Harian Rakjat, 20 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 20 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 20 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page for National Awakening Day and the PKI's 35th anniversary; Kartini appears as the token woman pioneer; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 21 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page with the CC PKI anniversary message 'Perluas persatuan untuk menang dalam pemilihan umum'; women appear only in cartoons; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 2
Harian Rakjat, 21 May 1955, p. 2
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 2. News page including World Peace Council prizes for 1954 (Joris Ivens) and election-sign vandalism; no Gerwis or Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 2
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1955, p. 2
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 2. Sunday page with Zhou Enlai's report on the Bandung Conference and a Medan crime report on a woman shooting another; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 3: halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1955, p. 3: special page for PKI's 35th anniversary
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1955, hlm. 3: halaman khusus HUT ke-35 PKI. Special anniversary page including 'What non-party PKI candidates say': three women candidates on the PKI list for the 1955 election, with 'Emansipasi bagi kaum wanita, kata Setiati Surasto'.
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 26 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page reporting the PKI's 35th-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta; Aidit's speech and greetings including from 'wanita' at home.
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 2
Harian Rakjat, 26 May 1955, p. 2
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 2. News page with an Antara report on the suffering of Indonesian women married to foreigners, as written by travelling youths from Afghanistan; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 3
Harian Rakjat, 26 May 1955, p. 3
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 3. First instalment of D.N. Aidit's address 'Lahirnja PKI dan perkembangannja' at the PKI's 35th-anniversary reception; women and Gerwani have no place in the party's official history here.
Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 27 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page with PM Ali Sastroamidjojo in Canton and 'Wanita tani ditangkap': Subang peasant women arrested during a land reoccupation against the British estate P&T; richest page for Gerwani in the batch.
Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 3
Harian Rakjat, 27 May 1955, p. 3
Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 3. Concluding instalment of Aidit's 35th-anniversary address: 1945–48 errors, Madiun 1948 as a Hatta provocation, the 1951 Sukiman raids and the post-1951 line of national united front and party building.
Harian Rakjat, 27 Juli 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 27 July 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 27 Juli 1955, hlm. 4. Page 4 of the paper before the 1955 election: SOBSI sugar workers' delegation, an Indian globe-trotter, news items; no Gerwani content.
Harian Rakjat, 31 Agustus 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 31 August 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 31 Agustus 1955, hlm. 4. Advertisement and notice page with an election comic strip; panel 6 shows Aminah meeting Gerwani activists who organise women's teams for childcare, drinks and medical help at polling.
Harian Rakjat, 5 September 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 5 September 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 5 September 1955, hlm. 4. Advertisement page with a Jajasan Pembaruan offer to sell PKI literature at the 'Pesta Rakjat' and a list of 31 titles; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, hlm. 4. News and notices page: forged driving-licence ring, French military operation in Morocco, lottery results; no Gerwani content.
Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, hlm. 4. Feature on collective newspaper-reading groups among housewives in China, where wives learn to read and settle quarrels; context for women and literacy in the PKI press.
Harian Rakjat, 24 September 1955, hlm. 4
Harian Rakjat, 24 September 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 24 September 1955, hlm. 4. Advertisement page before the 29 September 1955 election with a news item on domestic textile industry; no Gerwani item.
Meluaskan Aksi-Aksi untuk Memperkuat Tuntutan Hak-Hak Wanita, Anak-Anak dan Perdamaian (Laporan Umi Sardjono, 1956)
Umi Sardjono's General Report to the Third DPP Plenum, June 1956
Umi Sardjono's general report for the Gerwani DPP Executive to the 3rd DPP Plenary (16-19 June 1956), published by DPP Gerwani. Reviews the 1955 election campaign (23,480 new Gerwani workers; five Gerwani members elected, including Umi Sardjono and Salawati), marriage-law and anti-polygamy casework (86 of 115 cases res
Meluaskan Aksi-aksi untuk Memperkuat Tuntutan Hak Wanita, Anak dan Perdamaian, 1956
Widening Actions for Women's, Children's and Peace Demands (Umi Sardjono, 1956)
Brochure of Umi Sardjono's general report to the Third DPP Plenum of Gerwani, 16–19 June 1956. Reviews election work, marriage-law cases, peasant women's wage struggles, kindergartens, peace and WIDF work, membership and cadre education, in the setting of Bandung and the 1955 elections.
