Brief FBIS item (7 Jun 1950): the East Indonesian government appointed a Guerrilla Committee to reintegrate guerrillas into society, including Mrs Salawati Daud; of 3,400 guerrillas in the Makassar sector only 664 could be admitted to RIS armed forces. Early record of Salawati Daud's public role in South Sulawesi.
FBIS-monitored Makassar radio report (28 Jun 1950) on the first meeting of the South Sulawesi Representative Assembly since the territory's proclamation as a province of the Republic (26 Apr 1950). Mrs Salawati Daud was elected chairman of the assembly (votes for and 14 against, one abstention). Also covers statements
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (13 Jul 1950) on East Indonesian Information Ministry press conference: replacement of Dutch employees, Ternate refugees from the South Moluccas, Dr Rehatta's appointment. A short final section quotes Assembly chair Mrs Salawati on a coming nonconfidence motion, saying many people are not
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (24 Jul 1950) on the South Celebes Representative Assembly under chairman Mrs Salawati. A nonconfidence motion from the Bureau of the Republic's Followers accused her of inconsistency and dual membership of the People's Sovereignty Party; Assembly debated it, and she requested to resign a
One-line FBIS item (31 Aug 1950): Mrs Salawati Daud, sent to Jakarta by the Good Services Committee to resolve the guerrilla-army controversy in South Celebes, left for Makassar on 31 August. Shows her mediation role in 1950.
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (7 Sep 1950): the Good Offices Committee delegation, chaired by Mrs Salawati Daud, returned from Jakarta, having met Sukarno, defence officials and the parliamentary chair on the guerrilla-army issue. She expressed confidence in a settlement; parliamentary observers were promised for Sout
FBIS item (26 Oct 1950): political parties and organisations in Makassar, sponsors of the Good Services Committee on the South Celebes guerrilla issue, protested the army's arrest of Mrs Salawati (since 21 Oct) while she tried to contact guerrilla leaders; protest backed by delegates from 29 parties and organisations.
One-paragraph FBIS item (30 Oct 1950, citing ANTARA): Mrs Salawati Daud was released from prison on 29 Oct after ten days' confinement and at once called on the Interdepartmental Commission still in Makassar, which was to tour and then go to Menado on 4 Nov. Follows her arrest of 21 Oct.
FBIS-monitored Makassar announcement (2 Jan 1951) by the First Committee for the Settlement of the South Celebes Guerrilla Issue, chaired by Saleh Daeng Tompo. It cites a report by delegates Mrs Abbie Daeng Malawa and Mrs Salawati on talks with guerrilla leader Kahar Muzakar at Pesu, Enrekang, and sets procedures for g
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (dated 5 Jan 1951) in which South Celebes chief Intje Saleh Daeng Tompo, chairing the guerrilla settlement committee, says he trusts Kahar Muzakar to carry out central-government decisions and blames incidents on slow communication and provocateurs. Notes committee member Mrs Salawati wen
Short FBIS item (21 Aug 1951): Mrs Salawati Daud left for the South Celebes interior to contact Kahar Muzakar, commander of the National Reserve Corps, who had left designated areas with followers, signalling a government attempt at a negotiated settlement; Defense Ministry says the army must follow government instruct
FBIS item (17 Sep 1951): Mrs S.K. Trimurti, chairman of the Executive Committee of Gerwis (Indonesian Women's Movement), was arrested on 16 Sept on the Attorney General's orders while applying at the Jakarta Immigration Office for a passport to visit China for the 1 October anniversary celebrations of the PRC. Key reco
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (24 Jan 1953): China Peace Committee gave a welcoming banquet for delegates of several countries to the recent (Vienna) Congress, including Indonesian delegates K. Werdojo, S.A.M. Mudigdio, Sunardi and Sukrisno. Records Mudigdio's visit to China after the Vienna peace congress.
FBIS-monitored Xinhua excerpt (24 Jan 1953): four Indonesian delegates to the Vienna Peace Congress (K. Werdojo, S.A.M. Mudigdio and Sunardi, MPs, and Sukrisno, assistant editor-in-chief of ANTARA) arrived in Peking by air the previous day at the invitation of the China Peace Committee, with a Burmese delegate. Records
Short Xinhua item (17 Feb 1953, via FBIS): S.A.M. Mudigdio and three other Indonesian delegates to the Vienna Peace Congress left Canton on 16 Feb for home via Hong Kong, seen off by the Canton China Peace Committee branch; they had arrived in Canton on 1 February. Concludes Mudigdio's China visit.
