Gerwis opens third Froebel school (kindergarten) in Semarang
De Locomotief, 5 Feb 1953: short note that the Semarang women's association Gerwis has opened its third Froebel school (kindergarten) on Jalan Dargo, already attended by 53 pupils. Evidence of Gerwis's early childcare and kindergarten work. The second item (archaeological dating) is unrelated.
De Locomotief, 5 Feb 1953: catatan singkat bahwa perkumpulan perempuan Gerwis di Semarang telah membuka sekolah Froebel (taman kanak-kanak) ketiganya di Jalan Dargo, sudah dihadiri 53 murid. Bukti awal kegiatan Gerwis di bidang penitipan anak dan TK. Berita kedua (penanggalan arkeologi) tak terkait.
“"The women's association Gerwis in Semarang has officially taken into use the third Froebel school of this association... already attended by 53 young pupils."”
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad 'Bandung in short' column (1957-10-19, p. 2) of local news. Relevant: Gerwani, which now has fifteen kindergartens across West Java, has begun a one-month emergency course to train teaching staff, with theory taught by Miss Sri Sulistiewaty of IPPI. Other items cover rice distribution, a Red Cr
shared: Literacy and TK Melati kindergarten work, education and literacy, kindergartens (TK Melati)
De Locomotief, 28 May 1953, short city reports: Semarang sets up a committee for International Children's Day on 1 June, led by Mrs Darsono of Gerwis with many women's associations as members. The second item (transfer of an Orphans' Chamber head) is unrelated.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Semarang, childcare, Gerwis
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad notice (1952-06-12, p. 2) that a baby-care committee, Taman Baji Sehat, has been set up in (apparently Bandung) by women's associations including Parkiwa, Perwari, Gerwis and Persatuan Wanita Kristen, to open a crèche for babies of mothers who have died, are ill or work.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), childcare, Gerwis, kindergartens (TK Melati)
Harian Rakjat, 5 May 1952. On p. 4 the open letter of Pemuda Rakyat's central leadership (DPP) to Chinese youth for the 4 May anniversary, signed by deputy chair Francisca Fanggidaej, praises the May Fourth tradition and anti-imperialist, anti-fascist solidarity. The same page mentions Gerwis's Rawasari branch kinderga
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), childcare, Gerwis, kindergartens (TK Melati)
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 4 Desember 1965. Item 'Cara PKI meracuni jiwa anak-anak' claims in PKI kindergartens run by 'Gerwani' women children were taught God does not exist because He could not give pencils; demonisation through religion and education.
shared: childcare, education and literacy, kindergartens (TK Melati)
1957 'Letter to an Unknown Friend' by Sudjinah (Gerwani) on Indonesian children's conditions, framed by colonial history, Japanese occupation and the Round Table agreement. Gives statistics (15-20% infant mortality, one doctor per 59,000, illiteracy 65%, 5 of 12 million children in school) and notes Gerwani, with the I
shared: childcare, education and literacy, kindergartens (TK Melati)
Neues Deutschland, 29 March 1952, p. 2: report 'Großberliner Schülerkonferenz' on a Berlin schoolchildren's conference organised by the German Society for the Protection of Children, with WIDF representatives present. The Indonesian kindergarten teacher Darmini, with Jeanette Turner of the USA, described the catastroph
shared: childcare, education and literacy, kindergartens (TK Melati)
Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 26 June 1952 (full issue; p. 1 relevant). Francisca Fanggidaej speaks to the paper as one of 17 members of a delegation of nine organisations (peace committee, workers, students, women's, youth and ex-combatant groups) concerning protests over the Korean war and germ warfare. Also a report that
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Semarang, Gerwis, education and literacy