Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra page-4 advertisement (1 Apr 1952): a long Blue Band/Unilever prize-draw winners list (cars, scooters, radios, etc.) with hundreds of names and towns. 'M. Caropeboka - Bogor' appears as a ballpoint winner. Nothing indicates any link to Sumiyarsi Siwirini Caropeboka; the name match is coincide
De Nieuwsgier, 5 Apr 1952: a long report on Austria's coalition parties and Soviet occupation, with a one-line item that two Indonesian women, Nji Atjien and Nji Darsiah, were swept away by a river near Sukabumi. No connection to Gerwani or Soetanti Aidit; false hit.
De Locomotief, 18 Nov 1952: Indonesian-language thank-you notice by the Milono family and by newlyweds Mulyono and Sutanti after their wedding on 13 Nov 1952, plus a subscription form. No connection to Gerwani; the bride Sutanti is not shown to be Soetanti Aidit. False hit.
English text of the PKI programme (Fifth National Congress, 1953): Indonesia as semi-colonial and semi-feudal after the Round Table agreements, with demands on land, labour and democracy. Background on PKI aims.
Report volume (WIDF, Berlin, 1953) on the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953: reports, speeches, documents, resolutions and the officers elected. Gerwani and Gerwis are not named. Indonesia appears in the congress report (p. 4), which says its 10 delegates and observers came from six organisations, one
Neues Deutschland, 16 January 1953, p. 2. 'Vorwärts zum Weltkongreß der Frauen 1953!', a staff report on the DFD federal board session in Berlin where Elli Schmidt presented awards. Indonesia is a passing mention only: IDFF (WIDF) representatives from Czechoslovakia, Indonesia and the USA attended as a sign of solidari
FBIS-monitored Pyongyang radio text (4 Mar 1953) of a Korean Workers' Party Central Committee decision for International Women's Day: praises Korean women in the war, calls for wartime production and vigilance. One line lists the 'awakened democratic women of India, Indonesia' and others in the WIDF-led struggle (WIDF
Neue Zeit, 28 May 1953, p. 2: short ADN dispatch from Copenhagen, "Auf der Reise zum Frauen-Weltkongreß", reporting that women's delegations from China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Iceland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, Indonesia and Costa Rica have set out for the World Congress of Women opening on 6 June. Indone
Neues Deutschland, 4 June 1953, p. 1: picture caption 'Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet'. Delegates from Burma, Indonesia, Austria, the GDR and China were formally seen off in Berlin to the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen (opening 5 June); the photo shows Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher with the Chin
WIDF 1954 article compiling women's campaigns against atomic and hydrogen bombs after Bikini, with excerpts from Eugénie Cotton and the WIDF Executive appeal (Geneva). Countries covered include Britain, US, Japan, Germany, India; the Indonesia entry apparently refers to a national women's congress of 349 delegates dema
Berliner Zeitung, 11 April 1954, p. 2. The relevant item is a one-sentence news brief in the page's digest column: thousands of women gave the Soviet women's delegation a warm reception in Surakarta, where it is on a study visit to Indonesia. No Indonesian organisation or person is named, and no Gerwani mention; the pa
De Waarheid, 1 May 1954, p. 4: travel report by Mak Meyer, a Dutch union delegate to the SOBSI conference, on Indonesian workers' misery: poverty, homelessness, factory conditions and wages, child labour, becak drivers, and figures such as 35,000 women dying in childbirth yearly. Portrays SOBSI and PKI as leaders and u
Dutch newspaper roundup (1954-09-21, p. 9) of Indonesian press reactions to President Sukarno's second marriage (to Mrs. Soewondo), called a serious blow to the women's movement. A delegation of women led by Perwari chair Mrs. Kortowijono visited the palace. Press is split; Indonesia Raya stresses women's long fight ov
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (27 Sep 1954): the Indonesian delegation and Indonesian women's delegation were entertained in Peking by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the All-China Democratic Women's Federation. Shih Liang hailed Chinese-Indonesian women's friendship; Madam Poedjoboentoro spoke for t
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (29 Sep 1954) of Zhou Enlai's National Day banquet in Peking for foreign guests, with Mao speaking and a very long list of delegations. Indonesian delegations are named in passing, including Indonesian women delegates headed by S. Poedjoboentoro (p.3) alongside the WIDF delegation. Marginal
Short De Nieuwsgier report (30 Sept 1954, p. 2) on the arrival in Peking of an Indonesian delegation and a separate women's delegation, invited by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the All-China Democratic Women's Federation. Mrs. S. Pudjobuntoro spoke for the women's delegation; Gerwani is not name
Le Lorrain (30 Sep 1954, p.10), snippet extract: Indonesian women rise up against Sukarno's second marriage; recalls his secret June marriage to Hartini Suwondo, a 31-year-old divorcee and mother of five.
