Izvestiia, 11 Apr 1954. TASS, citing Harian Rakyat: when a Soviet women's delegation led by A. Kholopova reached Surakarta (Solo), thousands of Gerwani members, students and housewives met it in a demonstration of friendship; the delegation received dozens of invitations in Surakarta and Yogyakarta.
Izvestiia, 20 Jun 1954. Travel notes by a member of the Soviet women's delegation (Anti-Fascist Committee of Soviet Women) touring Indonesia: Jakarta, Boyolali rally where Gerwani representatives and the woman who invited them questioned the guests about the USSR, plantation conditions near Bandung, Round Table agreeme
Dunántúli Napló, 27 Feb 1955, foreign-news item from Jakarta: Indonesian public figures, including Minister Abbas and Professors Prijono and Purbotiningrat, signed the appeal against atomic war, and the Indonesian women's federation called on women to collect signatures. The translator notes the federation is not named
Pravda, 4 July 1955 (selected pages 1, 3, 4). Page 3: WIDF deputy secretary Z. Ivanova on preparations for the World Congress of Mothers (Lausanne, 7-10 July); says WIDF established cooperation in Indonesia with 'the numerous women's organization Gerwani' and the plantation workers' union, and that Indonesia's committe
Pravda, 5 August 1955, No. 217, page 6, supplied as a Claude machine translation of the Indonesia item. A TASS dispatch from Jakarta on the cabinet crisis (Harahap of Masjumi asked to form a government) says Harian Rakjat printed dozens of telegrams from SOBSI, BTI, the women's organisation Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat in
Pravda, 5 Sept 1956 (No. 249), partial issue (pp. 1, 4, 6, machine-translated): TASS and correspondents' reports on President Sukarno's tour of the USSR (Sverdlovsk, Tashkent) and Indonesian reactions. On p. 6 O. Chechetkina quotes Darmini, 'one of the leaders of the mass women's organization Gerwani', hailing the visi
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 249, 5 Sept 1956, report by correspondent O. Chechetkina (Jakarta, 4 Sept) on Indonesian reactions to President Sukarno's visit to the USSR. D. N. Aidit and Darmini, 'one of the leaders of the mass women's organization Gerwani', hail it as the first visit of Indonesia's president to t
Pravda, 8 March 1957 (No. 67), p. 4 only (machine-translated): International Women's Day page with statements by Cai Chang (China), the WIDF president, Syrian and Soviet women, and 'Ban atomic and hydrogen weapons!' by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national 8 March Committee. She stresses women's role in the 1954 el
Page 4 of Pravda (8 March 1957), International Women's Day, carrying a statement signed 'T. Sulami, member of the national 8 March Committee of the Republic of Indonesia'. She describes Indonesian women's life and struggle, sixteen women elected to parliament and 33 to the Constituent Assembly, rising schooling, anti-c
Hungarian women's magazine Dolgozó Nő, 1 May 1957. Short piece on the Indonesian women's movement 'Gerwani': women can now vote and stand for parliament (17 women candidates, 40 women officials), its educational work helped force a parliamentary resolution against H-bomb tests, women face cheap labour, no marriage law,
Pravda, 16/18 June 1957 (No. 167), only p. 5 supplied (machine-translated): a poem 'Merdeka' on Indonesian independence and a short TASS item on the creation of Indonesia's National Council under Sukarno (Roeslan Abdulgani as deputy chair). The supplied pages do not contain the WIDF or Sardjono speech named in the cata
Izvestiia, 18 Jan 1959, p. 5, 'Brief news': the mass women's organisation Gerwani sent letters to the USA, USSR and British embassies in Jakarta demanding an immediate end to nuclear tests. Page context notes a London anti-nuclear conference.
Page 5 of Pravda (Moscow, 6 May 1959) with a piece headed 'The Indonesian people on guard for peace', signed 'Sudjina, Djakarta' (identified by the sweep as Sudjinah). It reports the Indonesian Peace Supporters Committee: Prof. Purbodiningrat's statements, an April special session demanding the dissolution of SEATO, su
Pravda, No. 40, c. 9 Feb 1960, p. 3 (selected page). Jakarta dispatch 'The voice of Indonesian mothers' (8 Feb): women's-movement activist Sri Slamet, SOBSI National Council member Setiati Surasto and mother Maruto Nitimihardjo welcome Khrushchev's planned visit and general-disarmament proposal. Also a Gromyko-Adam Mal
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 40, c. 9 Feb 1960, 'The voice of Indonesian mothers' (Jakarta, 8 Feb): women's activist Sri Slamet, SOBSI National Council member Setiati Surasto and mother Maruto Nitimihardjo greet Khrushchev's coming visit and back his general-disarmament proposal, framed as the wish of Indonesian
Izvestiia, 2 Mar 1960, p. 3, conclusion of a report on Khrushchev's farewell meeting in Jakarta with Indonesian representatives; Gerwani leaders are listed among those present with SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Lekra. Speeches by Njono, Buntaran Martoatmodjo and peace activist Setiadi (probably not Gerwani); Khrushchev's
Pravda, 2 Mar 1960 (No. 62), pp. 1-3, 5 (machine-translated): coverage of the end of Khrushchev's 12-day visit to Indonesia (farewell speeches by Khrushchev and Sukarno; Calcutta stop). Pp. 2-3 report a farewell meeting on 29 Feb with delegates of mass organisations, naming 'the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani)' a
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 62, 2 March 1960, report 'People must live happily!' on Khrushchev's Indonesia visit. Leading figures of SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat, the women's movement Gerwani, the Peace Committee, the Soviet friendship society and Lekra gathered with gifts at his residence; SOBSI's Njono spoke of f
Sovetskaia Kirgiziia, 3 Mar 1960, p. 2: TASS coverage of Khrushchev's 12-day Indonesia visit: toasts with Sukarno, Khrushchev's farewell at Kemayoran, and crowds. On the last day Khrushchev received delegates of mass organisations including SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani; Njono spoke. No Gerwani speaker is named
Pravda no. 23, 23 January 1965 (full issue). Page 1 lists guests at a Kremlin luncheon for the WFTU Executive Bureau, including WFTU secretary Setiati Surasto and SOBSI deputy chairman Murdjoko. Page 3 reports Indonesia's notice of withdrawal from the UN over Malaysia's Security Council seat. No Gerwani content beyond