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GA-00773 1953-04-07 De Vrije Pers rel A

Naar het congres in Denemarken (To the congress in Denmark)

To the congress in Denmark: delegation chosen for Copenhagen

Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (7 Apr 1953): at a Gerwis-initiated meeting of women's organisations (2-3 April, Jakarta) it was decided to send a delegation to the WIDF women's congress in Denmark in June. Delegates include S.K. Trimurti, Kandjinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat and others.

GA-00450 1956-03-09 Bintang Timur rel A

Umi Sardjono pada ulang tahun ke-10 GWDS: hak wanita dalam Konstituante; Bintang Timur 9 Maret 1956 (hlm. 1)

Umi Sardjono at the WIDF 10th anniversary: women's rights in the Konstituante (Bintang Timur, 9 March 1956)

Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 9 Mar 1956. One column reports the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Women's International Democratic Federation (GWDS/WIDF) at the SBKA hall, Manggarai: Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono urges women's organisations to get women's rights written into the Konstituante, cit

GA-00019 1960 Api Kartini rel A

Api Kartini No. 1 Th. 2, Januari 1960

Api Kartini No. 1, Year 2, January 1960

First issue of Api Kartini's second year (Jan 1960). Editorial on price rises after the currency sanering and ministers refusing housewives' delegations; a profile of WIDF leaders (Carmen Zanti, Eugenie Cotton) ahead of the WIDF Bureau meeting in Indonesia.

GA-00023 1960 Api Kartini rel A

Api Kartini No. 3 Th. 2, Maret 1960

Api Kartini No. 3, Year 2, March 1960

March 1960 issue devoted to the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day and the Copenhagen International Women's Congress (21–24 April 1960); interviews with delegation figures Arudji Kartawinata, Ratu Aminah Hidajat and Hurustiati Subandrio.

GA-02804 1960 Maasje Siwi rel A licensed

Api Kartini (Maasje Siwi on the new women's magazine)

Api Kartini: the new women's magazine (Maasje Siwi, 1960)

Short interview note (1960) in WIDF's magazine: Maasje Siwi, director of the new monthly women's magazine Api Kartini, explains its aims. Published under the Jajasan Melati committee, which includes Gerwani members. Magazine launched June 1959; aims to develop women's knowledge, patriotism and international friendship;

GA-02805 1961 Maasje Siwi rel A licensed

The dream of an Indonesian peasant woman (Seminar Nasional Wanita Tani)

The dream of an Indonesian peasant woman: National Seminar on Peasant Women (1961)

1961 article by Maasje Siwi on Gerwani's first National Seminar on Peasant Women's Problems. Describes peasant hardships (debt, child marriage, easy divorce, exclusion from village office) and demands: land reform and women's land ownership, crop-sharing law, abolition of colonial ban on women village heads. Features d

GA-00041 1962 Api Kartini rel A

Api Kartini No. 3 Th. 4, Maret 1962

Api Kartini No. 3, Year 4, March 1962

March 1962 issue on International Women's Day: its history from the socialist women's movement and suffrage victories to the 1962 Jakarta commemoration at UI; cover commemorates Clara Zetkin.

GA-00046 1963 Api Kartini rel A

Api Kartini No. 2 Th. 5, Februari 1963

Api Kartini No. 2, Year 5, February 1963

February 1963 issue: report on the Congress of Women of the Americas, Havana, 11–15 Jan 1963 (425 delegates, a Gerwani delegate present), women as village heads, and a translated German travelogue.

GA-01999 1963-07-19 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 19 Juli 1963, hlm. 1: delegasi wanita diterima Juanda; sidang GWDS di Peking

Sinar Harapan, 19 Jul 1963: women's delegation received by Juanda on soaring prices

Front page of Sinar Harapan, 19 Jul 1963. A women's delegation including Ny. M. Siwi (Gerwani) and Ny. Coa Hin Huy (Wanita Baperki) was received by First Minister Juanda and voiced mothers' anxiety over soaring prices of daily necessities. Another item covers the row at a WIDF (GWDS) session, with the Chinese delegatio