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W. Irian: biggest issue for Indonesian people today (Tribune, 10 Januari 1962)

W. Irian: biggest issue for Indonesian people today

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Tribune (Sydney), 10 Jan 1962, p. 3: Gloria Garton, UAW national president, reports on her 3.5 weeks in Indonesia as WIDF and UAW representative at the 4th Gerwani Congress in Jakarta (14-17 Dec 1961) and a Java tour, with meetings of up to 2,000 in Semarang and Yogyakarta. Says West Irian is the biggest unifying issue; notes many women who had served time in Dutch prisons.

Tribune (Sydney), 10 Januari 1962, hlm. 3: Gloria Garton, presiden nasional UAW, melaporkan kunjungan 3,5 minggu di Indonesia sebagai wakil WIDF dan UAW pada Kongres ke-4 Gerwani di Jakarta (14-17 Des 1961) dan tur Jawa, dengan rapat hingga 2.000 orang di Semarang dan Yogyakarta. Irian Barat disebut isu pemersatu terbesar; banyak perempuan pernah dipenjara Belanda.

“I went to Indonesia as the representative of the WIDF and the Union of Australian Women to attend the 4th Congress of the Indonesian Women's Movement 'Gerwani' held in Djakarta from December 14 to 17. (p. 3)”

People

Gloria GartonSukarnoRobert Menzies

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Union of Australian WomenWomen's International Democratic Federation

Places

JakartaSemarangYogyakartaJavaWest New Guinea (Papua)NetherlandsAustralia

Events

Fourth Gerwani CongressTrikora and West Irian volunteer mobilisation

Topics

Gerwani organisationcongresses and meetingsWest Irian campaignWIDF and international women's movementAustralia and New Zealand

Tags

congress reportdelegation abroad

Details

Date
1962-01-10
Creator
Tribune
Publication
Tribune
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Trove · source link
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/Tribune (1962-01-10) - W. Irian biggest issue for Indonesian people today [Trove 236251613].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.972) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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