Renmin Ribao, 30 Sep 1956, p. 2 (Xinhua): the All-China Democratic Women's Federation hosts a banquet for an Indonesian women's delegation led by Mrs Abdulgani, including Perwari chair Mrs Sudaman and wives of parliamentary leaders. Deng Yingchao stresses shared anti-colonial experience. Gerwani is not named.
Pravda, 8 March 1957 (No. 67), p. 4 only (machine-translated): International Women's Day page with statements by Cai Chang (China), the WIDF president, Syrian and Soviet women, and 'Ban atomic and hydrogen weapons!' by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national 8 March Committee. She stresses women's role in the 1954 el
Renmin Ribao, 2 Feb 1957, p. 5 (Xinhua, Jakarta): the PKI daily Harian Rakjat marks its sixth anniversary at a Jakarta meeting of about 1,000 on 31 Jan; Njono gives circulation as 60,000 and Aidit speaks for the PKI. Gerwani appears only among bodies sending congratulatory telegrams.
Renmin Ribao, 2 Feb 1957, p. 5 (Xinhua, Jakarta): the PKI daily Harian Rakjat marks its sixth anniversary at a Jakarta meeting of about 1,000 on 31 Jan; Njono gives circulation as 60,000 and Aidit speaks for the PKI. Gerwani appears only among bodies sending congratulatory telegrams.
Renmin Ribao, 13 Apr 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PM Djuanda's broadcast on the new extra-parliamentary cabinet and reactions of parties and organisations (PNI, NU, PKI/Aidit, Masjumi, PSII, Parkindo, Murba). Gerwani appears only in a list of mass organisations, with SOBSI, Perwari and others, that telegraphed support
Renmin Ribao, 13 Apr 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PM Djuanda's broadcast on the new extra-parliamentary cabinet and reactions of parties and organisations (PNI, NU, PKI/Aidit, Masjumi, PSII, Parkindo, Murba). Gerwani appears only in a list of mass organisations, with SOBSI, Perwari and others, that telegraphed support
Renmin Ribao, 30 Sep 1957, p. 4 (Xinhua): eight foreign women's delegations, including an Indonesian one led by Mrs Amina Hidajat, arrive in Beijing at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation for National Day. Gerwani is not named in the text.
Renmin Ribao, 30 Sep 1957, p. 4 (Xinhua): eight foreign women's delegations, including an Indonesian one led by Mrs Amina Hidajat, arrive in Beijing at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation for National Day. Gerwani is not named in the text.
Document pack of the WIDF Fourth Congress, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958: Eugenie Cotton's report on women's role, the Manifesto, resolutions on peace, women's rights and children, appeals to the UN, credentials report and constitution. Indonesia appears in passing: Cotton credits 'the Indonesian Women's Movement' with improvi
Renmin Ribao, 16 Feb 1958, p. 6 (Xinhua): Sukarno ends a Japan visit, denouncing imperialism and rejecting interference; a Jakarta item reports SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and others backing the arrest of rebels such as Hussein and Lubis. Gerwani appears only in that list.
Renmin Ribao, 16 Feb 1958, p. 6 (Xinhua): Sukarno ends a Japan visit, denouncing imperialism and rejecting interference; a Jakarta item reports SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and others backing the arrest of rebels such as Hussein and Lubis. Gerwani appears only in that list.
Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin
Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin
Renmin Ribao, 18 Feb 1958, p. 6 (Xinhua, Colombo): first plenary of the Afro-Asian Women's Conference. Maria Ulfah Santoso, head of the Indonesian delegation, appeals for support on West Irian and against destructive use of atomic energy; the Chinese delegation walks out over the UN/UNESCO observer. Gerwani is not name
Renmin Ribao, 18 Feb 1958, p. 6 (Xinhua, Colombo): first plenary of the Afro-Asian Women's Conference. Maria Ulfah Santoso, head of the Indonesian delegation, appeals for support on West Irian and against destructive use of atomic energy; the Chinese delegation walks out over the UN/UNESCO observer. Gerwani is not name
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959 (No. 25), p. 1 only (machine-translated): TASS notice that delegations of the Communist Parties of Indonesia (D.N. Aidit, Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P.O. Hutapea and 'Suharti, a responsible worker of the CC apparatus') and India arrived for the CPSU 21st Congress. Suharti (identified in the catalogue as
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
Front page of Literaturnaia Gazeta, 3 Feb 1959, reporting the extraordinary 21st CPSU Congress. Indonesia appears only in a report of foreign communist delegations at Moscow factories: D. N. Aidit and 'comrade Suharti' (PKI Central Committee representative, speaking for Indonesian women, identification unconfirmed) add
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 34, 3 Feb 1959, on foreign communist delegations visiting Moscow factories during the 21st CPSU Congress. At the Moscow Electric Lamp Factory D. N. Aidit spoke, and Suharti, PKI Central Committee representative, greeted workers 'on behalf of Indonesian women workers' (wording ambiguou
Renmin Ribao, 9 Apr 1959, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PKI delegation led by Aidit returns from the CPSU's 21st Congress via China and Vietnam. Gerwani leaders are named only among those greeting it at the airport, with Njono, PKI MPs, SOBSI and Pemuda Rakjat.
Renmin Ribao, 9 Apr 1959, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PKI delegation led by Aidit returns from the CPSU's 21st Congress via China and Vietnam. Gerwani leaders are named only among those greeting it at the airport, with Njono, PKI MPs, SOBSI and Pemuda Rakjat.
Page 5 of Pravda (Moscow, 6 May 1959) with a piece headed 'The Indonesian people on guard for peace', signed 'Sudjina, Djakarta' (identified by the sweep as Sudjinah). It reports the Indonesian Peace Supporters Committee: Prof. Purbodiningrat's statements, an April special session demanding the dissolution of SEATO, su
People's Daily page 6, 5 October 1959 (excerpt only): congratulatory telegrams and letters from foreign people's organisations, apparently for the PRC's anniversary. The excerpt lists women's bodies, including the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), alongside Albanian, Belgian, Danish and Japanese women'
People's Daily page 6, 5 October 1959 (excerpt only): congratulatory telegrams and letters from foreign people's organisations, apparently for the PRC's anniversary. The excerpt lists women's bodies, including the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), alongside Albanian, Belgian, Danish and Japanese women'
Renmin Ribao, 9 Oct 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): WIDF vice-president Andrea Andreen, with her daughter, leaves Beijing for Prague after an All-China Women's Federation invitation. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwani) and Helen Kesian of the WIDF delegation fly on the same plane to Prague; a Tunisia-China Association delegation also departs.
Renmin Ribao, 9 Oct 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): WIDF vice-president Andrea Andreen, with her daughter, leaves Beijing for Prague after an All-China Women's Federation invitation. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwani) and Helen Kesian of the WIDF delegation fly on the same plane to Prague; a Tunisia-China Association delegation also departs.
Neue Zeit, 6 February 1960, p. 1: a two-line news brief, "IDFF an die Großmächte", reports that the WIDF bureau, meeting in Djakarta, sent a letter to the four great powers saying the 200 million women in the WIDF hope the summit conference will succeed. A neighbouring brief, "China hilft Indonesien", reports a 30 mill
Neue Zeit, 9 February 1960, p. 1: the page is headlined by the GDR industrial exhibition in Iraq; a small item 'Ilse Thiele über Welle Djakarta' reports that DFD chair Ilse Thiele spoke on Indonesian radio about the GDR women's struggle for peace, having attended a WIDF [bureau] meeting in Jakarta. Short news item; Ger
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, 13 February 1960, p. 2. ADN brief from Rangoon, 'Ilse Thiele führte Gespräche in Rangun': the DFD chair, returning from Indonesia where she attended the IDFF (WIDF) bureau meeting and the Indonesian Peace Congress, stopped in Rangoon to meet Daw Khin Kyi, widow of Aung San, and Burmese parliamentary