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GA-02442 1953-04-21 rel C licensed

Kartini Day Observance (FBIS, 21 Apr 1953)

FBIS, 21 April 1953: Kartini Day observance

FBIS item (21 Apr 1953): the Jakarta Kartini Day committee closed the 1953 observance with a grand meeting at the State Palace; Mrs Sukarno said Kartini Day's essence is charity and self-improvement and that Indonesian women's supreme duty is to take part in the coming general elections. Background for official women's

GA-02490 1964-03-09 rel C licensed

Sukarno Speech at Women's Day Meeting (FBIS, 9 Mar 1964)

FBIS-monitored Jakarta radio excerpts (9 Mar 1964) of Sukarno's speech to an International Women's Day gathering at the State Palace. He calls Malaysia a neocolonialist project to be 'crushed', cites Khrushchev, thanks Indonesian women for agreeing, and commands them to mobilise via radio and television, convince women