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GA-02829 1952 WIDF rel B licensed

The Women of Indonesia (WIDF Bulletin, 1952)

WIDF Bulletin no. 5/1952 'The Women of Indonesia': a WIDF-sympathetic account of postwar Indonesia in 1952, covering militarised budgets, unemployment, hunger, maternal and infant mortality, the Round Table legacy and US agreements. It says women formed committees for 8 March and Children's Day and that local GERWIS br

GA-00084 1961 Api Kartini rel A licensed

Sejarah Perjuangan yang Berkesan (Pameran HUT ke-10 Gerwani, 1961)

A History of Struggle Remembered: Exhibition for Gerwani's 10th Anniversary, 1961

Api Kartini (mid-1961) report on the exhibition at Gerwani's 10th anniversary (from 5 June 1961), with an interview of chair Umi Sardjono on Gerwani's history. Founded 4 June 1951 (first congress Surabaya, 17-22 Dec 1951), 185 branches, membership from 6,000 to 710,000, 326 kindergartens, 23,000 election workers; six m

GA-02802 1961 Kate Luders rel C licensed

Dance, Music, Architecture - Lively Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Kate Lüders with Dagmar Bothas)

Dance, Music, Architecture: Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Lüders and Bothas)

Women of the Whole World, 1961: staff writer Kate Lüders interviews Dagmar Bothas about a four-month government-guest visit to Java, Bali and Kalimantan, emphasising dance, music, temples and the literacy campaign (Minister Prijono). Gerwani appears only in a caption about May Day demonstrations; background material.

GA-02853 1963 WIDF rel A licensed

The Need for Social Services in Indonesia (WIDF, 1963): Gerwani kindergartens

The Need for Social Services in Indonesia: Gerwani kindergartens (WIDF, 1963)

1963 WIDF bulletin article 'The Need for Social Services in Indonesia': the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) and others push kindergartens. It reports a first National Seminar on kindergartens in 1959, teacher courses in 1961-62, the aim of one kindergarten per street, over 700 kindergartens (first started in 1951