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
De Nieuwsgier, 3 Jan 1951 (AP): Peking radio complains that the Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong refused visas to three Chinese women delegates to an Indonesian women's congress; they returned to Beijing and filed a report with the WIDF, which had delegated them. Organisation of the congress is not named in the text.
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jan 1951 (p. 4): the Chinese women's delegation (Shen Zijiu, Zeng Ke, Qi Yun) sent for the WIDF to the All-Indonesian Women's Congress could not attend because the Indonesian government refused entry visas despite repeated negotiations with the Indonesian consul in Hong Kong. They reported to WIDF and r
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jan 1951 (p. 4): the Chinese women's delegation (Shen Zijiu, Zeng Ke, Qi Yun) sent for the WIDF to the All-Indonesian Women's Congress could not attend because the Indonesian government refused entry visas despite repeated negotiations with the Indonesian consul in Hong Kong. They reported to WIDF and r
Xinhua item in Renmin Ribao, 13 Mar 1951 (p. 4), relaying TASS and the Dutch paper De Waarheid: representatives of Indonesian women's organisations met in Yogyakarta, endorsed the World Peace Council's Berlin call for a five-power peace pact, and resolved that Indonesian women's organisations should link with and join
Xinhua item in Renmin Ribao, 13 Mar 1951 (p. 4), relaying TASS and the Dutch paper De Waarheid: representatives of Indonesian women's organisations met in Yogyakarta, endorsed the World Peace Council's Berlin call for a five-power peace pact, and resolved that Indonesian women's organisations should link with and join
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
De Nieuwsgier, 8 Sept 1951: Moh. Tabrani, B.M. Diah and Mrs Trimurti 'of the Gerwis' accept an invitation to Beijing for the second anniversary of the People's Republic on 1 Oct; Ki Hadjar Dewantara and another educator were also invited. Records S.K. Trimurti's Gerwis affiliation and a 1951 invitation to China.