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2 itemsTopic: elections and parliament ✕Theme: Transnational connections ✕Person: Monica Felton ✕
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Dawn Over the Equator (Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954)

Dawn Over the Equator: Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954

Monica Felton (WIDF Vice-President) writes in 1954 on the Second Congress of Gerwani, which she attended: 349 delegates, 80,000 members, a meeting with President Sukarno, resolutions on West Irian, the 1955 elections, a nationwide marriage law, democratic rights and support for the government against armed gangs. She s

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Working for Peace in Asia (Suharti, Gerwani, 1955)

Working for Peace in Asia (Suharti, 1955)

1955 article by Suharti (Suharti Suwarto), Vice-President of Gerwani, based on her speech at the WIDF Council in Geneva. Links the Bandung Conference to peace; says Gerwani had 281,000 members; calls for reunion of Western Irian; reports women's election preparations, winning the right to be polling officers, support f