FBIS item (20 Apr 1953): MP Tjugito (OCR) and Suharjo, secretary-general of SABDA, left Jakarta as SOBSI delegates to May Day in Peking. S.K. Trimurti left with the SOBSI delegation and would attend the women's congress in Copenhagen (World Congress of Women). Shows Trimurti's travel in the WIDF circuit.
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (4 Jul 1953): eighteen Chinese delegates to the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen), led by deputy leader Chang Yun, returned to Peking on 4 July with ten foreign women delegates invited to visit China, including Kartinah of Indonesia (Kartinah Kurdi, Gerwis). Shows the post-Copenhagen China
One-line FBIS item (7 Oct 1954): for the fourth session of Parliament, the Justice and Security Committee elected a PNI member as chairman and H. Subhajat (Progressive faction) and Madame Mudigdio of the PKI as vice-chairmen. Documents Mudigdio's parliamentary position.
Renmin Ribao, 29 Apr 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih arrive in Beijing by air on 28 April at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation, to visit and attend May Day. Brief arrival notice.
Renmin Ribao, 29 Apr 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih arrive in Beijing by air on 28 April at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation, to visit and attend May Day. Brief arrival notice.
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (5 Jun 1958): Mmes Tanti Aidit and Sutarsih, members of the Central Committee of the Indonesian Women's Movement, left Peking after visiting China at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation for May Day (arrived 28 Apr); they also visited North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democ
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jun 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih Rachman leave Beijing on 5 June for home via Kunming and Rangoon after their All-China Women's Federation visit (arrived 28 April), which also included a trip to North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democratic Wom
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jun 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih Rachman leave Beijing on 5 June for home via Kunming and Rangoon after their All-China Women's Federation visit (arrived 28 April), which also included a trip to North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democratic Wom
Api Kartini interview-report with Dr. Hurustiati Subandrio, head of the Indonesian women's delegation to the Copenhagen International Women's Conference (April 1960, 73 countries). She chaired the first plenary on 21 April (Kartini Day), sat on the Presidium and chaired the Education and Culture Commission; other deleg
Part I of Sulami's 1959 history of the Indonesian women's movement in WIDF's magazine: Kartini, Putri Merdika (1912), Wanita Sedar, the 1928 Women's Congress, the Congress League of Indonesian Women, and demands on marriage, education and voting rights through 1941, with PKI influence noted after 1920. Prefaces the bir
Part II of Sulami's 1959 history: Indonesian women under Japanese occupation (Fujinkai, women coerced as 'geishas'), the 1945 proclamation, founding of Perwari (Klaten, Dec 1945), the formation of KOWANI (Solo, Feb 1946), its second congress at Madiun deciding to affiliate to WIDF, and women's role in partisan resistan
Part III of Sulami's 1959 history: KOWANI conflicts and 1948 Solo congress, founding of Gerwis at Semarang (4 June 1950), its 1954 renaming as Gerwani, structure with six commissions, membership growth (6,000 Java 1951; 642,460 in January 1957; 700,000 at the Third Congress, Solo, Dec 1957), 1955 election results (5 MP
FBIS editorial report (29 Sep 1959) listing foreign delegations arriving in Peking for China's National Day celebrations (communist parties, youth, student, peace and women's bodies). Under the WIDF delegation, 'N.J. Mudikdio' (Mudigdio) is named as a PKI parliamentary-group member, WIDF council member and vice chairma
Short illustrated piece by Sulami (c. 1959-60), written for the anniversary of the August Revolution, tracing women's history from Kartini, the 1928 Youth Pledge and the 22 December 1928 women's congress to demands for equality, education and political rights. It cites Sukarno's Manipol and the book 'Sarinah', and urge
Sulami's 1960 piece 'Kartini' for the anniversary of R.A. Kartini: biography (b. 1879, child-marriage custom, letters, schooling of girls, marriage as Regent's wife), Kartini as symbol for Indonesian women's national and emancipation struggle, quoting Sukarno's 1959 lecture. Paired with a parallel profile of Egyptian f