NAACP Papers: Indonesia, Joint Action of Netherlands Women, All Asian Peoples Conference (1948-49)
NAACP Papers, Part 14 (ProQuest): Indonesia file, January 1948 to May 1949. It holds the Action Conference on Indonesia (New York, 6 Dec 1947) papers, Walter White's cable to Nehru, Dutch Joint Action of Netherlands Women appeals on Dutch detainees and alleged forced concubinage in Republican territory, legal memoranda
Janet Robb, 'Five Women from the Far East' (UN Commission on the Status of Women, 1951)
Booklet by Janet Robb (AAUW New York City Branch, 20 Oct 1951) on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, with 25 delegate biographies, an IFUW statement on women's education and an account of the 1951 ILO equal-pay convention. The section 'Five Women from the Far East' profiles Artati Sudirdjo of Indonesia, a young
Advertisement (Blue Band prize draw, results)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra page-4 advertisement (1 Apr 1952): a long Blue Band/Unilever prize-draw winners list (cars, scooters, radios, etc.) with hundreds of names and towns. 'M. Caropeboka - Bogor' appears as a ballpoint winner. Nothing indicates any link to Sumiyarsi Siwirini Caropeboka; the name match is coincide
Indonesian women journalists visit Japan (Asahi Shimbun, 6 October 1955)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 6 Oct 1955, p. 3) item on Indonesian women journalists visiting Japan. OCR is nearly entirely scrambled; only 'Indonesia' and part of the name Herawati Diah are legible. Summary based on title; no Gerwani content visible.
The lives of Indonesian women (Asahi Shimbun, 12 October 1955)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 12 Oct 1955, p. 2) article on the lives of Indonesian women, apparently built around Herawati Diah's visit. OCR is largely scrambled; legible fragments include Jakarta, women's organisations, subsidy, Paris and school. Gerwani is not identifiable.
Report of Mrs. Henry G. Fowler to the Asia Foundation, 1956
Two-page report submitted to the Asia Foundation in 1956 by Mrs Henry G. Fowler, chair of the American Committee of a women's group promoting US-Asian understanding through newsletters, UN reports, programmes and hospitality. Mentions an Asian-American discussion group including Indonesia and talks on Indonesian women'
Letter from Emma Poeradiredja to Helen Fowler, 12 January 1957
Letter from Emma Poeradiredja (Bandung, 12 January 1957) to Helen Fowler, answering a request to describe Indonesian women's work. She explains the Kongres Wanita Indonesia umbrella, its three foundations, women's organisations by type (social, officials' wives, political), kindergartens, schools, cooperatives and the
Part 1: The women's movement, the women of Indonesia (Asahi Shimbun, 16 January 1957)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 16 Jan 1957, p. 2), part 1 of a series on the women's movement among Indonesian women, apparently by a Japanese woman writer who visited. OCR is badly scrambled; fragments mention Sumatra, Jakarta, women's organisations, possibly polygamy, and New Delhi. No Gerwani name legible.
Part 2: Strong interest in Japan, the women of Indonesia (Asahi Shimbun, 17 January 1957)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 17 Jan 1957, p. 2), part 2 of the series on Indonesian women, on their strong interest in Japan. OCR is heavily scrambled; legible fragments include Japanese occupation, women's consultation, Central Sumatra and Jakarta. No Gerwani content identifiable.
No. 6: Youth and women's liberation, Indonesian delegate, 'I saw Japan' (Asahi Shimbun, 14 November 1957)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 14 Nov 1957, p. 6), instalment 6 of 'I saw Japan' by an Indonesian delegate on youth and women's liberation. OCR is nearly unreadable (only Jakarta, women, Asia, Japan, China, Italy, France, Indonesian legible); summary is mostly from the title, and no Gerwani mention is visible.
Afro-Asian women's conference, Ceylon (Asahi Shimbun, 16 February 1958)
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 16 Feb 1958, p. 3): article on Afro-Asian women's conference; Ceylon. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.
Dutch Senate written questions 1969-1970, no. 70: Political prisoners in Indonesia
Dutch Senate written questions (19 May 1970) by Senator Van Hulst on Indonesian political prisoners, with PM De Jong's answer of 10 June 1970. Context on Dutch parliamentary attention to post-1965 detainees.
Vashti's Voice, Women's Liberation Newspaper, issues 6-9 (1974-1975)
Issues 6-9 (March 1974 onward) of Vashti's Voice, a Melbourne women's liberation newspaper, covering rape crisis, abortion, women's theatre and conferences. The only Indonesia item found is a page of Jakarta family-planning posters in Indonesian; no legible mention of Gerwani survives in the poor OCR.
TAPOL Bulletin No. 3, Jan 1974: case notes on Mrs Siti Mudigdio, Member of Parliament
TAPOL Bulletin No. 3 (January 1974) of the British Campaign for the Release of Indonesian Political Prisoners, with campaign news, prison conditions and torture reports. Its 'Case Notes' profile Mrs Siti Mudigdio, a Communist MP and vice-chair of Gerwani, once also a WIDF vice-chair, whose husband was killed in 1948. O
Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners (Komitee Indonesie Poster, c. 1978)
Komitee Indonesie (Amsterdam) campaign poster, c. 1978, demanding immediate release of all political prisoners, with silhouettes of three prisoners behind barbed wire. Dutch solidarity material on post-1965 detainees.
TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, Jan/Feb 2003: obituary of Sulami (Gerwani deputy secretary-general)
TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrest