Pravda, 8 Mar 1957: life and struggle of Indonesian women (International Women's Day)
Pravda, 8 March 1957 (No. 67), p. 4 only (machine-translated): International Women's Day page with statements by Cai Chang (China), the WIDF president, Syrian and Soviet women, and 'Ban atomic and hydrogen weapons!' by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national 8 March Committee. She stresses women's role in the 1954 el
Pravda, 8 Mar 1957: life and struggle of Indonesian women (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 67, c. 8 March 1957, International Women's Day statements. Includes Cai Chang on Chinese women and a signed text by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national March 8 Committee: women's role in the 1954 [sic, 1955] elections (16 women MPs, 33 Konstituante members), 20-fold growth in sc
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
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
Indonesia: social protection for mothers and children (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, 1957)
Excerpt from the WIDF Information Bulletin No. 14 (1957): Mme Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang Suradi), member of the Gerwani executive, reports on social insurance and protection for mothers and children in Indonesia. She notes obstacles for women officials, company rules such as Shell-BPM ending employment on marriage, lack
Woman and the Changing Marriage Pattern of Indonesia (van der Kroef, 1957)
Journal article by Justus M. van der Kroef (American Catholic Sociological Review, June 1957) on women's status and marriage in Indonesia: adat versus Islamic law, polygamy, divorce rates, colonial and revolutionary change. Surveys women's organisations (Perwari, Kowani) and notes Kowani's early left turn and WIDF cont
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.
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
Women of all countries strive for peace and their own rights (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Women of all countries strive for peace and their own rights (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Pravda, 8 Mar 1957: International Women's Day statement by T. Sulami (Indonesia)
Page 4 of Pravda (8 March 1957), International Women's Day, carrying a statement signed 'T. Sulami, member of the national 8 March Committee of the Republic of Indonesia'. She describes Indonesian women's life and struggle, sixteen women elected to parliament and 33 to the Constituent Assembly, rising schooling, anti-c
'The fathers are not pure': Mrs Fatmawati Sukarno: 'Let me form a cabinet'
Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg, 30 Mar 1957: Fatmawati, Sukarno's first wife, who left the palace after his 1954 marriage to Hartini 'to the great indignation of the Indonesian women's organisation', proposes in an open letter that a non-party woman form the new cabinet ('the fathers are not pure'). Page also covers anti-c
Dolgozó Nő, 1 May 1957: the Indonesian women's movement named 'Gerwani'
Hungarian women's magazine Dolgozó Nő, 1 May 1957. Short piece on the Indonesian women's movement 'Gerwani': women can now vote and stand for parliament (17 women candidates, 40 women officials), its educational work helped force a parliamentary resolution against H-bomb tests, women face cheap labour, no marriage law,
Talk on Indonesian Women for N.C.W. (Canberra Times, 7 May 1957)
Canberra Times 'What People Are Doing' social column, 7 May 1957, p. 5. Only Gerwani-adjacent item: Mrs Urbani, wife of an Indonesian Embassy first secretary, will address the Canberra branch of the National Council of Women on 'Women in Indonesia'. Rest is unrelated local notices.
Suluh Indonesia, 15 May 1957: Salawati Daud on the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Congress
Suluh Indonesia, Jakarta, 15 May 1957 (four pages, OCR noisy). Lead item: Ny. Salawati Daud, MP (defence section, South Sulawesi), denies that the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Congress held in Makassar had the backing of Konstituante and parliament members from East Indonesia, and says she will raise it in parliament. Page 3 c
45 members in total: National Council definitively formed by president and cabinet
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-06-15, p. 1): announcement of the 45-member National Council (Dewan Nasional) under Sukarno, with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair and secretary-general. Functional-group seats include workers (SOBSI's Munir), youth (Sujono Atmo, PKI) and women's organisations: Mrs. S.K. Trimurti and Mrs.
Composition of national council completed (Sukarno chair)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (15 Jun 1957, p.1): the 45-member National Council is announced, chaired by Sukarno with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair. Members include Munir (SOBSI workers), Sardjono (peasants), Henk Ngantung (artists), and S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said for the women's movements; Mrs Towoliu represents C
Installation and swearing-in of National Council does not undermine authority of cabinet and parliament
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-07-13, p. 1): Sukarno installs the 45-member National Council (Dewan Nasional) at the Istana Negara, swearing in 32 members, and stresses it does not undermine cabinet or parliament but assists, lends authority and bridges society and government. The full list names S.K. Trimurti and Rasu
National council installed by President Sukarno
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (13 Jul 1957, p.1): Sukarno installs the National Council (42 members sworn in), saying it will not displace cabinet or parliament. Named members include Munir, Sardjono, Henk Ngantung, S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said (women's movements) and Katjasungkana. Bahder Djohan and Herawati Diah decli
Biographies of National Council members
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-07-31, p. 3): continued biographies of National Council members. Soerastri Karma Trimurti, representing women's organisations, born Surakarta 1912, teacher-training and economics studies, jailed by the Dutch 1933-36, attended the 1953 Copenhagen international women's congress, and wrote b
FBIS, 26 September 1957: Indonesian women entertained (Peking)
Very garbled FBIS item (26 Sep 1957) from Xinhua: a reception in Peking on 26 September for Indonesian women members of Dr. Hatta's party (Mohammad Hatta's delegation), hosted by a vice-president of the All-China Democratic Women's Federation, with the wife of Ambassador Sukardjo Wirjopranoto and Indonesian embassy wom
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.
Monday evening
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-11-21, p. 3): parliamentary budget debate for 1957 over two days with eighteen speakers. PKI women MPs speak: Mrs. Umi Sardjono on Justice Ministry staffing, prisons, foreigner control and a juvenile court; Mrs. Sundari Abdulrachman ('Bundari' in text) on economising, regional information
Monday evening (page 3, 21 Nov 1957)
Page image of Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-11-21, p. 3) with several articles. Relevant: the parliamentary budget debate in which PKI women MPs Umi Sardjono and Sundari Abdulrachman speak (same text as GA-00568), and Lt.-Col. Dachjar addressing a meeting of the 'Gerakan Massa Wanita' (Women's Mass Movement) in Jakart