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GA-02821 1947 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF Bulletin (1947): Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin 1947: Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin, 1947: French Friends of Peace conference, plus an 'Indonesia' item quoting a letter from the Secretariat of the Indonesian Women's Congress on the Dutch colonial war. It says all women's organisations back the Republic, women take part in the fighting, thanks Dutch women's groups for protesting, and asks

GA-02822 1947 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF Bulletin (1947): Two New Requests for Affiliation to the WIDF

WIDF Bulletin 1947: two new requests for affiliation (Netherlands, Indonesia)

WIDF Bulletin no. 12 (1947): news digest from women's organisations worldwide. Section IV announces two requests for WIDF affiliation, from the Netherlands women's movement and from the Pan-Indonesian Women's Congress (Java, June 1946), which seeks to unite with democratic women's groups abroad. Other items cover Spain

GA-02341 1947-08-10 Sunday Worker rel A licensed

Indonesian Minister of Labor is a woman, Mrs. S. K. Trimurti

Sunday Worker, 10 August 1947, p. 8: Indonesian Minister of Labor is a woman, Mrs S.K. Trimurti

Sunday Worker, 10 Aug 1947, p. 8: the OCR contains only a crossword puzzle (clues and grid), so the catalogued article on S. K. Trimurti as Indonesia's woman Minister of Labor cannot be read or checked. No Gerwani/Gerwis content is verifiable.

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-02823 1948 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF (1948): Country Reports on China, Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Viet-Nam, India, Indonesia

WIDF 1948: country reports on women's struggles, incl. Indonesia

WIDF 1948 article describing an international exhibition of women's struggles (China, Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam, India, Indonesia). The Indonesia panel shows women fighting Dutch and Japanese colonial oppression for independence, with photographs of wartime hardship, and affirms Indonesian women's stand beside me

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-02792 1949 rel C licensed

Second Women's International Congress, WIDF, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948

Official WIDF account of its Second Women's International Congress, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948 (390 delegates, 51 nations), with preface by Irene Joliot-Curie. It frames women's rights, child welfare and peace against Cold War blocs. Gerwani is not named. Indonesia appears only as a colonial struggle: appeals to end D

GA-01487 1949-12-31 China Weekly Review rel C licensed

Women in Colonial Countries: Delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report

Women in Colonial Countries: delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report (China Weekly Review, 1949)

China Weekly Review, 31 Dec 1949: report of delegates' speeches at the Asian Women's Conference in Peking (WIDF-aligned) on women in colonial and semi-colonial countries (Africa, Middle East, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Vietnam, France, China, Korea, Madagascar, Burma). The Indonesian delegate Lillah Suripno traces

GA-02824 1950 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF (1950): From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF

WIDF 1950: From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF

WIDF bulletin, 1950: 'From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF' with reports from South Africa, Israel and Indonesia. The Indonesia section recounts women in the Republic's struggle against the Dutch, mass May Day rallies (390,000 in 1950), repression after the Madiun era, harsh conditions for plantation women, and supp

GA-02342 1950-01-01 Sunday Worker rel B licensed

Asian Women Tell the U.S.A. (Asian Women's Conference, Peking)

Sunday Worker, 1 January 1950, p. 2: Asian women tell the U.S.A. (Asian Women's Conference, Peking)

Sunday Worker, 1 Jan 1950, p. 2: page with several items; the relevant article, datelined Peking, reports the Asian Women's Conference where women leaders from 15 Asian countries, including Indonesia, Burma and India, pledged struggle against imperialism. Delegates said conditions in Burma and Indonesia were alike unde

GA-02324 1950-04-17 Daily Worker rel C licensed

I Saw Mao Tse-tung: A New World Voyage (Delegate's report on the Conference of the Women of Asia, Peking)

Daily Worker, 17 April 1950: I saw Mao Tse-tung - delegate's report on the Conference of the Women of Asia, Peking

Page 5 of the Daily Worker (New York, 17 Apr 1950) carrying Betty Millard's first article on the Peking Conference of the Women of Asia, organised by the WIDF. She describes the train journey from Moscow with delegates including a Dutch woman active against arms shipments to Indonesia. OCR is garbled and the article co

GA-02825 1951-01 WIDF rel C

Femmes du monde entier, No. 50, janvier 1951 (FDIF, Berlin)

Femmes du monde entier no. 50, January 1951

Femmes du monde entier no. 50, January 1951, the French-language WIDF bulletin issued from Berlin. Editorial and reports urge women to back the Second World Peace Congress's address to the UN: Korea, Formosa and Vietnam, banning mass-destruction weapons, colonial oppression (Madagascar, Vietnam, South Africa), war prop

GA-02343 1951-03-04 Sunday Worker rel C licensed

Shall Not Happen Again! Save Lives of McGee and Trenton Six (catalogued as: Indonesian people where women sit in their councils)

Sunday Worker, 4 March 1951, p. 4: Shall not happen again - save lives of McGee and the Trenton Six

Sunday Worker, 4 March 1951, p. 4: Harry Raymond on the execution of the Martinsville Seven in Virginia and the pending case of Willie McGee in Mississippi, framed as 'legal lynching'. Despite the catalogue title, the text contains no Indonesia, Gerwani or women's-council content.

