribao snippet-only entry (21 July 1963, p. 3) on Aidit's departure to the USSR and China. The snippet lists PKI leaders and the heads of SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani among those at the airport; no Gerwani leader is named. The full article is in GA-01890.
Chairman Aidit leads delegation to the Soviet Union and China (Renmin Ribao, 21 July 1963)
Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (21 July 1963, p. 3) on PKI chairman Aidit's delegation leaving Jakarta for Moscow, Beijing and Cuba, with his airport statements on the Sino-Soviet dispute, Nasakom and 'Malaysia'. Gerwani appears once, its head among mass-organisation leaders at the send-off. Useful for Gerwani's place in P