Indonesian Women Traversed the Seas to Attend This Conference (Sunardi, 1956)
1956 extract from a speech by Sunardi, Indonesian delegate to the World Conference of Women Workers, plus a column of international women's news. She describes low wages, foreign monopolies, plantation women workers, absence of democratic marriage law and labour protection, the unilateral abrogation of the Round Table
Let Us Respect All Opinions (speeches by Teng Ying-chao, Hajrah Begum and Suharti, 1956)
Let Us Respect All Opinions: speeches by Teng Ying-chao, Hajrah Begum and Suharti (1956)
1956 page of speeches to the WIDF Council: Teng Ying-chao (China), Hajrah Begum (India) and Suharti, Gerwani Vice-President and MP. Suharti reports Gerwani membership grew from 281,000 to 565,147, its cooperation at the Palembang Women's Congress (March 1955), International Children's Day events, and delegations demand
Indonesia: Experiences regarding Co-operation Work (WIDF, 1956)
1956 WIDF bulletin item on Indonesia: the Gerwani Central Council's report on cooperation with other women's organisations, overcoming mistrust, membership rising from 281,000 to 565,147, local marriage-rights actions, rural work with peasant groups, the All-Indonesia Women's Congress adopting Gerwani's proposed Charte
DPP Gerwani sambut Konferensi Buruh Wanita Sedunia (Bintang Timur, 14 Februari 1956)
Gerwani central board welcomes the World Conference of Working Women (Bintang Timur, 14 February 1956)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 14 Feb 1956, p. 1 of a multi-article issue. The headline item reports that the DPP Gerwani welcomed with enthusiasm the call for a World Conference of Working Women (WIDF-linked), with a related Gerwani meeting mentioned; OCR is badly garbled so details are uncertain. Other news concerns
Bintang Timur, 23 Februari 1956: Pernyataan DPP Gerwani tentang pembatalan KMB; wanita di Sidang Dewan Nasional SOBSI (hlm. 1)
Gerwani statement on abrogating the KMB; women at the SOBSI national council (Bintang Timur, 23 February 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 23 Feb 1956. The DPP Gerwani issues a statement, after a meeting with Central Java, West Java and Jakarta delegates, demanding full unilateral abrogation of the KMB agreements. Women delegates Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri), Sri Ambar, Tuti, Rantiyem and Emmy Purwati att
Gerwani setujui tuntutan Jaksa Tinggi Sunaryo terhadap Jungschlager, Bintang Timur 28 Februari 1956 (hlm. 1)
Gerwani endorses prosecutor's demand against Jungschlager (Bintang Timur, 28 February 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 28 Feb 1956, dominated by the KMB abrogation debate and the Masyumi/PNI-NU stand-off. A short item reports Gerwani welcoming and endorsing the prosecutor's demand against the Dutch defendant Jungschlager, calling it commensurate with his crimes. Other items cover the
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
Nj. Salawati Daud terpilih sebagai anggota DPR baru (calon PKI); pelantikan DPR dan kabinet Ali, Bintang Timur 26 Maret 1956 (hlm. 1)
Mrs Salawati Daud elected to the new DPR; inauguration of parliament and Ali cabinet (Bintang Timur, 26 March 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 26 Mar 1956, on the swearing-in of 217 members of the new DPR and Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Captioned photos show Sukarno with PKI member Mudigdo and Masyumi's Mangunpuspito, and welcoming Salawati Daud, a non-party PKI candidate from Makassar. Women MPs (13 in a
Umi Sardjono anggota Fraksi Pembangunan DPR baru; Bintang Timur 4 April 1956 (hlm. 1)
Umi Sardjono joins the Development faction in the new DPR (Bintang Timur, 4 April 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 4 Apr 1956. A short item on the new DPR's factions lists Umi Sardjono (Gerwani chair) among the members of the 'Pembangunan' (Development) faction, with Suprapto, Abulhayat, Runturambi, Supardi and Sujono. Headline news: government to seek full KMB abrogation and tak
Ch. Salawati Daud berbicara di DPR tentang teror DI/TII dan keamanan, Bintang Timur 13 April 1956 (hlm. 1)
Salawati Daud speaks in the DPR on DI/TII terror and security (Bintang Timur, 13 April 1956)
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 13 Apr 1956, reporting the DPR's first-round debate on the Ali cabinet programme. Ch. Salawati Daud (PKI, non-party) speaks on security: she says Masyumi and DI/TII share an ideology differing only in method, urges amnesty and caution toward rebels, calls for housing
Bintang Timur, 17 April 1956: Umi Sardjono di DPR soal kasus Maisuri
Umi Sardjono in the DPR on the Maisuri case (Bintang Timur, 17 April 1956)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 17 April 1956, full issue. The Gerwani-relevant item is a report on the DPR debate on the Ali Sastroamidjojo cabinet programme, in which Umi Sardjono (Fraksi Pembangunan) objects to a verdict punishing Maisuri for refusing a forced customary marriage and demands abolition of feudal remnan
Bintang Timur, 8 Mei 1956: USIS tolak wakil Gerwani; keterangan DPP Gerwani
USIS refuses Gerwani representative; Gerwani central board explains (Bintang Timur, 8 May 1956)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 8 May 1956, full issue. A front-page item reports that the Indonesian Women's Congress decided to send five organisation representatives, including one from Gerwani, to accompany the delegation to the UN Economic and Social Council in New York, but USIS refused the Gerwani delegate withou