GA-00847 1953-05-06 relevance A public
Vooruitgang vrouwenbeweging op Oost-Java
Progress of the women's movement in East Java: Gerwis growth figures
De Waarheid, 6 May 1953, p. 5: dispatch citing two Gerwis women, Su... and Warinah, on the growth of Gerwis in East Java: districts up from 19 (early 1952) to 37, 120 branches plus 50 forming, 7,016 members, mainly women workers, peasants and self-employed. Illiteracy is the main obstacle, countered by courses attended by 1,322 women, handicraft courses in 29 places and cadre courses. OCR garbled.
De Waarheid, 6 Mei 1953, hlm. 5: kabar mengutip dua perempuan Gerwis, Su... dan Warinah, tentang pertumbuhan Gerwis di Jawa Timur: cabang distrik naik dari 19 (awal 1952) menjadi 37, 120 ranting ditambah 50 sedang dibentuk, 7.016 anggota, terutama buruh perempuan, tani, dan wiraswasta. Buta huruf rintangan utama, diatasi kursus yang diikuti 1.322 perempuan, kursus kerajinan di 29 tempat, dan kursus kader. OCR kacau.
“Relevance raised from C: gives membership and course figures for Gerwis in East Java.”
People
Organisations
Places
Topics
Tags
Details
- Date
- 1953-05-06
- Creator
- De Waarheid
- Publication
- De Waarheid
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Period
- 1950–1954
- Source archive
- Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
- Access
- open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Waarheid (1953-05-06) - Vooruitgang vrouwenbeweging op Oost-Java [Delpher ddd-010369112-a0086].txt
- OCR / text
- Poor (0.696) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
- Summary basis
- full text read
Related items
Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Women warriors (Gerwani infographic)
Tempo English infographic 'Women Warriors' (4 Oct 2021, text by Hussein Abri Dongoran) summarising Gerwani: founded 1954 from Gerwis (1950), disbanded 1965 after New Order accusations. It lists the central board (Umi Sardjono chair, Mudikdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti, Sulami Djojoprawiro, Sudjinah and others), the jasmin
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), membership figures, statistics, Gerwis
Tempo, 2 October 2021: Breaking up before the decisive congress (how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani)
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021) on how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani: Marx House courses, the 1945 Barisan Buruh Wanita with S.K. Trimurti, Gerwis founded at Semarang (3-6 June 1950, Tris Metty chair), Umi chair from 1954 when it became Gerwani. Cites 650,000 members and 179 kindergartens at the 1957 Solo congress, WIDF links, s
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), membership figures, statistics, Gerwis
Indonesia: Miss Darmini of Gerwis (WIDF, 1954)
WIDF 1954 profile of Miss Darmini of GERWIS, reporting to a WIDF meeting. Membership rose from 6,000 at the 1951 first congress to 37,000 by 1953 and about 600,000 prior to the March 1954 second congress (as printed); the Union of Railway Workers' Wives affiliated. She describes campaigns on women's rights, maternity l
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), membership figures, statistics, Gerwis
Plans and tasks of the Indonesian women's movement, by Suwati Trimo (Harian Rakjat, 4 January 1964; JPRS)
JPRS translation of a Harian Rakjat piece (4 Jan 1964) by Suwati Trimo (Sutrimo) on Gerwani's plans after the 1961 Fourth Congress, plus the end of another National Front speech and an Aidit message to prison personnel. Reports membership growth (Surabaya 14,434 to 16,231; Jakarta trained 45 cadres), peasant and anti-'
shared: cadre training, membership figures, peasant women
US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1961-62): Fourth Gerwani Congress
Short US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey extract (1961-62) on the Fourth Congress of Gerwani (Jakarta, 14-17 Dec 1961), with an address by Sukarno. Reports 1,120,594 members and branches in 22 provinces, state support (Social Welfare funds, city rice), and educational work: 46,785 registered in literacy courses (25,166
shared: membership figures, statistics, education and literacy
Book by PKI chairman D.N. Aidit (Demos, 1963) collecting his writings on the Indonesian revolution. Beyond the opening chapters, a passage on the Madiun affair (p. 128) records that Mrs Mudigdio and A.M. Tambunan put parliamentary questions on 9 December 1950 about the 1948 killing of Amir Sjarifuddin and ten comrades.
shared: membership figures, statistics, peasant women
Umi Sardjono's General Report to the Third DPP Plenum, June 1956
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 res
shared: East Java, membership figures, statistics
Growing activity of the Indonesian women's movement: Malang conference figures
De Waarheid, 9 Dec 1953, p. 5: Malang dispatch on a Gerwis conference reviewing East Java work. In six months membership rose from 12,000 to 16,420 and branches from 37 to 49; literacy courses ran in 120 villages with 1,349 participants; 15 kindergartens (kleuterbewaarplaatsen) opened, holding almost 600 children daily
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), East Java, membership figures, Gerwis