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GA-00682 1953-03-31 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Vrouwencongres in Djakarta (Women's congress in Jakarta)

Women's congress in Jakarta initiated by Gerwis

De Nieuwsgier, 31 Mar 1953: on Gerwis's initiative a conference of women's organisation representatives from across Indonesia will meet in Jakarta on 2-3 April to collect data on Indonesian women's social, economic and political struggle, discuss the WIDF world women's congress in Denmark in June and consider sending a

GA-00847 1953-05-06 De Waarheid rel A

Vooruitgang vrouwenbeweging op Oost-Java

Progress of the women's movement in East Java: Gerwis growth figures

De Waarheid, 6 May 1953, p. 5: dispatch citing two Gerwis women, Su... and Warinah, on the growth of Gerwis in East Java: districts up from 19 (early 1952) to 37, 120 branches plus 50 forming, 7,016 members, mainly women workers, peasants and self-employed. Illiteracy is the main obstacle, countered by courses attended