Pravda p. 3, 22 July 1952: TASS reports from the 13th session of the WIDF executive committee in Bucharest and a mass women's meeting addressed by Eugenie Cotton. Darmini (Indonesia) is listed among debaters on Carmen Santi's report on child defence; national committees reportedly formed in Indonesia. Content of Darmin
Izvestiia, 11 Jun 1953, p. 3. TASS and correspondent reports from the Copenhagen World Congress of Women. Indonesian women's moment: a Dutch delegate greeted Indonesian women, and Mrs Van Staveren, whose son refused to fight in Indonesia and was jailed for seven years, handed his portrait to Indonesian delegate Surasto
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, 4 July 1955, from the article on preparing the World Congress of Mothers (Lausanne). Records that WIDF organisations established cooperation in Indonesia with 'the numerous women's organization Gerwani' and the plantation workers' union, alongside links in Australia, New Zealand, Norway,
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 167, 16 June 1957, special-correspondent report from Colombo on the sixth day of the World Peace Council session. Mme (Umi) Sardjono speaks for the WIDF, voicing 'on behalf of the women and mothers of the whole world' protest against plans to unleash imperialist war. Other speakers in
Somogyi Neplap (Hungary), 6 Oct 1961, p. 1: report on the WIDF Council meeting in Budapest. Mrs Mudigdio, chair of Gerwani, said liberation of oppressed Asian and African peoples is hindered by the same forces opposing a German peace treaty. Also local Kaposvar preparations for the WIDF delegates. Other items unrelated
Hungarian provincial daily Tolna Megyei Népújság, 6 Oct 1961, reporting the WIDF Council session in Budapest. Mrs Mudigdio, chair of Gerwani, is quoted saying that the liberation of oppressed Asian and African peoples is hindered by the same forces opposing a German peace treaty. Other delegates (Kushida, Cotton, Popov
Scinteia (Bucharest), 15 June 1962 (No. 5560): report on the opening of Romania's National Conference of Women, with Gheorghiu-Dej's speech and Maria Rosetti's report. The list of foreign guests includes the Indonesian women's delegation led by Umi Sardjono, 'president of the women's organisation Gerwani', alongside WI
Scinteia (Bucharest), 16 Jun 1962, text capture of the National Conference of Women proceedings. Lists Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, among foreign speakers (France, GDR, Japan, Poland, Ghana, Hungary, Mali, Yugoslavia, Italy, Vietnam, Korea, Austria). Her own speech is not reproduced. Page 2 greetings from WIDF's Mar
Scinteia (Romanian Workers' Party organ), issue no. 5562, 17 June 1962, with a Claude machine translation of its coverage of the closing of Romania's National Conference of Women. Page 5 prints the greeting of Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, who praises socialist women's achievements, presents Gerwani as fighting for t
Pravda no. 182, 1 July 1963 (full issue). Page 4 prints the WIDF programme adopted at its Moscow congress (29 June 1963): equal rights, peasant women, children, peace, national independence, solidarity with persecuted women. It lists the new Bureau, which includes Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, spelled 'Umisa Sardjono'). Eug
Pravda no. 182, 1 July 1963 (excerpt). Prints the WIDF programme adopted at its Moscow congress (29 June 1963): equal rights, peasant women, children, peace, national independence, solidarity with persecuted women. Lists new Bureau members, including Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, spelled 'Umisa Sardjono').
Hungarian daily Délmagyarország (Szeged), 26 Jun 1963, MTI report on the Tuesday session of the World Congress of Women in the Kremlin, opened by Umi Sardjono for Gerwani; speeches by Cuban, Ceylonese, Cypriot, Moroccan and Cameroonian delegates, greetings from Sukarno and Bernal. Other page articles (space flight, har
Heves Megyei Népújság (Eger), 26 Jun 1963: report on the Tuesday session of the World Congress of Women in the Kremlin, opened by Umi Sardjono of Gerwani; Cuban report on children's health and education, greetings from Bandaranaike, Sukarno and Bernal, and speeches by Angolan delegate and the widow of executed Iraqi co