Page 4 of the Daily Worker (New York, 24 Jul 1956) reporting a Budapest conference of women trade unionists from 42 countries called by the WFTU, which demanded equal pay and opportunities and paid maternity leave. An unnamed delegate from Indonesia is cited on women workers being treated as cheap labour. Gerwani is no
Straits Times, 27 Sep 1956 (photo caption, lead only). A six-member Indonesian women's delegation to China, led by Mrs Roeslan Abdulgani with Madam Hurustiati Subandrio, stopped in Singapore en route to National Day celebrations in Peking on 1 October.
FBIS item (28 Sep 1956): a six-member Indonesian women's delegation led by Mrs Roeslan Abdulgani, wife of the foreign minister, reached Hong Kong and Singapore en route to Peking, invited by the Chinese Government to the National Day celebrations and to stay until 10 October. Context for official women's delegations to
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (15 Oct 1956): Sukarno and party left Kunming for Rangoon at the end of his China visit; the Indonesian women's delegation to China left for home with him. Over 10,000 people saw him off; he thanked the Chinese government and people. Background context for the women's delegation.