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. Peace and friendship propaganda; Gerwani not named.
Surat-menyurat terbuka tentang perdamaian dalam Api Kartini (1961) antara Ny. A. Hidayat, pimpinan komite perdamaian Indonesia, dan Nina Popova dari gerakan wanita Soviet, mengenai uji coba nuklir, perlucutan senjata dan penerbangan antariksa Gagarin dan Titov. Halaman juga memuat surat seorang ibu kepada anak sekolah. Propaganda perdamaian dan persahabatan; Gerwani tidak disebut.
“Popova's reply: 'not only the Soviet people but no nation wants a new war'; she asks Indonesian women to keep exchanging letters to strengthen peace.”
November 1961 issue: a report on torture of women political prisoners in South Vietnam, a Heroes Day essay linking Indonesia to Algeria, Angola, Congo and Cuba, and peace letters between Ratu Aminah Hidajat and Nina Popova.
shared: Soviet Women's Committee, Indonesian Peace Committee, Nina Popova, Soviet Union
Article by Sulami (1959) reporting on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Prague, chaired by Eugenie Cotton, and the Council with 51 countries. It stresses women's duty to protect children, supports disarmament and Soviet-US talks, backs the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day, and links peace to Indonesian national i
shared: Nikita Khrushchev, Nina Popova, nuclear disarmament, USSR and Eastern Europe
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
shared: A. Hidayat, nuclear disarmament
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
shared: Nina Popova, Soviet Union, nuclear disarmament
Tribune magazine page, 1 Oct 1958, p. 6: Mary Lester (Union of Australian Women, Perth) reports on the Fourth World Congress of Women (WIDF, Vienna, June 1958; 76 countries). Themes: atomic-test ban, status of women, children's education. Indonesia appears only in passing: two women MPs from Indonesia, with Indian and
shared: Nina Popova, Soviet Union, nuclear disarmament
Pravda, 2 Mar 1960 (No. 62), pp. 1-3, 5 (machine-translated): coverage of the end of Khrushchev's 12-day visit to Indonesia (farewell speeches by Khrushchev and Sukarno; Calcutta stop). Pp. 2-3 report a farewell meeting on 29 Feb with delegates of mass organisations, naming 'the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani)' a
shared: Indonesian Peace Committee, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, USSR and Eastern Europe
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 62, 2 March 1960, report 'People must live happily!' on Khrushchev's Indonesia visit. Leading figures of SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat, the women's movement Gerwani, the Peace Committee, the Soviet friendship society and Lekra gathered with gifts at his residence; SOBSI's Njono spoke of f
shared: Indonesian Peace Committee, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, USSR and Eastern Europe
Api Kartini (late 1960) item on strengthening Indonesia-USSR friendship: state visits by Sukarno and Khrushchev, cultural and economic agreements, Indonesian students at Friendship University, Soviet-built Asian Games stadium and a Soviet industrial exhibition in Jakarta. Reports that after the Copenhagen assembly an I
shared: Soviet Women's Committee, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, USSR and Eastern Europe