Beijing rally welcomes women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America
Renmin Ribao, 15 Jul 1963, p. 1 (Xinhua): 7,000 people at the Great Hall of the People welcome women delegates from Asia, Africa and Latin America who attended the Moscow World Congress of Women. Several speakers attack the congress as undemocratic and anti-China. Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian delegation
Women's emancipation cannot be separated from national independence: speech by Pardjani Pradono
Renmin Ribao, 15 Jul 1963, p. 2: full text of the speech by Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian women's delegation, at the Beijing rally. She says women's emancipation and family happiness cannot be separated from national independence, endorses Sukarno's Political Manifesto, Nasakom and anti-Malaysia line, an
Women's emancipation cannot be separated from national independence: speech by Pardjani Pradono
Renmin Ribao, 15 Jul 1963, p. 2: full text of the speech by Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian women's delegation, at the Beijing rally. She says women's emancipation and family happiness cannot be separated from national independence, endorses Sukarno's Political Manifesto, Nasakom and anti-Malaysia line, an
Beijing rally supports the people of South Vietnam
Renmin Ribao, 16 Jul 1963, p. 1: only a database snippet survives of a report on a Beijing rally supporting South Vietnam's anti-US struggle. It shows that Mrs Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian women's delegation to China, and the wife of the Surakarta mayor were among foreign guests invited. Full article not re
Beijing rally supports the people of South Vietnam (Renmin Ribao, 16 July 1963)
Renmin Ribao front-page report (16 July 1963) on a Beijing rally of ten thousand supporting South Vietnam's anti-US struggle, with speeches by Guo Moruo, Liao Chengzhi, Tran Tu Binh and Nguyen Thi Binh. Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian women's delegation, and Mrs Utomo, wife of the Solo mayor, are listed among
FBIS, 18 July 1963: Delegation to women's congress welcomed (Peking rally)
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (18 Jul 1963): a 10,000-strong Peking rally welcomed the Chinese delegation back from the Moscow World Congress of Women. Yang Yun-yu's report attacked Soviet delegation leader Popova and WIDF leaders for 'sectarianism, splittism and big-power chauvinism', calling the congress 'undemocratic
FBIS, 23 July 1963: Kim Ok-sun reports on Moscow WIDF parley
FBIS-monitored KCNA item (23 Jul 1963): Kim Ok-sun, first vice chair of the Korean Democratic Women's Union, reported to a Pyongyang meeting on the Moscow World Women's Congress, calling it a 'great blot' that ignored the anti-imperialist struggle and allowed an anti-Chinese racket. She lists the women's delegations of
FBIS-monitored KCNA report (24 Jul 1963): Pyongyang meeting welcoming the Indonesian women's delegation led by Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani committee and MP. Kim Ok-sun praised the PKI as vanguard of anti-imperialist struggle; Mudigdio said emancipation without revolutionary struggle against coloni
Foreign women guests leave Guangzhou: Pardjani Pradono at farewell banquet (snippet)
Snippet of a Renmin Ribao item (27 July 1963, p. 4) on foreign women guests leaving Guangzhou. Pardjani Pradono, head of the Indonesian women's delegation and a Gerwani Central Committee member, speaks at a farewell banquet hosted by Zeng Sheng and wife, saying the two peoples share the aim of opposing imperialism, at
Indonesian women's delegation leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong
Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (27 July 1963, p. 4): the five-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation after the World Congress of Women, leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong. At a farewell banquet, Gerwani Central Committee member Pardjani Pradono says the two peoples share an anti-imperi
D.N. Aidit, 'Indonesian-Korean friendship will last forever': Pyongyang speech, 11 September 1963
Full text (Renmin Ribao, 14 Sept 1963, p. 3, via Xinhua/KCNA) of D.N. Aidit's 11 September speech at a Pyongyang welcome rally: praise of North Korea, an outline of the Indonesian revolution, Nasakom, West Irian, the anti-US line and attacks on 'modern revisionism'. Gerwani appears once in the tally of PKI-aligned orga
FBIS-monitored VNA report (16 Sep 1963): the Indonesian parliamentary delegation headed by Deputy Speaker M.H. Lukman (PKI) arrived in Hanoi to a welcome of nearly 3,000 people; DRV leaders spoke of solidarity; Vietnamese and Indonesian women presented bouquets. Gerwani not named; context for PKI-linked parliamentary d
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1963: 'A German Peace Treaty' and delegates' reports on the World Congress of Women
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1963, pp. 6-8: delegates' reports on the June 1963 World Congress of Women in Moscow: Fuki Kushida (Japan) on Tereshkova and the congress, Lotte Ulbricht (GDR) on a German peace treaty, Gondo Kikue on 'stitches for peace' banners, and Thamina Salam Adel's testimony on Ba'ath terror in Iraq. Umi Sar
All-China Women's Federation banquet for women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (6 Oct 1963, p. 4): the All-China Women's Federation hosts a banquet on 5 October for women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including the Indonesian group with Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi. Vice-chair Shi Liang frames support for anti-imperialist women's struggles as an inte
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
Asian opinion against the US Seventh Fleet (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) on Asian opinion against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. It reports that Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's stance that Indonesians will not bow to imperialist intimidation. Full text is GA-01922.
