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GA-02821 1947 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF Bulletin (1947): Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin 1947: Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity

WIDF Bulletin, 1947: French Friends of Peace conference, plus an 'Indonesia' item quoting a letter from the Secretariat of the Indonesian Women's Congress on the Dutch colonial war. It says all women's organisations back the Republic, women take part in the fighting, thanks Dutch women's groups for protesting, and asks

GA-02791 1948 rel C licensed

The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, December 1948)

The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, 1948)

WIDF documents volume (Budapest, December 1948) for the Conference of the Women of Asia: the report of the WIDF commission that toured South-East Asia in February-April 1948, plus country reports (Viet Nam, India, Malaya, China, Korea, Africa, Mongolia and others). Indonesia is mentioned only in passing: the commission

GA-02823 1948 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF (1948): Country Reports on China, Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Viet-Nam, India, Indonesia

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

GA-02780 1949 rel C licensed

Marian Ramelson, 'British Woman in New China': laporan Konferensi Wanita Asia, Peking, 1949

Marian Ramelson, 'British Woman in New China': Report on the Asian Women's Conference, Peking, 1949

Pamphlet (1949, British WIDF Committee, Daily Worker-style 'Today' publication) in which Marian Ramelson reports on the WIDF-organised Conference of the Women of Asia in Peking (198 delegates, 23 countries). It relays delegates' speeches on child labour, polygamy, illiteracy and colonialism, and praises New China. Indo

GA-02792 1949 rel C licensed

Second Women's International Congress, WIDF, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948

Official WIDF account of its Second Women's International Congress, Budapest, 1-6 December 1948 (390 delegates, 51 nations), with preface by Irene Joliot-Curie. It frames women's rights, child welfare and peace against Cold War blocs. Gerwani is not named. Indonesia appears only as a colonial struggle: appeals to end D

GA-02824 1950 WIDF rel C licensed

WIDF (1950): From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF

WIDF 1950: From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF

WIDF bulletin, 1950: 'From All Parts, Women Write to the WIDF' with reports from South Africa, Israel and Indonesia. The Indonesia section recounts women in the Republic's struggle against the Dutch, mass May Day rallies (390,000 in 1950), repression after the Madiun era, harsh conditions for plantation women, and supp

GA-02782 1952 rel C licensed

WIDF, 'For Their Rights as Mothers, Workers, Citizens' (1952)

WIDF pamphlet (Berlin, Dec 1952) surveying women's political rights, wages, unemployment, education, rural conditions and social protection country by country, and issuing the Call to the World Congress of Women (Denmark, June 1953). Indonesia appears briefly: equal rights on paper under the 1950 Constitution, no elect

GA-02827 1952 WIDF rel C licensed

Message to the Executive Committee of the WIDF (1952): Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna

WIDF Executive message 1952: Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna

WIDF Executive Committee message (1952) calling women worldwide to prepare for the Congress of the Peoples for Peace, Vienna, 5 December 1952, and to demand an end to the Korean war, arms reduction, banning of atomic and bacteriological weapons, and a Pact of Peace. Signatories include Eugénie Cotton and others; Darmin

GA-02783 1953 rel C licensed

As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953

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

GA-02833 1954 WIDF rel C licensed

Women are Demanding a Ban on Atomic Weapons (WIDF, 1954)

WIDF 1954 article compiling women's campaigns against atomic and hydrogen bombs after Bikini, with excerpts from Eugénie Cotton and the WIDF Executive appeal (Geneva). Countries covered include Britain, US, Japan, Germany, India; the Indonesia entry apparently refers to a national women's congress of 349 delegates dema

GA-02836 1955 WIDF rel C licensed

The Asian-African Conference in Bandung (WIDF, 1955)

WIDF magazine 1955 report on the Asian-African (Bandung) Conference, 18-24 April, listing participants and the ten principles of the communique, with supportive statements from women (Anusuya Gyanchand, Erika Wendland, Gusta Fucikova) for the World Congress of Mothers. Presents Bandung as boosting peace and disarmament

GA-02839 1956 WIDF rel C licensed

Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa (WIDF Council, Peking, 1956)

WIDF Council (Peking, 24-30 April 1956) 'Appeal to the Women of Asia and Africa', with a side item on a European girls' conference in Paris. The appeal salutes anticolonial struggles, welcomes the Bandung principles, and opposes the Baghdad and SEATO pacts and nuclear tests. Indonesia and Gerwani are not named.

