Indonesian women's delegation arrives in Beijing (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. It includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi and Kartini Radjasa of the Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Indonesian women's delegation arrives in Beijing
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. Members named include Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa (Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): a Chinese Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation and is welcomed at the airport by Gerwani leaders, including Mrs Suwati (vice-chair), Mrs Mudigdio and the general secretary. Evidence of Gerwani-China cultural exchange. Full text is GA-0190
Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation
Xinhua dispatch in Renmin Ribao (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe led by Zhang Fang arrived in Jakarta on 29 September to perform at Gerwani's invitation. Gerwani vice-chair Suwati, Mudigdio and the general secretary (name garbled in translation) welcomed it, with a Chinese Embassy counsellor. Show
Foreign guests from eighty countries at China's National Day (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on foreign guests at China's National Day. It lists an Indonesian women's delegation of Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, among other Indonesian groups. Full text is GA-01908.
Peng Zhen and wife receive two Indonesian women guests (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): Beijing mayor Peng Zhen and wife receive Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, with All-China Women's Federation secretary Huang Ganying present. Full text is GA-01910.
Peng Zhen and wife receive two Indonesian women guests
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): on 1 October Peng Zhen, Vice-Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Beijing mayor, and his wife received Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi in a cordial conversation; Huang Ganying of the All-China Women's Federatio
Fujian puppet troupe tours Indonesia (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe leaves Jakarta for Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain), after two Jakarta performances. Full text is GA-01918.
Fujian puppet troupe tours Indonesia
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Fujian puppet troupe, after two Jakarta shows, flew to Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain). Planned tour: Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Semarang, Cirebon and Bandung. Shows Gerwani organising Chinese cultural tour across Java.
Chinese organisations congratulate Indonesia on the first GANEFO (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (11 Nov 1963, p. 3): Chinese mass organisations telegram Indonesian counterparts congratulating them on the opening of GANEFO. The snippet quotes the All-China Women's Federation's 9 November telegram to Gerwani honouring Indonesian contributions to the Games; truncated. Full text is GA-0
Chinese mass organisations congratulate Indonesia on the opening of the first GANEFO
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (11 Nov 1963, p. 3): six Chinese mass organisations telegram Indonesian counterparts (Afro-Asian solidarity body, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and others) on the opening of GANEFO. The All-China Women's Federation's 9 November telegram to Gerwani praises Indonesian contributions and wishes w
Api Kartini No. 9, Year 6, September 1964
September 1964 issue built on Sukarno's 17 August 1964 TAVIP speech, Dwikora mobilisation, the 10th Kowani (KWI) congress, Sulami on peasant women and land reform, a West Irian travelogue and Kartinah on a Chinese people's commune.
Women in the Land of the Great Wall
Travel article by Kartinah (Kartinah Kurdi) (1964) on women in China, from an Indonesian delegation visit with Ibu Sumarno. She argues housewives are vital to the revolution and describes a Shanghai-area people's commune with women leaders, production figures, crèches, clinics and handicraft cooperatives. She uses this
All-China Women's Federation cables Indonesian women's organisations (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 19 Jan 1964, p. 5) with headline only: the All-China Women's Federation cables Indonesian women's organisations supporting the Indonesian people's anti-US struggle. Details are in the full text, GA-01926.
All-China Women's Federation cables Gerwani and Kowani against Seventh Fleet
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (19 Jan 1964, p. 5): on 17 January the All-China Women's Federation cabled Gerwani and Kowani, backing Indonesian women's struggle against US Seventh Fleet deployment in the Indian Ocean, said to obstruct Indonesia's confrontation with 'Malaysia'. It expresses confidence in the 'bull-like sp
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (13 May 1964) on the Second International Trade Union Conference on the Problems of Women Workers, Bucharest (opened 11 May): the Chinese, Albanian and Indonesian delegations protested the WFTU Secretariat's proposed presidium. Sri Ambar, head of the Indonesian delegation, called for a non-
Women's Trade Union Meeting Debates 'No Struggle' Line (FBIS, 15 May 1964)
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (15 May 1964) on the Bucharest women workers' trade union conference: WFTU Secretary General Louis Saillant's report praising the Moscow test-ban treaty and peaceful coexistence is attacked as a 'capitulationist' line. Chi Yuan-te (China) and Sri Ambar, head of the Indonesian delegation, ar
Short Xinhua item (24 Sep 1964, via FBIS): Mme Sukahar, head of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani), with delegation members Suharti Suwarto (OCR 'Suwanto'), Mariam Kanta (Sumpeno?) and Ali Dahlan Nasution, arrived in Peking after visiting Korea; welcomed by Hsu Kuang-ping of the National Women's Federation. Names
Four-member Indonesian women's delegation arrives in Beijing from Korea (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (25 Sept 1964, p. 3): a four-member Indonesian women's delegation headed by a Kowani chair (Mrs Sukahar), including Suharti Suwarto, arrives in Beijing from Korea. Truncated; full text is GA-01942.