Asian opinion widely opposes the US Seventh Fleet: press and organisation reactions
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) of Asian press and organisational reactions against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. For Indonesia, Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's refusal to bow to intimidation; dockers' unions, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur also quoted. Other items cov
Racism in the Land of Dollars (and a Book Fair)
Api Kartini (1964) article 'Racism in the Land of Dollars' on discrimination against 19 million African Americans (Birmingham bombing, voting restrictions), condemning also the 10 May 1963 anti-Chinese racist riots in West Java. The page continues with a short piece on a May book fair at Gedung Pemuda and encouraging w
Tavip Inspires 17 August '64
Api Kartini (Aug-Sept 1964) report on women's participation in 17 August 1964 celebrations inspired by Sukarno's 'Tavip' speech (Year of Living Dangerously). Describes the Gerwani DPP rally on 15 August, where over 700 Gerwani Dwikora volunteers from the Jakarta training centre (Tiswati Jaya) swore oath, then the Merde
Api Kartini (late 1964) article on Sukarno's 'The Era of Confrontation' speech at the Second Non-Aligned Summit, Cairo (5-10 October 1964), applied to Indonesia: confrontation with Malaysia and with the 'seven village devils' (landlords) in the interest of peasant women. Also carries a Kowani delegation's impressions o
Tenth Indonesian Women's Congress: Sukarno's Counsel
Report (1964) on the opening of the 10th Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) at Istora, Jakarta, with extracts of Hurustiati Subandrio's speech and Sukarno's address. Sukarno calls for 'Manipolist' women, a cooperative body uniting women's organisations, and warns against admitting persons linked to subversion or bann
Foreign Office/CRO Papers on the PKI and Malaysia Confrontation (DO 169/516, 1964)
British Commonwealth Relations Office/Foreign Office file (DO 169/516, 1964) on Indonesia and Malaysia. It combines handwritten minutes, an IRD intelligence paper on the PKI (Aidit's December 1963 plenum, Sino-Soviet line, the prospect of PKI power within five years), a brief 'Communists smoothing path to power in Indo
Indonesian people answer US imperialism: confrontation, confrontation, confrontation (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 12 Jan 1964, p. 4) with headline and citation but no body text: 'How to deal with US imperialism's overbearing conduct? The Indonesian people answer: confrontation, confrontation, more confrontation'. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01924.
How to deal with US imperialism's overbearing conduct: Indonesian responses
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (12 Jan 1964, p. 4) on Indonesian responses to US pressure: a Harian Rakjat editorial calling for 'confrontation' of Malaysia, the Seventh Fleet and SEATO, and New Year messages from SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and the Peace Committee. The Gerwani Central Committee pledges support for the go
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
Renmin Ribao, 7 Mar 1964: world opinion attacks US expansion of the South Vietnam war
People's Daily, 7 March 1964, p. 3: roundup of world protests at US escalation in South Vietnam ('a second Dien Bien Phu awaits you'). The excerpt says the Indonesian Peasants' Front, SOBSI, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), Pemuda Rakyat and the student movement union recently met and denounced US
Renmin Ribao, 7 Mar 1964: world opinion attacks US expansion of the South Vietnam war
People's Daily, 7 March 1964, p. 3: roundup of world protests at US escalation in South Vietnam ('a second Dien Bien Phu awaits you'). The excerpt says the Indonesian Peasants' Front, SOBSI, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), Pemuda Rakyat and the student movement union recently met and denounced US
Aidit's International Women's Day letter urges women cadres to join poor-peasant women
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (9 Mar 1964, p. 4) on D.N. Aidit's International Women's Day letter, via the PKI Press Bureau. He urges urban revolutionary women cadres to go to villages and unite with poor-peasant women to enforce the Basic Agrarian and Crop-Sharing Laws, argues that women cannot be emancipated without