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-02826 1952 WIDF rel C licensed

Country Reports on International Children's Day (WIDF, 1952)

WIDF 1952: Country reports on International Children's Day

WIDF 1952 bulletin page of country reports on International Children's Day (1 June): Romania, China, Mexico, Venezuela, Indonesia, USA, Belgium, Egypt, Switzerland. The Indonesia item says a committee of women's, youth and teachers' groups was formed, children demonstrated for peace, and an Indonesian film on war's eff

GA-02827 1952 WIDF rel C licensed

Message to the Executive Committee of the WIDF (1952): Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna

WIDF Executive message 1952: Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna

WIDF Executive Committee message (1952) calling women worldwide to prepare for the Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna, 5 December 1952, and to demand an end to the Korean war, arms reduction, banning of atomic and bacteriological weapons, and a Pact of Peace. Signatories include Eugénie Cotton and others; Darmin

GA-02828 1952 WIDF rel B licensed

The Results of the Peking Conference Go Beyond the Borders of Asia and the Pacific (WIDF, 1952)

Results of the Peking Conference go beyond Asia and the Pacific (WIDF, 1952)

WIDF 1952 report on the Peace Conference of Asian and Pacific Countries (Peking, 2 Oct 1952; 367 delegates, 37 countries): speeches by Soong Ching Ling, Monica Felton, Malayan, Korean and American delegates on Korea, germ warfare, women's and children's rights and national independence. Umi Sardjono of Indonesia is lis

GA-02829 1952 WIDF rel B licensed

The Women of Indonesia (WIDF Bulletin, 1952)

WIDF Bulletin no. 5/1952 'The Women of Indonesia': a WIDF-sympathetic account of postwar Indonesia in 1952, covering militarised budgets, unemployment, hunger, maternal and infant mortality, the Round Table legacy and US agreements. It says women formed committees for 8 March and Children's Day and that local GERWIS br

GA-02325 1952-05-27 Daily Worker rel B licensed

20 Nations Pick Delegates for Asia Peace Parley (list naming president of Indonesian Women's Movement)

Daily Worker, 27 May 1952: 20 nations pick delegates for Asia peace parley

Page 4 of the Daily Worker (New York, 27 May 1952) with a roundup of 20 countries naming delegates for the Asian Peace Conference preparatory meeting in Peking. The Indonesian list includes a member of Parliament named as president of the Indonesian Women's Movement ('Olpuwarti' in garbled OCR), alongside SOBSI, Lekra-

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-02344 1953-06-07 Sunday Worker rel B licensed

Issues absorb Women's World Meet (WIDF Copenhagen Congress)

Sunday Worker, 7 June 1953, p. 4: Issues absorb Women's World Meet (WIDF Copenhagen Congress)

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

GA-02345 1953-06-28 Sunday Worker rel B licensed

World Congress of Women, Copenhagen (Indonesian delegates)

Sunday Worker, 28 June 1953, p. 12: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen (Indonesian delegates)

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,

GA-00321 1953-10-14 Tribune rel B

Australian women tell about World Congress (Tribune, 14 Oktober 1953)

Australian women tell about World Congress

Tribune (Sydney), 14 Oct 1953, p. 6: three Australian delegates (Flo Davis, Joyce Egan, Fuchsia Lewin) describe the WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, June 1953 (1,187 women, 70 countries). They stress peace, equal pay and socialist-bloc childcare. Indonesia appears briefly: Indonesian women urge support for a K

GA-00322 1953-10-14 Tribune rel B

Australian women tell about World Congress (Tribune, 14 Oktober 1953)

Australian women tell about World Congress

Tribune (Sydney), 14 Oct 1953, p. 6: three Australian delegates (Flo Davis, Joyce Egan, Fuchsia Lewin) describe the WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, June 1953 (1,187 women, 70 countries). They stress peace, equal pay and socialist-bloc childcare. Indonesia appears briefly: Indonesian women urge support for a K

GA-02141 1953-12-31 Soviet Woman rel B licensed

Soviet Woman, 1953: 'We Are Stronger Than Ever' (WIDF dan Kongres Kopenhagen)

Soviet Woman, 31 Dec 1953: 'We Are Stronger Than Ever', WIDF and the Copenhagen Congress

Soviet Woman, 31 Dec 1953, pp. 49-52: WIDF declaration for peaceful settlement and Eugenie Cotton's statement, then Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier's 'We are stronger than ever' on follow-up to the Copenhagen World Congress of Women. One sentence notes the Indonesian women's union GERWIS would hold its congress in Dece

GA-02784 1954 rel B licensed

WIDF, 'I Want To Live: Ban Atomic Weapons' (1954)

WIDF pamphlet 'I Want To Live' (Berlin, May 1954) campaigning to ban atomic weapons after the March 1954 Bikini H-bomb test, with Hiroshima testimonies, the Stockholm Appeal and WIDF appeals. Page 25 cites a resolution of 1 April 1954 in Jakarta by the National Congress of the 'Indonesian Women's Democratic Organisatio

GA-02806 1954 Monica Felton rel A licensed

Dawn Over the Equator (Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954)

Dawn Over the Equator: Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954

Monica Felton (WIDF Vice-President) writes in 1954 on the Second Congress of Gerwani, which she attended: 349 delegates, 80,000 members, a meeting with President Sukarno, resolutions on West Irian, the 1955 elections, a nationwide marriage law, democratic rights and support for the government against armed gangs. She s

GA-02830 1954 WIDF rel B licensed

Dutch-Indonesian Solidarity (WIDF, 1954)

Short 1954 WIDF note 'Dutch-Indonesian Solidarity': Dutch women's movement raised funds for a delegate to attend the Gerwis national congress (March 25) and sold soap 'For peace and friendship between Indonesian and Dutch women'. Mrs. Umi of Gerwis's executive says the campaign strengthened solidarity and showed Dutch