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GA-02139 1946-10-30 Soviet Woman rel C licensed

Soviet Woman, 1946: 'The Position of Women and Children in the Colonial Countries'

Soviet Woman, 30 Oct 1946, pp. 55-58: Nina Bondareva's article on women and children in colonial countries (India, Egypt, Indonesia, Indo-China), with Olga Khvalebnova on Albania's women. The Indonesia section, pre-Gerwani, praises the republic, notes a woman minister of social welfare, a women's congress at Madiun fed

GA-01400 1955-05-17 La Presse rel A

Mme Suharti, présidente du Mouvement des Femmes Indonésiennes; Soekarno et la polygamie (Mme Suharti, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement; Sukarno and polygamy)

Mme Suharti, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement; Sukarno and polygamy

La Presse (17 May 1955, p.10): feature on a Muslim feminist campaign against polygamy, starting with the Pakistani PM Mohamed Ali's second marriage and spreading to Java. Says Fatmawati Sukarno was recruited and that Hartini was pregnant during the Bandung Conference. A snippet names Mme Suharti, president of the 'very

GA-01401 1955-05-17 La Presse rel A

Mme Suharti, présidente du Mouvement des Femmes Indonésiennes; Soekarno et la polygamie (Mme Suharti, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement; Sukarno and polygamy)

Mme Suharti, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement; Sukarno and polygamy (extract)

La Presse (17 May 1955, p.10), snippet extract of the polygamy feature: unrest in Indonesia over Sukarno's marriage to Hartini, in which Mme Suharti, president of the 'very communist-leaning' Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), took advantage; Hartini's pregnancy surfaced as the Bandung Conference drew attention.