Fifty Years of International Women's Day Celebrated Lavishly in Jakarta (March 1960)
Api Kartini report on the lavish Jakarta commemoration of 50 years of International Women's Day (6-8 March 1960): exhibition at Gedung Pertemuan Umum, a two-day seminar, and an 8 March reception attended by 1,500. Umi Sardjono spoke on the history of the women's movement; Setiati Surasto presented on food and clothing;
Meeting of the WIDF Bureau (Jakarta, 1960)
Api Kartini report on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Jakarta, 31 January-3 February 1960, at Hotel Duta Indonesia, the first WIDF meeting held in Indonesia. Quotes Prime Minister Juanda's welcome and speeches by Anasuya Gyankhand, Marie Pritt, Thiele, Maria Rossi and Marguerite de Ponce; delegates met Kowani and Gerwani ac
A Brief Look Back
Article by Kukilowarsi (1959) for 17 August, recalling women's roles in the Indonesian revolution: 1926 rebels and Digul exiles, anti-Japanese resistance, women's guerrilla brigades, Red Cross and kitchens, and stories of Suparmi and a mother fighter. It cites the first women's congress of 1928, the 1955 vote, and dema
The World's Women's Contribution to Their Era (Sulami)
Article by Sulami (1959) reporting on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Prague, chaired by Eugenie Cotton, and the Council with 51 countries. It stresses women's duty to protect children, supports disarmament and Soviet-US talks, backs the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day, and links peace to Indonesian national i
Commemorative Book for 30 Years of the Indonesian Women's Movement Unity, 1928-1958
430-page commemorative volume (Ministry of Information, 1959) narrating the federated Indonesian women's movement from the 1928 congress through the revolution and KWI congresses to 1958; history drawn largely from Sri Mangunsarkoro.
Documents of the Sixth National Congress of the PKI (Vols I-II), 1959
Compiled text of PKI Sixth National Congress documents (Jakarta, 7–14 Sept 1959) from Bintang Merah: Aidit's opening speech, the CC general report 'Untuk Demokrasi dan Kabinet Gotong Royong', and other speeches and reports.
Speech of Suharti (Deputy Chair of DPP Gerwani) at the PKI Sixth Congress, 1959
Speech by Gerwani vice-chair Suharti (Suwarto) to the PKI Sixth Congress (Sept 1959), responding to Aidit's report. The fullest statement in the corpus of PKI 'work among women' from a Gerwani leader, on women's oppression by the economic crisis.
Speech of Suwardiningsih (PKI East Java) at the Sixth National Congress, 1959
Short speech by Suwardiningsih of the PKI East Java committee at the Sixth Congress (1959), claiming only the second PKI congress to attend to work among women and asking what attracts women to the PKI: equal rights in voting, marriage and divorce.
Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part II (Sulami, 1959)
Part II of Sulami's 1959 history: Indonesian women under Japanese occupation (Fujinkai, women coerced as 'geishas'), the 1945 proclamation, founding of Perwari (Klaten, Dec 1945), the formation of KOWANI (Solo, Feb 1946), its second congress at Madiun deciding to affiliate to WIDF, and women's role in partisan resistan
Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part III (Sulami, 1959)
Part III of Sulami's 1959 history: KOWANI conflicts and 1948 Solo congress, founding of Gerwis at Semarang (4 June 1950), its 1954 renaming as Gerwani, structure with six commissions, membership growth (6,000 Java 1951; 642,460 in January 1957; 700,000 at the Third Congress, Solo, Dec 1957), 1955 election results (5 MP
CIA report, January 1959: Foreign delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress
CIA report 'Foreign Delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress, January 1959'. Under Far East parties the Indonesian delegation is listed as D. N. Aidit (secretary general), Karel Supit, B. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah), Suharti Suwarto (head of the party's women's department) and Nursuhut. Suharti Suwarto is the onl
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959: PKI delegation to 21st CPSU Congress, including Suharti (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 25, 25 Jan 1959 (TASS): arrival in Moscow of the PKI delegation to the 21st CPSU Congress on 21 January: D. N. Aidit (head), Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah) and Suharti, 'a responsible worker of the apparatus of the CC of the CPI'; Indian delegation also
International women's conference on disarmament near Stockholm
De Waarheid, 18 Dec 1959, p. 5: short report on a three-day international women's conference on disarmament near Stockholm, with delegates from 26 countries including the USSR, Japan, India and Indonesia. It adopted a letter to the great-power leaders, endorsed WIDF disarmament decisions and welcomed Soviet proposals.
