FBIS item (4 May 1953): first group of Indonesia's delegation to the International Women's Congress in Copenhagen (from 5 June) left Jakarta by ship on 4 May: a SARBUPRI central committee woman (name garbled, Suranto), Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis. Records named Gerwis delegates to the WIDF congress.
De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953: Jakarta's Children's Week opens with events and free cinema shows. The relevant paragraph says the first group of the Indonesian delegation to the 5-12 June Copenhagen world women's congress left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis, travel
Full scrambled page of De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953 (duplicate of GA-00684 context): children's week in Jakarta and, in one paragraph, the departure of the first Indonesian delegates (Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi, Kartinah of Gerwis) to the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento with the Australian delegation.
Antara news roundup, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953, p. 4 (4-7 May). Relevant item: Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi and Kartinah left for the WIDF congress in Copenhagen. Rest covers the bank strike, the 17 October affair and the Wilopo cabinet's refusal to seek a confidence vote.
US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958) extracts: Kowani secretariat (Maria Ulfah Santoso chair, Mudigdio of Gerwani treasurer); Harian Rakjat's 30 Dec 1957 list of Gerwani's working council (Umi Sardjono chair; Mudigdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti deputies; Kartinah secretary-general; Sulami deputy; Suwati Sutrimo Sudji
Suara Tani (BTI organ), June 1960 (vol. XI no. 6), OCR noisy. Issue marks PKI's 40th anniversary, the DPR-GR, the sharecropping law and the 5-Principles rice method. P. 3 (cont. p. 6) gives short biographies of BTI peasant representatives in the DPR-GR, including Ny. Kartinah Kurdi (Taman Siswa teacher, Yogyakarta, act
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link
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
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
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.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on 1,800+ foreign guests at China's 14th National Day. The translation covers only Indonesia and women's items: M.H. Lukman's DPR-GR delegation, Lekra, SOBSI, BTI and other groups, and an Indonesian women's delegation with Kartinah Kurdi of Gerwani; also Cuban, Ghanaian,
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.
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