Journal article by Justus M. van der Kroef (American Catholic Sociological Review, June 1957) on women's status and marriage in Indonesia: adat versus Islamic law, polygamy, divorce rates, colonial and revolutionary change. Surveys women's organisations (Perwari, Kowani) and notes Kowani's early left turn and WIDF cont
Java-Bode, 8 February 1957, p. 2: report on an exposition of national costumes and music by Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asian women's organisations at the Plaza Hotel, New York; Indonesian participants included Sukanti Surjotjondro, Nelly Kawilarang and Sulami Sujud. A second snippet about a clandestine bank on Bangka is
Renmin Ribao, 4 Mar 1957, p. 4 (Xinhua): survey of Chinese women's 1956 exchanges with women of 58 countries, including hosting the WIDF Council in Beijing. An Indonesian women's delegation led by Mrs Abdulgani is listed among visitors. Gerwani is not named.
Renmin Ribao, 4 Mar 1957, p. 4 (Xinhua): survey of Chinese women's 1956 exchanges with women of 58 countries, including hosting the WIDF Council in Beijing. An Indonesian women's delegation led by Mrs Abdulgani is listed among visitors. Gerwani is not named.
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Canberra Times 'What People Are Doing' social column, 7 May 1957, p. 5. Only Gerwani-adjacent item: Mrs Urbani, wife of an Indonesian Embassy first secretary, will address the Canberra branch of the National Council of Women on 'Women in Indonesia'. Rest is unrelated local notices.
Neues Deutschland, 25 June 1957, p. 5: ADN/ND report 'Frauen bereiten Weltkongreß vor' on the WIDF council session in Helsinki (270 delegates, 46 countries; president Eugénie Cotton). Indonesia appears once: women from Indonesia and other countries reported on their work, difficulties and successes. No name is given an
WIDF magazine 1958, International Women's Day feature 'Good Recipes around the World': tips on preparing vegetables and recipes from several countries, including two Indonesian dishes (beef fried with cloves and atjar cucumber salad), plus Bulgarian, Italian, Chinese. No Gerwani or political content.
One-line 1958 WIDF caption: on 8 March 1958 a broadly representative deputation from the committee for International Women's Day presented its resolution to President Sukarno. Gerwani is not named, though it habitually helped organise such March 8 committees.
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
Tribune (Sydney), 8 Jan 1958, p. 8: from Jakarta, Sukarno attended a party of the Indonesian National Preparatory Committee for the Asian-African Women's Conference due in Colombo in February; chair Mme Subandrio says it is inspired by the Bandung spirit. WIDF sends solidarity to Indonesian women in their 'courageous s
Tribune (Sydney), 8 Jan 1958, p. 8: from Jakarta, Sukarno attended a party of the Indonesian National Preparatory Committee for the Asian-African Women's Conference due in Colombo in February; chair Mme Subandrio says it is inspired by the Bandung spirit. WIDF sends solidarity to Indonesian women in their 'courageous s
Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 20 January 1958, p. 3: reporter's account of the arrival at IJmuiden of the Captain Cook with about a thousand Dutch and Indo-Dutch evacuees expelled from Indonesia after the December 1957 takeover of Dutch enterprises. It records broken families, fears and a claim that communist union cars
Profile of President Sukarno in the Curaçao weekly Amigoe di Curaçao (18 Feb 1958, p. 4), portraying him as a charming but ruthless 'master intriguer' and authoritarian. It narrates his career and notes women's indignation at his 1954 marriage to Hartini despite his book Sarinah. Gerwani is not mentioned.
Second copy (different Delpher ID) of the Amigoe di Curaçao profile of Sukarno, 18 Feb 1958: an unflattering account of him as authoritarian master intriguer, from 1920s nationalism to the 1957 cabinet. Mentions the general women's indignation at his marriage to Hartini despite writing Sarinah. Gerwani is not named.
FBIS editorial report (19 Sep 1958) on foreign items carried by Xinhua on 18 Sept supporting China in the Taiwan Strait crisis (TASS and Soviet commentary, US critics, Poland, Oman, Australia, Burma, German unionists). One clause notes support from 'an Indonesian women's organization' and Indonesian public figures; no
Canberra Times 'What People Are Doing' social column, 30 Sep 1958, p. 5. One relevant notice: Mrs H. G. Wattimena, wife of the Indonesian Embassy's first secretary, will talk to the Reid Red Cross branch on Indonesian women and the Indonesian Red Cross. Otherwise unrelated local news.
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (28 Oct 1958; header misdates 1953): Indonesian political figures returning from China praised China's construction, communes and the Great Leap Forward. Includes Mme Kartowijono, Perwari secretary-general, praising communes' labour enthusiasm, food, clothing and education; Anwar Tjokroaminot
Api Kartini (1959) short article marking 50 years of International Women's Day (1910-1960), reproducing the appeal of the preparatory committee after the Malmo meeting of 13-14 June 1959 (women of 28 countries). Links women's rights to peace and national self-determination and invites support for the 1960 jubilee. No I
Api Kartini (1959) article for 7 November (Russian Revolution anniversary) on the women of the Soviet Union. Reports a gathering in Jakarta where Soviet Supreme Soviet member Zaripova, visiting Indonesia, described women's advancement since 1917 (366 women of 1,378 deputies; 85% of health workers women) and the Soviet
Api Kartini (December 1959) news-roundup column. Notes the Kungalv (Sweden) women's disarmament conference attended by A. Hidayat, a Gerakan Ibu protest letter to the UN on French A-bomb tests, Jakarta preparations for the 50th International Women's Day (lectures among peasant women, bazaar), and a DPP Gerwani work mee
Api Kartini (1959-60) biographical article on Clara Zetkin (b. 1857), pioneer of the international women's movement, drawing on Luise Dornemann's biography. Traces her youth in Saxony, socialist formation in Leipzig, exile with Ossip Zetkin, editorship of Gleichheit in Stuttgart, and her 1910 Copenhagen proposal for an
Api Kartini (1959) article marking Bulgaria's National Day (9 September 1959), comparing Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman and Nazi domination with Indonesia's. Praises socialist Bulgaria's gains for women: 41 women in parliament, 6,300 nurseries and kindergartens, 120 days paid maternity leave, public canteens. Typic
Api Kartini (1959) travel-style article by S. Jin on divided Berlin and German women's campaign against atomic armament and remilitarisation. Cites arrests and petitions in West Germany (Renate Kruse, Renate Riemeck, Elisabeth Heimpel, Hamburg and Dortmund women's groups), East German women's views, and WIDF telegrams;
Api Kartini travel report by Rusiyati, an Antara journalist, on her month-long visit to Australia (1960) at the invitation of the Australian International Women's Day committee. Describes staying with working-class, clergy, artist and industrialist families, meetings of 25-250 women, equal-pay campaigns, and Australian
Api Kartini (1959) editorial column 'Celebrating National Day': after Indonesia's 17 August, urges readers to welcome the national days of friendly states upholding the Bandung principles. Features the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's 2 September National Day with a poem by Ho Chi Minh. Solidarity propaganda with Asian