Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, p. 4
Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, hlm. 4. Feature on collective newspaper-reading groups among housewives in China, where wives learn to read and settle quarrels; context for women and literacy in the PKI press.
1957 'Letter to an Unknown Friend' by Sudjinah (Gerwani) on Indonesian children's conditions, framed by colonial history, Japanese occupation and the Round Table agreement. Gives statistics (15-20% infant mortality, one doctor per 59,000, illiteracy 65%, 5 of 12 million children in school) and notes Gerwani, with the I
The report must be fair: on education in the Soviet Union, by Mrs Mudigdio (Harian Rakjat, 30 January 1957)
Harian Rakjat, 30 Jan 1957, p. 3: the page carries only the headline 'Laporan harus wajar - Tentang pendidikan di Sovyet Uni' by Ny. Mudigdio; the article body is not recoverable from the OCR. Page 4 advertises Soviet booklets on women's right to education. Page 1 covers Hatta and the Konsepsi Presiden debate. Mudigdio
Suara Tani, January 1959 (10th anniversary issue): Gerwani greeting and cooperation with BTI
Suara Tani (BTI organ), special 10th-anniversary issue, January 1959, OCR noisy. Contains greetings from ministers, army chief Nasution and Gerwani; BTI New Year message; agrarian seminar results; BTI membership table (3.39 million); exposés of landlord exploitation in Java. On p. 5 Gerwani's national leadership (claim
Ever Firmer Friendship (Indonesia-USSR)
Api Kartini (late 1960) item on strengthening Indonesia-USSR friendship: state visits by Sukarno and Khrushchev, cultural and economic agreements, Indonesian students at Friendship University, Soviet-built Asian Games stadium and a Soviet industrial exhibition in Jakarta. Reports that after the Copenhagen assembly an I
Api Kartini: the new women's magazine (Maasje Siwi, 1960)
Short interview note (1960) in WIDF's magazine: Maasje Siwi, director of the new monthly women's magazine Api Kartini, explains its aims. Published under the Jajasan Melati committee, which includes Gerwani members. Magazine launched June 1959; aims to develop women's knowledge, patriotism and international friendship;
Api Kartini No. 7, Year 3, July 1961
July 1961 issue: interview on National Children's Week and education budget, Central Kalimantan customary law refuting colonial stereotypes, Sukarno's Manifesto against rock and roll, and French WIDF-affiliated women's press.
Api Kartini No. 9-10, Year 4, September-October 1962
Double issue (Sep–Oct 1962; permit dated Feb 1963). Features Hartini Sukarno's banquet speech in Peking, state visits of Romania's Gheorghiu-Dej and Mexico's Lopez Mateos, and a report on a Gerwani cadre training centre.
Api Kartini No. 3, Year 5, March 1963
March 1963 issue covering the Mount Agung eruption in Bali (from 17 Feb 1963) and its effect on women and children, plus part two of the Havana women's congress report with Cuba's literacy campaign.