Woman guest from Indonesia (Tribune, 20 April 1960)

Tribune (1960-04-20) - Woman guest from Indonesia Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236733219 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 20 Apr 1960 - Woman guest from Indonesia Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1991), Wednesday 20 April 1960, page 9 Woman guest from IndonesiaMRS- Rusijoii Sukardi, pictured above, is on International Women's Day Committee guest, now visiting Australia.sH® is a journalist working for the Indonesian news agency ANTARA. Although she has five young children, Mrs- Sukardi told Tribune she manages to find time for journalistic work and activities in the Indonesian women's movement. Mrs, Sukardi said that in 1928 when only a young girl, she joined the.Indonesian youth movement which played a big part in the struggle for national liberation. She herself was fortunate enough to gain some education,- studied Dutch and English, and was able to take up' journalism. Women active Since Liberation Indonesian women have taken more and more part in national life, Mrs. Sukardi said. 'We have a woman Ambassador to Belgium, some women parliamentarians (18 in the old pariia-. ment, 24 in the present selected parliament of 261 members). Some women take part in the local assemblies, and 40 per cent, of our teachers are women. "But you must remember that my country is 85 per cent. a peasant country and that we have difficulties." Indonesia has a number of women's organisations. The main one is GERWANI, the Indonesian Women's Movement, which embraces 71,000 women. Mrs. Sukardi will visit Newcastle. Wollongong and various interstate" centres,