Short De Vrije Pers notice (7 Mar 1952) that International Women's Day would be marked in Surabaya by the Gabungan Organisasi Wanita Surabaya, which includes Gerwis, Perwari, Christian and other women's groups at the regent's pendopo, while Chinese women's organisations held separate events.
De Waarheid, 10 Mar 1952, p. 1: report on International Women's Day demonstration of 5,000 in Amsterdam, organised with the NVB, with speeches and a WIDF greeting, demands for peace and release of Piet van Staveren, and a 'Sinar Indonesia' dance performance. Gerben Wagenaar speaks. No Gerwani members; shows Dutch commu
Harian Rakjat, 8 Apr 1952, p.3-4: Gerwis, led by Umi Sardjono (PB Gerwis), hosts a reception in Jakarta for organisations and officials, including Health Ministry's Dr Syulianti, to prepare a national committee for child defence; Trimurti speaks on child labour and schooling. Gerwis delegates Suwarti and Darmini (alrea
Harian Rakjat, 19 April 1952. On p. 5 a short report says the 8 March (International Women's Day) Committee held its dissolution meeting at the Gerwis building, Gang Lontar, Jakarta, chaired by Ny. Sutanti Aidit of Gerwis; delegates of Gerwis, Pemuda Puteri Indonesia, Perwari, PWKI and other women's bodies adopted a re
Harian Rakjat, 3 May 1952. On p. 3 Suwarti, MP and general chair (ketua umum) of Gerwis, is listed among the Indonesians invited to join the preparatory committee for the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference, alongside Siauw Giok Chan, Ir. Setiadi and others. Pp. 2-3 also report May Day 1952 rallies where Gerwis marched with
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-05-19, p. 2): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a letter Gerwis gave her in Jakarta in April, rejecting its claim that UN forces used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying that the UN suppresses peoples' freedom, and disputing its account of Palestinian Arab displacement. Shows Gerwis's Co
De Vrije Pers notice (21 May 1952): a committee of women's and youth organisations was set up to commemorate Children's Day on 1 June (called "communist" by the paper), chaired by Mrs Mh. Tana of Gerwis, with Miss Marlijah (RKKS) and Mrs Mudjinah (Perwari); events include a reception and a children's gathering at the P
Java-Bode, 26 May 1952, p. 2: Gerwis announces it will celebrate International Children's Day on 1 June with other organisations but form no central committee this year, leaving it to branches; the Jakarta children's week was an experiment approved at the Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference.
Harian Rakjat, 9 June 1952. A front-page NCNA dispatch from Peking (6 June) reports Suwarti and Suryonegoro, members of the Indonesian delegation to the preparatory committee of the Peace Council for Asia and the Pacific, briefing journalists on Indonesia's peace movement, poverty, KMB economic dependence, Irian Barat
Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 30 June 1952 (full issue; p. 1 relevant). Reports that Suwarti, MP, sent by Gerwis in April to the Vienna conference on children's rights, returned to Jakarta; she describes contacts with WIDF, contrasts socialist and capitalist countries, announces the Peking peace conference, and complains tha
Harian Rakjat, 26 Jul 1952, p. 4: report of a lecture in Jakarta by Suwarti, chair of Gerwis (PB Gerwis) and MP, on the Vienna Congress for the Defence of Children (April 1952) and the Peking Asia-Pacific peace preparatory conference (May 1952), both attended by her. Darmini also attended Vienna; student Amran attended
Harian Rakjat, 28 Jul 1952, p. 4: brief news note that Francisca Fanggidaej was to leave for Copenhagen at the invitation of the preparatory committee of an international youth conference, as part of an Indonesian national youth delegation. Pemuda Rakyat approved her departure; the planned 19th departure was cancelled
Brief De Vrije Pers item (8 Aug 1952): the Gerwis East Java conference decided to send a delegation of Mrs. Tam, Sulami and Warmi to the Asian peace conference in Peking, leaving 5 September.