GA-02841 1957 WIDF rel C licensed

Helsinki Welcomes the WIDF Council (1957)

WIDF magazine 1957 report on the WIDF Council meeting in Helsinki, 22-27 June 1957: Finnish hospitality, Palace of Culture built by volunteer labour, reports by Eugénie Cotton, Branca Fialho, Molly Keith and Elisa Uriz, a new draft constitution and call to the Fourth Congress, and resolution on nuclear tests and women'

GA-00053 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

1910-1960: Hari Wanita Sedunia Berumur 50 Tahun

1910-1960: International Women's Day Turns 50

Api Kartini (1959) short article marking 50 years of International Women's Day (1910-1960), reproducing the appeal of the preparatory committee after the Malmo meeting of 13-14 June 1959 (women of 28 countries). Links women's rights to peace and national self-determination and invites support for the 1960 jubilee. No I

GA-00054 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

7 November dan Wanita Uni Sovjet

7 November and the Women of the Soviet Union

Api Kartini (1959) article for 7 November (Russian Revolution anniversary) on the women of the Soviet Union. Reports a gathering in Jakarta where Soviet Supreme Soviet member Zaripova, visiting Indonesia, described women's advancement since 1917 (366 women of 1,378 deputies; 85% of health workers women) and the Soviet

GA-00057 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Berita dari Sana Sini (Api Kartini, 1959)

News from Here and There (Api Kartini, December 1959)

Api Kartini (December 1959) news-roundup column. Notes the Kungalv (Sweden) women's disarmament conference attended by A. Hidayat, a Gerakan Ibu protest letter to the UN on French A-bomb tests, Jakarta preparations for the 50th International Women's Day (lectures among peasant women, bazaar), and a DPP Gerwani work mee

GA-00058 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Bersejarah Perjuangan Wanita (fragmen)

Historic Struggle of Women (fragment)

Fragmentary Api Kartini (1959) item titled 'Historic Struggle of Women'; only a few OCR lines survive, a snippet about mothers' responsibility to protect their offspring and Indonesian women taking an active part in the peace movement. Summary based on the title and this fragment.

GA-00062 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Hati Wanita Jerman Enggan Dibelah

German Women's Hearts Refuse to Be Divided

Api Kartini (1959) travel-style article by S. Jin on divided Berlin and German women's campaign against atomic armament and remilitarisation. Cites arrests and petitions in West Germany (Renate Kruse, Renate Riemeck, Elisabeth Heimpel, Hamburg and Dortmund women's groups), East German women's views, and WIDF telegrams;

GA-00065 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Kunjungan Persahabatan ke Negeri Kanguru

Friendly Visit to the Land of the Kangaroo

Api Kartini travel report by Rusiyati, an Antara journalist, on her month-long visit to Australia (1960) at the invitation of the Australian International Women's Day committee. Describes staying with working-class, clergy, artist and industrialist families, meetings of 25-250 women, equal-pay campaigns, and Australian

GA-00068 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Menyambut Hari Nasional

Welcoming National Day

Api Kartini (1959) editorial column 'Celebrating National Day': after Indonesia's 17 August, urges readers to welcome the national days of friendly states upholding the Bandung principles. Features the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's 2 September National Day with a poem by Ho Chi Minh. Solidarity propaganda with Asian

GA-00069 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Musyawarah Wanita Internasional di Kopenhagen, 21-24 April 1960

International Women's Assembly in Copenhagen, 21-24 April 1960

Api Kartini item announcing the International Women's Assembly in Copenhagen, 21-24 April 1960, marking fifty years since International Women's Day was proclaimed there in 1910. Reviews gains and unfinished goals in women's equality, and sets the conference theme of women yesterday, today and tomorrow as a forum to exc

