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GA-00772 1953-03-21 De Vrije Pers rel A

Gerwis stuurt telegram (Gerwis sends telegram)

Gerwis sends telegram of condolence on Gottwald's death

Short De Vrije Pers item (21 Mar 1953): the board of Gerwis, called "communist", sent a telegram to the Czechoslovak women's movement with condolences on President Gottwald's death, calling him "a faithful fighter for peace and for the rights of woman".

GA-00783 1954-04-06 De Vrije Pers rel A

Russische vrouwen op bezoek (Russian women visiting)

Russian women visiting for the Gerwani congress

De Vrije Pers item (6 Apr 1954), citing Suluh Indonesia: three Soviet women (A. Kholopova of Moscow University, a poetess and a translator) arrived in Jakarta to attend the Gerwani congress and gave a talk on women's position in the USSR; the paper remarks they wore no lipstick and simple dresses.