As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen 1953
Report volume (WIDF, Berlin, 1953) on the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953: reports, speeches, documents, resolutions and the officers elected. Gerwani and Gerwis are not named. Indonesia appears in the congress report (p. 4), which says its 10 delegates and observers came from six organisations, one
Indonesia takes part in the International Women's Congress
De Nieuwsgier, 7 Apr 1953: the conference of women's organisations held on Gerwis's initiative on 2-3 April in Jakarta decides, among other things, to send an Indonesian delegation to the WIDF-organised world women's congress in Denmark on 6 June (the Copenhagen congress).
Women's delegation to Denmark
Java-Bode, 7 April 1953, p. 2: short news item listing the Indonesian delegation to the international women's congress in Denmark (Copenhagen), leaving end of May. Gerwis is represented by S.K. Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi; other members come from Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat, Sarbupri and as individuals
Java-Bode 7 April 1953, page: Women's delegation to Denmark
Whole-page OCR of Java-Bode, 7 April 1953 (p. 2), reproducing the same short item on the Indonesian delegation to the women's congress in Denmark, in which Gerwis members Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi are named. Other page articles (Andi Azis trial, Electoral Law, cabinet matters) are unrelated.
Women's delegation to Denmark
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 15 Apr 1953, p. 3: names the Indonesian delegation to the world women's congress in Denmark (end of May): Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, plus Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat, Sarbupri and individual delegates including Dr Towoliu.
Women's delegation to Denmark (full page)
Full page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 15 Apr 1953. Only the article on the Indonesian women's delegation to the Denmark world women's congress concerns Gerwani: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis among delegates. Other articles (17 October affair, Ministry of Defence, WHO, local news) are unrelated.
Children's week in Jakarta; delegates leave for the Copenhagen congress
De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953: Jakarta's Children's Week opens with events and free cinema shows. The relevant paragraph says the first group of the Indonesian delegation to the 5-12 June Copenhagen world women's congress left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis, travel
Children's week in Jakarta (full page, 5 May 1953)
Full scrambled page of De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953 (duplicate of GA-00684 context): children's week in Jakarta and, in one paragraph, the departure of the first Indonesian delegates (Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi, Kartinah of Gerwis) to the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento with the Australian delegation.
Delegation to Copenhagen
Short item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953, p. 3: first group of the Indonesian delegation to the international women's congress in Copenhagen (5-12 June) leaves on the 'Surriento': Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah (both Gerwis); the Australian delegation is on board.
Delegation to Copenhagen (full page)
Newspaper page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953 (OCR partly illegible). The only relevant article repeats that Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah (Gerwis) left on the 'Surriento' for the Copenhagen international women's congress, with the Australian delegation also aboard.
The Third World Women's Congress: 1,700 delegates from over 80 countries in Copenhagen
De Waarheid, 10 Jun 1953, p. 5: air-mail report from Copenhagen on the Third World Congress of Women (WIDF): 1,700 delegates from over 80 countries, opened by Eugenie Cotton, with speeches by Chinese and Soviet delegates and a Dutch delegate. Delegates from Korea, Malaya and Vietnam were refused entry. Indonesian deleg
Indonesian women back from Copenhagen
Java-Bode, 24 August 1953, p. 2: badly garbled report on a welcome-back gathering in Jakarta for the eight-member Indonesian delegation to the Copenhagen world women's congress (June 1953). Named delegates include Setiati Surasto (chair) and Asijah, with Gerwis affiliation; the congress appealed to women worldwide for
Daily Worker, 24 July 1956: Women unionists from 42 lands hold conference in Budapest
Page 4 of the Daily Worker (New York, 24 Jul 1956) reporting a Budapest conference of women trade unionists from 42 countries called by the WFTU, which demanded equal pay and opportunities and paid maternity leave. An unnamed delegate from Indonesia is cited on women workers being treated as cheap labour. Gerwani is no