Bintang Timur, 28 August 1956, p. 2 (four-page issue; OCR jumbled). A short item, 'Salam Gerwani pada wanita Mesir', reports Gerwani's message of solidarity to Egyptian women in the Suez nationalisation crisis: Indonesian women are 'proud' and fully support Egypt's heroic, patriotic defence of its national claim. Surro
Article by Suwarti Bintang Suradi (Gerwani), dated Berlin 20 Dec 1957, in WIDF's magazine on Indonesia's West Irian campaign: mass rally of a million in Jakarta, ten-minute silence, general strike in Dutch firms, takeover of Dutch enterprises, KLM ban, UN defeat, international support. Names Gerwani among organisations
CIA/US government study (September 1958) surveying the activities of the international Communist fronts (World Peace Council, Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU and others) in 1958. Chapter IV covers WIDF's Fourth Congress (Vienna, 1-5 June 1958) and secretariat. Gerwani appears only briefly: Suharti (
Renmin Ribao, 20 Sep 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): amid the Taiwan Strait crisis, Gerwani, speaking for its 650,000 members, protests American interference over Taiwan and the offshore islands; Indonesian railway and rice-workers' unions make similar demands. Other items give Syrian, Pakistani, Omani and Mauritanian su
Renmin Ribao, 20 Sep 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): amid the Taiwan Strait crisis, Gerwani, speaking for its 650,000 members, protests American interference over Taiwan and the offshore islands; Indonesian railway and rice-workers' unions make similar demands. Other items give Syrian, Pakistani, Omani and Mauritanian su
January 1961 issue with a report on the First Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo (14–23 Jan 1961) and Iwanah Prijono's speech, plus East German textiles, Cuban women fighters and household columns.
Double issue (Apr–May 1961, 40 pp.) for Kartini Day and Education Day, dense with transnational content including a visiting Chinese cultural mission and embassy commemorations in Cairo, Rome, Moscow and New York.
June 1961 issue (second anniversary, 5000 copies): Indian women honouring Rameshwari Nehru's Lenin Peace Prize, a profile of WIDF magazine Women of the Whole World and its Afro-Asian congress coverage.
Article by Hurustiati Subandrio (1961) reviewing women's activity at the start of 1961. She lists the Gerwani-organised National Seminar of Peasant Women (17-20 January, Gedung Wanita, Jakarta), the Asian-African Women's Conference in Cairo, and preparations for the Indonesian Women's Congress (6-8 February). She links
October 1964 issue: editorial on Sukarno's Cairo Non-Aligned speech, a KOWANI delegation report on North Korea including Gerwani's Suharti Suwarto, TAVIP cadre education, peasant women in the Malaysia confrontation, and Bulgaria.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (22 Sept 1964, p. 4), citing Harian Rakjat: PKI second deputy chairman Njoto, at a Gerwani training course, names three roads for carrying out Sukarno's order to smash 'Malaysia' (moderate, adventurist, revolutionary) and backs the revolutionary one, praising Sukarno's 17 August speech. Ad
Legislatif Jaya, the monthly magazine of the Jakarta provincial legislature (DPRD-GR DCI Jakarta), bound volume for 1969-70 under Governor Ali Sadikin. It carries council news, committee reports, regulations, speeches (including a Kartini Day address on women's duty, 1970) and a register of council decisions of 1966. T
Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Ita Fatia Nadia and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej in the international women's and Afro-Asian movements: IUS/WFDY Prague 1947, Berlin Youth Festival 1951, Bandung 1955, WIDF in East Germany 1957 representing Gerwani, Cairo 1961. It cites Gita Mukherjee's WIDF report on Ger