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GA-00823 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië viert Internationale Kinderdag: op 4000 gerekend, er kwamen er 25.000

Indonesia celebrates International Children's Day: 25,000 came instead of 4,000

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: correspondent's report on Indonesia's first International Children's Day, held in Jakarta on 1 June 1951 with some 25,000 children instead of the expected 4,000. Initiated by the young women's organisation Gerwis, supported by Chinese groups, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI and the Peasants' Union

GA-01417 1952-02-29 Harian Rakjat rel A

Reformasi pengurus Gerwis Cabang Jakarta dan panitia 8 Maret (Jakarta, Tegal), Harian Rakjat 29 Februari 1952

Reform of Gerwis Jakarta branch board and 8 March committee (Harian Rakjat, 29 February 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 29 Feb 1952, p.2 (Warta Daerah/news roundup): reports the reformed board of Gerwis Jakarta branch (chair S. Mardiman; secretary Tuty; finance A. Sunadi; labour Tuty Darta; peasants Kartinah, provisional; Gang Tengah 29). Also a Tegal committee of four women for 8 March International Women's Day chaired b

GA-01421 1952-04-02 Harian Rakjat rel A

Delegasi ke Konferensi Ekonomi Internasional Moskow termasuk Kartinah (Gerwis), Harian Rakjat 2 April 1952

Delegation to Moscow International Economic Conference includes Kartinah (Gerwis) (Harian Rakjat, 2 April 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 2 Apr 1952, p.1: front page covers the new Wilopo cabinet and the Indonesian delegation to the international economic conference in Moscow, which lists Kartinah as Gerwis representative alongside delegates from Pemuda Rakyat, the peasant front and trade unions. The headline about 'equal spirit of women a

GA-02352 1953 rel A

Assignment of Gerwis Commissars, West Java (laporan CIA, 1953)

CIA report, 6 July 1953: Assignment of Gerwis commissars, West Java

CIA report, 6 July 1953, on Gerwis commissars assigned to West Java areas (Djatinegara, Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur, Bandung), with background on Kartinah and Kartowijono and their ties to Perwari, peace and WIDF activity. Names regional Gerwis leaders.

GA-00843 1953-04-16 De Waarheid rel A

Delegatie naar internationaal vrouwencongres

Delegation to the international women's congress in Copenhagen

De Waarheid, 16 Apr 1953, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch listing members of the Indonesian delegation to the WIDF International Women's Congress in Copenhagen: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, Ratjih Kartawinata (Wanita Demokrat), Hadiprabowo (Partai Wanita Rakjat), Dr. Towoliu, Yap Oei, Kartowijono, two Sarbupri

GA-00844 1953-04-16 De Waarheid rel A

Delegatie naar internationaal vrouwencongres (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 16-4-1953)

Delegation to the international women's congress (full page, 16 Apr 1953)

Full De Waarheid page, 16 Apr 1953 (p. 4), mostly unrelated news. Indonesia items: rising prices in Jakarta and the delegation list for the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress (Trimurti, Kartinah, Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, with representatives of Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat and Sarbupri). OCR garbled in places.

GA-03039 1961 rel A licensed

The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (PhD thesis, Australian National University)

The Communist Party of Indonesia 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (Hindley, 1961)

Donald Hindley's 1961 ANU PhD thesis on the Indonesian Communist Party under the Aidit leadership, 1951-1961, covering PKI strategy, party-building, finances, mass organisations and elections. Section 'Women' (pp. 422-448, esp. 'Gerwani', pp. 428-441) traces Gerwis from its founding on 4 June 1950 (about 500 members) t