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
WIDF 1948: country reports on women's struggles, incl. Indonesia
WIDF 1948 article describing an international exhibition of women's struggles (China, Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam, India, Indonesia). The Indonesia panel shows women fighting Dutch and Japanese colonial oppression for independence, with photographs of wartime hardship, and affirms Indonesian women's stand beside me
WIDF 1952: Country reports on International Children's Day
WIDF 1952 bulletin page of country reports on International Children's Day (1 June): Romania, China, Mexico, Venezuela, Indonesia, USA, Belgium, Egypt, Switzerland. The Indonesia item says a committee of women's, youth and teachers' groups was formed, children demonstrated for peace, and an Indonesian film on war's eff
FBIS, 7 March 1956: Greetings messages (International Women's Day, Peking)
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (7 Mar 1956): a Peking women's rally on the eve of International Women's Day sent greetings to WIDF; the All-China Democratic Women's Federation sent messages to women's groups across Asia and Africa. Includes a message to Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Women's Congress and the Indonesian Wom
ACDWF telegrams for 8 March to women's groups incl. Gerwani (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1956)
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1956 (p. 4): the All-China Democratic Women's Federation sent International Women's Day telegrams to women's bodies in India, Burma, Pakistan, Egypt and Japan and, in Indonesia, to Gerwani, to Kowani (the Indonesian Women's Congress) and to the Indonesian Women's 8 March Commemoration
ACDWF telegrams for 8 March to women's groups incl. Gerwani (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1956)
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1956 (p. 4): the All-China Democratic Women's Federation sent International Women's Day telegrams to women's bodies in India, Burma, Pakistan, Egypt and Japan and, in Indonesia, to Gerwani, to Kowani (the Indonesian Women's Congress) and to the Indonesian Women's 8 March Commemoration
Opening of WIDF Council meeting in Beijing; growth of Indonesian women's movement (Renmin Ribao, 25 April 1956)
Renmin Ribao, 25 Apr 1956 (p. 4), descriptive report on the opening (24 Apr) of the WIDF Council meeting in Beijing: Presidents Mrs Gordon and Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao welcoming Egyptian, Israeli and Indonesian delegates, and Angiola Minella's report on peace, nuclear tests and Asian-African women after Bandung. It cla
Opening of WIDF Council meeting in Beijing; growth of Indonesian women's movement (Renmin Ribao, 25 April 1956)
Renmin Ribao, 25 Apr 1956 (p. 4), descriptive report on the opening (24 Apr) of the WIDF Council meeting in Beijing: Presidents Mrs Gordon and Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao welcoming Egyptian, Israeli and Indonesian delegates, and Angiola Minella's report on peace, nuclear tests and Asian-African women after Bandung. It cla
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
President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)
Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin
President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)
Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin
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