Commemorative Volume of the Second Gerwis Congress, 25-31 March 1954
Commemorative volume of the second Gerwis congress (Jakarta, 25–31 March 1954): greetings, foreign women's federations' telegrams, general report, resolutions, and the unanimous 30 March 1954 decision to rename Gerwis as Gerwani. Includes new statutes and a WIDF memorandum to the UN.
Documents of the Fifth National Congress of the PKI (Bintang Merah IX, 2-3), 1954
Special issue of Bintang Merah with documents of the PKI Fifth National Congress (Jakarta, 16–20 March 1954): congress report, greetings from sixteen foreign communist parties, and a 400,000-strong closing rally.
Harian Rakjat, 3 May 1954, p. 1 (May Day)
Harian Rakjat, 3 Mei 1954, hlm. 1 (Hari Buruh). May Day 1954 front page: 500,000 people at Lapangan Merdeka; guests include Rie Lips-Odinot, Dutch MP and women's movement leader; attacks on a PSI MP.
Harian Rakjat, 13 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page dominated by Geneva Conference news; the only woman-centred item shows a left woman using press-ethics bodies to defend her family against press accusations.
Harian Rakjat, 13 May 1954, p. 1 (second scan)
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mei 1954, hlm. 1 (scan kedua). Second scan of the 13 May 1954 front page; no Gerwis or Gerwani item, only a complaint by a woman and general news.
Harian Rakjat, 19 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 19 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page for National Awakening Day and the coming election; a women's group representative among speakers at an inter-party commemoration; no Gerwis article.
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page before the PKI's 34th anniversary: editorial '34 Tahun PKI' narrating party history; release of French nurse Genevieve de Galard; no Gerwis or Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1954, p. 2
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1954, hlm. 2. Page 2 with A. Umarsaid's travel notes on Sukarno's visit to Ambon and news; no Gerwis or Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 24 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 24 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page with D.N. Aidit's 34th-anniversary message setting two tasks of the Fifth Congress: a national united front and party building; women are not mentioned.
Gerwani central board (80,000 members) supports the WIDF at ECOSOC (Bintang Timur, 29 May 1954)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 29 May 1954, p. 2 of a multi-article issue; only one item concerns Gerwani. Its central board (DPP Gerwani), speaking for 80,000 members, protests to the UN against ECOSOC's removal of the WIDF from consultative status, citing a letter from WIDF president Eugenie Cotton, and demands reins
Mrs Salawati Daud elected to the Standing Committee (Bintang Timur, 23 June 1954)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 23 Jun 1954, p. 2 of a multi-article issue. Relevant item reports that the Indonesian Peace Committee's plenary elected Prof. Ir. Purbodiningrat of Yogyakarta as chair; its committee lists include Mrs Salawati Daud (Gerwani leader) among names such as Ny. Aruji Kartawinata and Mr. Astrawi