Znamia, 31 Oct 1954, p. 124: opening of Yekaterina Shevelyova's travel essay 'On the Island of Java'. She says a Soviet Anti-Fascist Women's Committee delegation, invited by Gerwani, spent almost a month in Java, then summarises Dutch colonialism, the 1949 Round Table settlement, and the 1954 dissolution of the Dutch-I
Compilation of State Department central-file items on Soviet relations with Indonesia, 1960-63 (telegrams, airgrams, despatches). One airgram (7 Dec) 'Soviets Woo Indo Women' describes the Soviet ambassador's wife hosting Indonesian women's leaders at the embassy, noting Gedung Wanita as a hub for Gerwani and Kongres W
Tribune (Sydney), 14 Aug 1963, p. 2: announces the Third National Conference of the Union of Australian Women in Sydney, 13-17 September 1963, and says invitations went to the WIDF, the Soviet Women's Committee and Gerwani of Indonesia to be represented.
Tribune (Sydney), 14 Aug 1963, p. 2: announces the Third National Conference of the Union of Australian Women in Sydney, 13-17 September 1963, and says invitations went to the WIDF, the Soviet Women's Committee and Gerwani of Indonesia to be represented.
Tribune (Sydney), 28 Aug 1963, p. 9: preparations for the UAW's third national conference (nylon stockings, drug costs, equal pay petitions, anti-nuclear letters). The public opening rally on 13 Sept will welcome visitors from the WIDF, the Soviet Women's Committee (Nina Bogomolova) and Gerwani, described as an Indones
Tribune (Sydney), 28 Aug 1963, p. 9: preparations for the UAW's third national conference (nylon stockings, drug costs, equal pay petitions, anti-nuclear letters). The public opening rally on 13 Sept will welcome visitors from the WIDF, the Soviet Women's Committee (Nina Bogomolova) and Gerwani, described as an Indones
Tribune (Sydney), 4 Sep 1963, p. 3: reports that Soviet (Nina Bogomolova) and Indian (Geeta Mukherjee, for WIDF) delegates accepted invitations to the UAW national conference of 13-17 September; advice is awaited from Indonesia about the delegate invited from Gerwani, 'one and a half million strong'.
Tribune (Sydney), 4 Sep 1963, p. 3: reports that Soviet (Nina Bogomolova) and Indian (Geeta Mukherjee, for WIDF) delegates accepted invitations to the UAW national conference of 13-17 September; advice is awaited from Indonesia about the delegate invited from Gerwani, 'one and a half million strong'.
Overview essay by Francisca de Haan (Women and Social Movements International database, c. 2012) on WIDF's origins, agenda, UN role and Cold War marginalisation, 1945-1991. Gerwani is listed once as a large, influential WIDF member organisation (with footnotes to Wieringa and to McGregor on Indonesian women and WIDF);