Afro-Asian women's conference opens in Cairo today
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 15 Jan 1961, p. 10): article on the opening in Cairo of the Afro-Asian women's conference. 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.
Delegation head Tanaka Sumiko reports on the Afro-Asian women's conference
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 17 Jan 1961, p. 2): article on a report by Tanaka Sumiko, head of the Japanese delegation, on the Afro-Asian women's conference in Cairo. 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
Afro-Asian women's conference ends
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 22 Jan 1961, p. 3): article on the close of the Afro-Asian women's conference in Cairo. 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.
Taking part in the first Afro-Asian women's conference, by Kanazawa Naoko
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 6 Feb 1961, p. 5): article on Kanazawa Naoko's contribution on attending the first Afro-Asian women's conference (Cairo); legible fragments mention women's low position and women workers. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible
Asia, Indonesia: the women of Indonesia (part 1)
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 27 Sep 1961, p. 5): article on part 1 of a series on the women of Indonesia (legible: Jakarta, women's organisation, mothers, education, school). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani
Asia, Indonesia: the women of Indonesia (part 2)
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 28 Sep 1961, p. 5): article on part 2 of the series on the women of Indonesia (legible: Jakarta, women workers, Bali, India, China). 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 vi
Socialists meet in Rome (International Council of Socialist Women)
Short Het Parool report (23 Oct 1961) from Rome on meetings preceding the Socialist International congress: exiled East European socialists protest Russification, and the International Council of Socialist Women elects Dutch Rita de Bruyn-Ouboter president, succeeding Mary Sutherland. Indonesian delegate Djoesma Said c
Sukarno now supreme commander: New Guinea plans being worked out
Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 15 December 1961: Reuters report that Sukarno chaired the first meeting of a 15-member national defence council as supreme commander for the 'return' of Western New Guinea. At the opening of the Gerwani congress he again said he would use armed force to liberate West Irian.
ANP news report, 16 December 1961 (Indonesia: military)
ANP radio bulletin, 16 Dec 1961: a two-line fragment saying a minister spoke at a conference of the Indonesian women's organisation Gerwani about measures against the Dutch, with banners in Yogyakarta demanding Western New Guinea. Evidence of Gerwani's role in the West Irian campaign.
Subandrio again threatens action
Leeuwarder Courant, 16 December 1961, p. 8: short report that Indonesian defence minister Subandrio, speaking at a Gerwani conference, said Indonesia would have to resort to military confrontation if the Netherlands grants Western New Guinea independence, while saying Indonesia is for peace. The paper calls Gerwani a '