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Meluaskan Aksi-Aksi untuk Memperkuat Tuntutan Hak-Hak Wanita, Anak-Anak dan Perdamaian (Laporan Umi Sardjono, 1956)

Umi Sardjono's General Report to the Third DPP Plenum, June 1956

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Umi Sardjono's general report for the Gerwani DPP Executive to the 3rd DPP Plenary (16-19 June 1956), published by DPP Gerwani. Reviews the 1955 election campaign (23,480 new Gerwani workers; five Gerwani members elected, including Umi Sardjono and Salawati), marriage-law and anti-polygamy casework (86 of 115 cases resolved), Maesuri case, child welfare, peace and WIDF. Reports membership of 565,147 against a 1,000,000 target.

Laporan umum Umi Sardjono atas nama Dewan Harian DPP Gerwani pada Sidang Pleno ke-III DPP (16-19 Juni 1956), diterbitkan DPP Gerwani. Meninjau kampanye pemilu 1955 (23.480 petugas baru; lima anggota Gerwani terpilih, termasuk Umi Sardjono dan Salawati), kasus perkawinan dan permaduan (86 dari 115 perkara selesai), kasus Maesuri, kesejahteraan anak, perdamaian dan GWDS. Keanggotaan 565.147 dari target 1.000.000.

“Membership rose from 403,000 to 565,147, only about 56% of the 1,000,000 plan; Gerwani had about 5,000 Ranting; five members elected to DPR/Konstituante (pp. 26-27).”

People

Umi SardjonoSalawati DaudMaisuriAttamimiGafar KutnanAli Sastroamidjojo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaWomen's International Democratic FederationDarul IslamNATO

Places

JakartaEast JavaWest JavaCentral JavaSumatraKaroSurabayaBangilPekanbaru

Topics

Gerwani organisationcongresses and meetingselections and parliamentmarriage law and polygamypeace and anti-imperialismWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

congress reportelection campaignmembership figuresstatistics

Details

Date
1956
Creator
Umi Sardjono
Document type
organisational document (Gerwis/Gerwani organisational document)
Language
English
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents/Umi Sardjono (1956) - Meluaskan Aksi-aksi untuk Memperkuat Tuntutan Hak Wanita, Anak dan Perdamaian (WASI copy, 36 pp) [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.879) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.1 Gerwis and Gerwani Documents
Summary basis
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