WIDF at 15: Fighting for Family Happiness and World Peace
Api Kartini article (1960) by Maasje Siwi, an Api Kartini staff member who attended the WIDF Council in Warsaw (29 Nov-5 Dec 1960), marking the WIDF's 15th anniversary. Delegates from 61 countries heard Eugenie Cotton review WIDF history (1948 manifesto, 1953 Copenhagen congress, 1955 Lausanne mothers' congress, 1958 V
Sarinah through the Ages
Short illustrated piece by Sulami (c. 1959-60), written for the anniversary of the August Revolution, tracing women's history from Kartini, the 1928 Youth Pledge and the 22 December 1928 women's congress to demands for equality, education and political rights. It cites Sukarno's Manipol and the book 'Sarinah', and urge
Italian Women
Article by Sulami (1960) reporting on the 8th national congress of the Union of Italian Women (UDI) in Rome in May, attended by 783 delegates and foreign guests including Indonesia. Describes Maria Maddalena Rossi and Marisa Rodano, the women's demands (equal pay, pensions for housewives, social security, opposition to
Documents of the Sixth National Congress of the PKI, Jakarta, 1-14 September 1959, Vol. I
Bintang Merah special issue, vol. 1: documents of the VI National Congress of the PKI, Jakarta 7-14 September 1959 (Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960). Contains Aidit's opening speech, the Central Committee's General Report, and Programme and Constitution changes. Gerwani is not named; on women it records growing women's members
Documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress, Vol. II (Bintang Merah special, 1960)
Volume II of the documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress (Jakarta, 7-14 September 1959; Bintang Merah special, Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960): delegates' speeches. It includes the speech of Suharti, deputy chair of the Gerwani national leadership (pp. 595-603), on women as the most oppressed, peasant women, women cadres
Documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress, Vol. II (Bintang Merah special, 1960)
Volume II of the documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress (Jakarta, 7-14 September 1959; Bintang Merah special, Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960): delegates' speeches. It includes the speech of Suharti, deputy chair of the Gerwani national leadership (pp. 595-603), on women as the most oppressed, peasant women, women cadres
Suara Tani, February 1960: Welcoming the WIDF Bureau session in Jakarta
Suara Tani (BTI organ), Feb 1960 (vol. XI no. 2), OCR noisy. Covers BTI protest over price rises, sugar-cane land rents, Khrushchev's coming visit and the Bandung peace conference. On p. 3 an article welcomes the WIDF Bureau session in Jakarta (late Jan 1960), stressing peasant women's backwardness, citing Sri Darnings
Berliner Zeitung, 13 Feb 1960, p. 5: Stopover in Burma
Berliner Zeitung, 13 February 1960, p. 5: short ADN/EB item 'Zwischenaufenthalt in Burma'. DFD chair Ilse Thiele, returning from Indonesia where she attended the WIDF (IDFF) bureau session and the Indonesian Peace Congress, stopped briefly in Rangoon and discussed the position of women in the GDR with the Burmese parli
Neues Deutschland, 22 Nov 1960, p. 7: Women from five countries in the GDR
Neues Deutschland, 22 November 1960, p. 7: ADN item 'Frauen aus fünf Ländern in der DDR'. Sixty representatives of democratic women's organisations from Austria, Finland, Sweden, Italy and Indonesia arrived at Schönefeld airport for the 7th Federal Congress of the DFD and were welcomed by deputy chair Wilhelmine Schirm
Neue Zeit, 4 Dec 1960, p. 8: Women fight for peace / 15 years of WIDF
Neue Zeit, 4 December 1960, p. 8 (women's page): short item "Von einem Wunsch beseelt" under the heading "Frauen kämpfen für den Frieden / 15 Jahre IDFF". Women from East and West Berlin met at the 14th all-Berlin women's forum with women from France, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria and Indonesia to celebrate the 15th annive
Gerwani Statutes (Fourth Congress), 1961
Gerwani statute booklet ratified at the Fourth National Congress, Jakarta, 14–17 December 1961. Includes a congress address on revisions, the Mukadimah (preamble) and 49 articles covering structure, membership and a Foreign Section; affiliates Gerwani with the WIDF and recounts the 1954 break with Gerwis.
Gerwani Programme (Fourth Congress), 1961
DPP Gerwani booklet with the 33-point Program Perdjuangan ratified at the Fourth Congress (Jakarta, December 1961), revising the 1957 Solo program. Keeps demands for women village heads, a democratic marriage law and price control; claims over one million members and sets three slogans.
National Seminar of Women Peasants, 17-20 January 1961
Gerwani DPP brochure of the first National Seminar of Women Peasants (Jakarta, 17–20 January 1961), with the DPP working paper, a BTI paper, speeches by officials and D.N. Aidit, regional delegate reports and resolutions. Centres poor and landless women in Gerwani's class analysis of the village.
Api Kartini No. 12, Year 3, December 1961
December 1961 issue on West Irian and Gerwani's Fourth Congress (Jakarta, 14–17 Dec 1961): Hari Ibu rally at Istana with Sukarno's Trikora speech and foreign guests Gloria Garton (Australia, WIDF) and Dzhara Ilkhamowa (Uzbekistan).
Api Kartini No. 2, Year 3, February 1961
February 1961 issue tied to Sukarno's speech at the Indonesian Women's Congress (6 Feb 1961); a cluster of pieces mourning the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, with editorial calls for land reform and socialist society.
Jenab's Hope (National Seminar on Peasant Women, 1961)
Api Kartini (1961) human-interest profile of Jenab, a poor peasant woman from Pabuaran village, West Java, who attended the DPP Gerwani National Seminar on Peasant Women in Jakarta with her baby. Describes her family's poverty (8 of 12 children died) and her hopes for implementing the sharecropping and agrarian laws; n
Echoes: Afro-Asian Solidarity Council Session, Bandung 1961
Api Kartini (1961) 'Echoes' column on the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council session in Bandung, 10-14 April 1961, based on interviews with women delegates. Features Marthe Moumie of Cameroon (widow of the poisoned Felix Moumie), delegates from Ceylon, Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Luu) and Iran, and a tea hosted by DPP Gerwani for t