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Kenang-kenangan Kongres Gerwis ke-2, 25–31 Maret 1954

Commemorative Volume of the Second Gerwis Congress, 25-31 March 1954

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Commemorative volume of the second Gerwis congress (Jakarta, 25–31 March 1954): greetings, foreign women's federations' telegrams, general report, resolutions, and the unanimous 30 March 1954 decision to rename Gerwis as Gerwani. Includes new statutes and a WIDF memorandum to the UN.

Buku kenang-kenangan Kongres Gerwis ke-2 (Jakarta, 25–31 Maret 1954): sambutan, telegram federasi perempuan luar negeri, laporan umum, resolusi, dan keputusan 30 Maret 1954 mengubah Gerwis menjadi Gerwani. Memuat peraturan dasar baru dan memorandum GWDS untuk PBB.

People

AbidinSartono

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationWomen's International Democratic FederationHarian Rakjat

Places

JakartaChinaKoreaVietnam

Events

Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani

Topics

GerwisGerwani organisationcongresses and meetingsWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

congress reportstatutes and programmesolidarityorganisational statement

Details

Date
1954
Creator
Gerwis
Document type
organisational document (congress souvenir book (commemorative volume with greetings, general report, statute, resolutions, photographs and advertisements))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Access
Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Gerakan Wanita Indonesia. (1954). Kenang-kenangan Kongres Gerwis ke-2, 25–31 Maret 1954 [Souvenir of the second Gerwis Congress, 25–31 March 1954] [Congress souvenir book]. Dewan Pimpinan Pusat Gerwani.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents/Gerwis (1954) - Kenang-kenangan Kongres Gerwis ke-2, 25 to 31 Maret 1954.pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.914) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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