Mudikdio, 'Indonesia': Speech at the 4th WIDF Congress, Vienna, 1958
Speech by Mrs Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice-chair of Gerwani and head of the Indonesian delegation, to the WIDF Fourth Congress, Vienna 1958. She urges a WIDF study or seminar on peasant women (50% illiteracy in Indonesia), explains Gerwani's 1954 draft marriage-law principles and support for the draft before Parliament (G
IVth Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation, Vienna, June 1958
WIDF volume on the IVth Congress, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958: speeches, reports and resolutions. Gerwani appears directly: Mudigdio, vice-president of Gerwani and head of the Indonesian delegation, speaks (pp. 89-92) for 663,740 members, citing equal-pay claims, the Third Gerwani Congress (December 1957), West Irian, work w
IVth Congress of the WIDF, Vienna, 1958 (Berlin Edition): Conference on the Rights of Women
Berlin edition of the WIDF IVth Congress (Vienna, June 1958) pamphlet on the conference 'Conditions which will enable woman to fulfil her role as mother, worker and citizen' (98 delegates, 55 countries). The Indonesian section (pp. 66-70) has Mudigdio, Gerwani vice-chair, urging a WIDF study or seminar on peasant women
The World's Women's Contribution to Their Era (Sulami)
Article by Sulami (1959) reporting on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Prague, chaired by Eugenie Cotton, and the Council with 51 countries. It stresses women's duty to protect children, supports disarmament and Soviet-US talks, backs the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day, and links peace to Indonesian national i
WIDF delegation members including Mrs Mudigdio arrive in Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 24 September 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 24 Sep 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): a WIDF delegation arrives in Beijing for National Day, including Mrs Mudigdio, identified as WIDF Council member, PKI-group MP and vice-chairman of Gerwani, with delegates from Japan, Australia, Canada and Ghana.
WIDF delegation members including Mrs Mudigdio arrive in Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 24 September 1959)
Renmin Ribao, 24 Sep 1959, p. 6 (Xinhua): a WIDF delegation arrives in Beijing for National Day, including Mrs Mudigdio, identified as WIDF Council member, PKI-group MP and vice-chairman of Gerwani, with delegates from Japan, Australia, Canada and Ghana.
FBIS, 29 September 1959: Delegations arrive for National Day (Peking)
FBIS editorial report (29 Sep 1959) listing foreign delegations arriving in Peking for China's National Day celebrations (communist parties, youth, student, peace and women's bodies). Under the WIDF delegation, 'N.J. Mudikdio' (Mudigdio) is named as a PKI parliamentary-group member, WIDF council member and vice chairma
Mrs Andreen and others leave Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 9 October 1959)
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.
Mrs Andreen and others leave Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 9 October 1959)
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.
For Democracy, Women's Rights, Food and Clothing (Fourth National Congress of Gerwani, 1961)
Api Kartini report on the 4th National Congress of Gerwani, Jakarta, December 1961 (about 400 delegates and observers), with Sukarno attending. Lists foreign guests: Gloria Garton for WIDF, Soviet, Chinese and East German delegates. Sukarno called Gerwani one of the forces for the Irian Barat struggle and urged total u
US Embassy Reports on Women's Organizations and Friendship-Society Regulation, Oct 1961
US Embassy Djakarta despatches, Oct 1961: transmittal of the July 1961 war-administrator regulation on international friendship societies, and the report 'Role of Women in Indonesia: Women's Organizations' with a memorandum of conversation with Maria Ulfah Santoso (8 March 1961) and biographic notes. It describes Gerwa
FBIS Daily Report, 15 June 1963: Indonesian women leaders (Mrs Mudikdio, vice chairman of Gerwani)
FBIS Daily Report page (HathiTrust, Chicom International Affairs, dated 19 June 1963 on the page) with several Peking items. Relevant entry: Mrs Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani central council, and Mrs Darmini, secretariat member, ended their China visit and flew home 17 June, seen off by Li Te-chuan
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
FBIS item (5 Aug 1963, Xinhua): three Indonesian women guests reached Peking on 4 August after visiting North Korea: Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani Central Committee, MP and member of the Indonesian delegation to the Moscow World Congress of Women, with Lie Tjwan Sien and Muninggar. Welcomed by Hu Na
Gerwani vice-chair Mudigdio and party arrive in Beijing (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (6 Aug 1963, p. 3) reporting that Gerwani vice-chair Mudigdio, a DPR-GR member and delegate to the World Congress of Women, with delegates Mrs Muningar and another, arrived in Beijing after visiting North Korea. The snippet is cut off; the full text is in GA-01894.
Gerwani vice-chair Mudigdio and party arrive in Beijing
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (6 Aug 1963, p. 3): Gerwani vice-chair Mudigdio, a DPR-GR member and World Congress of Women delegate, with Mrs Muningar and another Indonesian delegate, arrive in Beijing from North Korea; Hu Naiqiu and Guo Jian of the All-China Women's Federation welcome them. Documents Gerwani's post-Co
Short Xinhua item (10 Aug 1963, via FBIS): Chairman Mao received the Indonesian women's delegation led by Mudikdio (Mudigdio, Gerwani vice chairman) on the afternoon of 10 August in Peking, with a cordial and friendly talk; Yang Yun-yu and Kuo Chien of the National Women's Federation were present (OCR garbled). Shows t
Chairman Mao receives the Indonesian women's delegation (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page item (11 Aug 1963): Mao Zedong receives the Indonesian women's delegation led by Gerwani vice-chair Mrs Mudigdio, with All-China Women's Federation secretaries Yang Yunyu and Guo Jian present. Photo caption shows Mao shaking Mudigdio's hand (caption date given as 14 August, apparent
Chairman Mao receives the Indonesian women's delegation
Renmin Ribao front-page report from Xinhua (11 Aug 1963): on 10 August Mao Zedong received the Indonesian women's delegation headed by Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwani vice-chair), in a cordial talk; Yang Yunyu and Guo Jian of the All-China Women's Federation attended. A photo caption mis-dates the meeting as 14 August. Shows hig
Two Indonesian women guests return home (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao note (20 Aug 1963, p. 4): Gerwani vice-chair and DPR-GR member Mrs Mudigdio and Mrs Muningar, East Java Gerwani committee member, left Beijing by air on 12 August to return home. Full text duplicates GA-01898.
Two Indonesian women guests return home
Brief Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (20 Aug 1963, p. 4): Gerwani vice-chair and DPR-GR member Mrs Mudigdio and Mrs Muningar of the East Java Gerwani committee left Beijing by air on 12 August for home, ending their China visit after the World Congress of Women.
Chinese women's delegation arrives in Jakarta for 10th Kowani congress (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (24 July 1964, p. 4): a Chinese women's delegation arrives in Jakarta for the 10th Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress) session, welcomed at the airport by Mudigdio. Truncated; full text is GA-01934.
Chinese women's delegation arrives in Jakarta for 10th Kowani congress
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (24 July 1964, p. 4): the Chinese women's delegation led by Huang Ganying of the All-China Women's Federation arrived in Jakarta on 23 July to attend the 10th Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress) session. Mudigdio, a Kowani leader (elsewhere Gerwani vice-chair), and the Chinese Consul-Genera