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GA-00629 1953-11-21 De Locomotief rel B

Berichten uit Tegal (Reports from Tegal)

Reports from Tegal: revived Kowani representation

De Locomotief, 21 Nov 1953, Tegal reports: the local KOWANI representation was revived on 28 Aug under Mrs Sarwono, uniting ten women's organisations including Gerwis, Perwari-type groups, Muslimat, Aisjiah and Bhayangkari. It collected money and clothes for terror victims and planned to mark KOWANI's 25th anniversary

GA-00630 1953-12-17 De Locomotief rel B

Rustige invasie op het gouverneurskantoor: dames-verenigingen komen op voor de rechten der vrouw (A quiet invasion of the governor's office)

A quiet invasion of the governor's office: women petition for a marriage law

De Locomotief, 17 Dec 1953: about a hundred women from seven Semarang associations, led by Perwari and including Gerwis, ride 40 becaks to the Governor's Office to petition for a marriage law securing women's legal position and for a freeze on the 1952 regulation giving pensions to second-to-fourth wives. A Gedung Rakj

GA-03343 1955-03-02 Indian Daily Mail rel A

Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress (Palembang, 2-6 March 1955)

Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress, Palembang, 2-6 March 1955 (Indian Daily Mail)

Indian Daily Mail (Singapore), 2 March 1955, p. 1: the third Indonesian Women's Congress is held in Palembang, 2-6 March, with 300 delegates of women's organisations. Preparatory committee chair is Mrs S.A. Hanafiah (Gerwani), secretary Mrs R. Mailan (Gerwani), treasurer Mrs Djauhari; Perwari, Gerwani, Wanita Demokrat

GA-00108 1961 Hurustiati Subandrio rel A licensed

Jejak-langkah Wanita 1961

Women's Footsteps in 1961 (Hurustiati Subandrio)

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