GA-00070 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Persiapan Peringatan Setengah Abad Hari Wanita Internasional

Preparations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of International Women's Day

Api Kartini item on preparations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of International Women's Day (March 1960) in Indonesia. Carries a message from Ny. Aruji Kartawinata, chair of the Indonesian committee, to the international preparatory committee, linking Kartini's ideals to the 1910 Copenhagen resolutions and listing plann

GA-00114 1959 S. Djin rel C licensed

Wanita Amerika Latin Membela Kehidupan

Latin American Women Defend Life

Api Kartini article (1959) by S. Djin on Latin American women's movements: the first Latin American Women's Congress in Santiago, Chile (November 1959), electricity-rate protests in Argentina, equal-pay demands in Chile, the Cuban women's conference, and anti-nuclear petitions in Colombia. Compares them to Asian-Africa

GA-00074 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Gema Revolusi (fragmen)

Echoes of the Revolution (fragment)

Fragmentary Api Kartini (1960) item 'Echoes of Revolution': OCR remnants of a rhetorical piece or poem on women marching, crushing colonialism, and demanding equal rights in politics and economy. Too damaged to summarise beyond title and these themes.

GA-00077 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Setiakawan Wanita dari Berbagai Negeri

Women's Solidarity from Many Countries (against the Karel Doorman)

Api Kartini (1960) compilation of foreign women's solidarity statements against the Dutch dispatch of the carrier Karel Doorman and troops to Irian Barat. Includes Dutch women's movement (NVB) protests to parliament and a Rotterdam petition, a WIDF statement backing Indonesia, and a message from Australian miners' wive

GA-00078 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Ulang Tahun Revolusi Agustus yang ke-15

The 15th Anniversary of the August Revolution

Api Kartini (Aug-Sept 1960) report on the 15th anniversary of the August Revolution: summarises Sukarno's 17 August address to the DPR-GR plenary and speech (Manipol-USDEK, unity of Nasakom groups, landreform, retooling, firm line on Irian Barat). Also prints editorial replies to readers in Lombok and Central Java. Con

GA-02773 1960 rel C licensed

BOM ATOM meneruskan PEMBUNUHAN sesudah limabelas tahun (Api Kartini, 1960)

The Atom Bomb Continues to Kill After Fifteen Years (Api Kartini, 1960)

Article in Api Kartini (1960), in Indonesian, 'The atomic bomb continues to kill after fifteen years'. A Japanese mother tells of her daughter Hiroko Kayiyama, who died of leukaemia in April 1960 aged 17 after Hiroshima radiation. It notes Japanese women delegates at the WIDF assembly in Copenhagen (21 April 1960) and

GA-02851 1960 WIDF rel C licensed

The Bomb continues to kill fifteen years after (WIDF, 1960)

WIDF magazine 1960 item on Hiroshima victims: a mother's letter to the Copenhagen international assembly of women recounts her 17-year-old daughter Hiroko Kajiyama's death from leukaemia on 5 April 1960, plus remarks on Japan's ratification of the US-Japan security pact. No Indonesian content or Gerwani mention.

GA-00079 1961 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Dua Tokoh Wanita Surat-Menyurat, Satu Hasrat: Perdamaian Abadi

Two Women Leaders Exchange Letters, One Wish: Lasting Peace

Api Kartini (1961) exchange of open letters on peace between Ny. A. Hidayat, a leader of the Indonesian peace committee, and Nina Popova of the Soviet women's movement, about nuclear tests, disarmament and the Soviet space flights of Gagarin and Titov. The page also carries a mother's letter to school-age children. Pea

GA-00082 1961 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Mati untuk Tanahair Berarti Hidup (Wanita Kuba)

To Die for the Homeland Is to Live (Cuban Women)

Api Kartini (early 1961) article on Cuban women in the revolution: the women's fighting unit led by Isabel Rieg (named after Mariana Grajales), Vilma Espin's description of rural hunger under Batista, and the August 1960 founding of the Federation of Cuban Women under Espin. Page also carries a humorous 'Mak Ompreng' c