Renmin Ribao, 30 Sept 1954 (p. 1): Xinhua report on Zhou Enlai's reception, with Mao Zedong attending, for foreign National Day guests. Among the very long guest list are an Indonesian women's delegation headed by Mrs Pudjobuntoro, the Indonesian goodwill delegation under Sumanang and an Indonesian art troupe; also a W
Renmin Ribao, 30 Sept 1954 (p. 1): Xinhua report on Zhou Enlai's reception, with Mao Zedong attending, for foreign National Day guests. Among the very long guest list are an Indonesian women's delegation headed by Mrs Pudjobuntoro, the Indonesian goodwill delegation under Sumanang and an Indonesian art troupe; also a W
Renmin Ribao, 2 Oct 1954 (p. 2): Xinhua report on the fifth anniversary celebration in Tiananmen Square, listing the foreign guests on the viewing stands. Indonesian entries include an art troupe, the goodwill delegation under Sumanang, Tseng Chu-sen of Universitas Indonesia's Sinology institute, journalists, student s
Renmin Ribao, 2 Oct 1954 (p. 2): Xinhua report on the fifth anniversary celebration in Tiananmen Square, listing the foreign guests on the viewing stands. Indonesian entries include an art troupe, the goodwill delegation under Sumanang, Tseng Chu-sen of Universitas Indonesia's Sinology institute, journalists, student s
Tribune (Sydney), 13 Oct 1954, p. 11: letters page covering SEATO, Eisenhower, Pakistan, housing and criticisms of Tribune. One letter claims Indonesia, India, Ceylon and Burma's abstention from SEATO shows Asian peoples want peace and independence; another praises the Union of Australian Women journal 'Our Women'. No
Brief Xinhua item in Renmin Ribao, 25 Oct 1954 (p. 4), from Guangzhou: the Indonesian goodwill delegation and the Indonesian women's delegation arrived in Guangzhou on 22 Oct and left on the 23rd for home via Hong Kong; the women also visited an embroidery group. Marks the end of the 1954 visit; no individuals or Gerwi
Brief Xinhua item in Renmin Ribao, 25 Oct 1954 (p. 4), from Guangzhou: the Indonesian goodwill delegation and the Indonesian women's delegation arrived in Guangzhou on 22 Oct and left on the 23rd for home via Hong Kong; the women also visited an embroidery group. Marks the end of the 1954 visit; no individuals or Gerwi
Renmin Ribao, 28 Oct 1954 (p. 4), Xinhua roundup of visiting foreigners' praise of China: Japanese Diet members, Indian trade unionist K. P. Tripathi, an Italian women's delegation, and (via Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po) fourteen members of the Indonesian goodwill and women's delegations, who told Hong Kong pre
Renmin Ribao, 28 Oct 1954 (p. 4), Xinhua roundup of visiting foreigners' praise of China: Japanese Diet members, Indian trade unionist K. P. Tripathi, an Italian women's delegation, and (via Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po) fourteen members of the Indonesian goodwill and women's delegations, who told Hong Kong pre
Soviet Woman, 31 Dec 1954, p. 4: Supardjo, an Indonesian public figure of Taman Siswa, reflects on the first Indonesian women's delegation's three-week USSR tour (factories, collective farms, schools). Stresses peace, the Indonesian Peace Committee and anti-illiteracy work. Gerwis/Gerwani are not named, but it document
Cover note of Women of the Whole World no. 89 (April 1955, 10th year), stamped by the Amsterdam Institute of Social History. The cover photo shows Balinese women, described as largely bound by feudal tradition yet joining the fight to strengthen the country's independence. No Gerwani mention.
WIDF magazine 1955 report on the Asian-African (Bandung) Conference, 18-24 April, listing participants and the ten principles of the communique, with supportive statements from women (Anusuya Gyanchand, Erika Wendland, Gusta Fucikova) for the World Congress of Mothers. Presents Bandung as boosting peace and disarmament
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1955-03-29, p. 2, much unreadable): school-youth committee for Kartini Day celebrations in Bandung, initiated by the Taman Siswa pupils' association, with IPPI and school boards, planning sport, an exhibition of handicrafts and a reception. Named board members are pupils; neither Gerwani nor S