Izvestiia, 22 Jul 1952, p. 4. TASS reports from the WIDF executive committee session in Bucharest: Iranian rapporteur Elie Sharmini on women's equal rights and cooperation with trade unions; debate speakers included Dharmini (Indonesia), whose remarks are not given. Illustrates Indonesian women's early WIDF participati
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
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 67, c. 8 March 1957, International Women's Day statements. Includes Cai Chang on Chinese women and a signed text by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national March 8 Committee: women's role in the 1954 [sic, 1955] elections (16 women MPs, 33 Konstituante members), 20-fold growth in sc
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
Front page of Literaturnaia Gazeta, 3 Feb 1959, reporting the extraordinary 21st CPSU Congress. Indonesia appears only in a report of foreign communist delegations at Moscow factories: D. N. Aidit and 'comrade Suharti' (PKI Central Committee representative, speaking for Indonesian women, identification unconfirmed) add
Pravda, 3 Feb 1959 (No. 34), pp. 2 and 10 (machine-translated): coverage of the CPSU 21st Congress. On p. 2 the PKI delegation visits the Moscow Electric Lamp Factory; Aidit speaks, and Suharti of the PKI CC greets the women workers on behalf of Indonesian women (OCR ambiguous). P. 10 reports the delegation laying a wr
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 34, 3 Feb 1959, on foreign communist delegations visiting Moscow factories during the 21st CPSU Congress. At the Moscow Electric Lamp Factory D. N. Aidit spoke, and Suharti, PKI Central Committee representative, greeted workers 'on behalf of Indonesian women workers' (wording ambiguou
Pravda, 28 April 1959, p. 3 (selected page): TASS Jakarta report that D. N. Aidit lectured on the 21st CPSU Congress and the Seven-Year Plan; Suharti, 'head of the women's department of the CC of the PKI, member of parliament', spoke on Soviet women's role in building communism. Rest of page (Warsaw Pact meeting, Chine
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 118, 28 April 1959, repeating the TASS Jakarta report: Aidit on the Seven-Year Plan as a blow against imperialism, and Suharti, head of the PKI Central Committee's women's department and MP, on Soviet women. Followed by unrelated items on a Warsaw foreign ministers' meeting and the Ja
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
Pravda no. 82, 22 March 1960 (full issue). Page 3 carries T. Tairova's account of Khrushchev's Asian tour (India, Indonesia, Burma, Afghanistan). Only a short passage concerns Indonesia's women: she describes Gerwani as the largest progressive women's organisation, with hundreds of thousands of members, led by Umi Sard
Pravda no. 82, 22 March 1960 (excerpt of the page). Page 3 carries T. Tairova's account of Khrushchev's Asian tour (India, Indonesia, Burma, Afghanistan). Only a short passage concerns Indonesia's women: she describes Gerwani as the largest progressive women's organisation, with hundreds of thousands of members, led by
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').
Dolgozó Nő, 24 Jan 1964. Travel report by Czechoslovak delegate Mária Brencicová on the 21 Dec 1963 festive session of Kowani in Jakarta, marking 35 years of the unified women's movement and 25 years of Mothers' Day, with Sukarno present. Describes Kowani (40 organisations), poverty, and women's patriotic tasks. Gerwan