Four-member Indonesian women's delegation arrives in Beijing from Korea
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (25 Sept 1964, p. 3): a four-member Indonesian women's delegation led by Mrs Sukahar, a Kowani chair, with Suharti Suwarto and two others, arrives in Beijing from Korea, met by Xu Guangping of the All-China Women's Federation. Gerwani is not named; Suharti Suwarto is the Gerwani first vice-c
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (30 Sep 1964): Mao Zedong and other leaders received over 70 foreign guests on the eve of National Day. Among the Indonesians: Naibaho (Harian Rakjat editor), Siauw Giok Tjhan, and Mme Suharti, PKI Central Committee member and first vice chairman of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)
Foreign guests from over eighty countries at China's National Day (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (1 Oct 1964, p. 6) on foreign guests at China's 15th National Day. Among Indonesians listed are BTI and Pemuda Rakyat delegations and Mrs Juswati as Gerwani representative; truncated. Full text is GA-01944.
Mao and other leaders receive National Day guests (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (1 Oct 1964, p. 3) on Mao and other leaders receiving National Day guests. It names Mrs Suharti, PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, among those received; truncated. Full text is GA-01946.
Mao and other leaders receive National Day guests, including Suharti of Gerwani and PKI
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1964, p. 3) on Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and others receiving 15th National Day guests. Among those received: Suharti (Suwarto), PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, and Kowani chair Mrs Sukahar; also the PKI delegation and wom
Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (5 Oct 1964): Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests; the All-China Women's Federation holds a reception. The snippet names Suharti (PKI CC, head of Women's Department, Gerwani First Vice-Chair, DPR-GR member) and Juswati of Gerwani; truncated. Full text
Song Qingling, Zhou and Chen Yi receive women guests; All-China Women's Federation reception
Two Xinhua reports in Renmin Ribao (5 Oct 1964, p. 1): Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests for China's National Day, then the All-China Women's Federation holds a reception with speeches by Cai Chang and a toast by Deng Yingchao. The Indonesian delegation includes Suharti (PKI CC, head of its Wom
Deng Xiaoping meets the PKI delegation (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (7 Oct 1964): Deng Xiaoping and wife host a banquet for PKI delegation head Yusuf Adjitorop, Cao Dechong, Adjitorop's wife Juswati (Gerwani representative) and children. Full text is GA-01950.
Deng Xiaoping meets the PKI delegation and hosts a banquet
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (7 Oct 1964, p. 1): CPC General Secretary Deng Xiaoping met PKI delegation head Yusuf Adjitorop and Cao Dechong, then hosted a banquet attended by Adjitorop's wife Juswati, described as Gerwani's representative, and children, with Kang Sheng present. Gerwani is mentioned only through Juswati
Peking Review no. 41, 9 October 1964: National Day guests including Suharti of Gerwani
Peking Review no. 41 (9 Oct 1964), Chinese state weekly, on the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic. A list of foreign guests received by Chinese leaders (p. 7) names Mme Suharti, PKI Central Committee member and First Vice-Chairman of Gerwani, with Mme Chairul Saleh (Women's Union of the Indonesian Republic), Mm
Mrs Suharti returns from China (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (24 Oct 1964, p. 4): Suharti, PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, after National Day events and a visit to Yan'an, flew to Guangzhou on 22 October and returned home via Shenzhen on 23 October; truncated.