Reshuffle of the Women's Front in parliament (Harian Rakjat, 14 February 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 14 Feb 1952 (four-page issue; p.3): a short item that the parliamentary Women's Front (Front Wanita) was reshuffled, with Mrs Sukemi now chair and N. Suwarti secretary, replacing chair Mrs Mudigdo and a secretary whose name is garbled. Also a garbled note on a Gerwis Kebayoran branch meeting, a Soviet women's feature, and general political news.
Harian Rakjat, 14 Feb 1952 (empat halaman; hlm. 3): berita pendek bahwa Front Wanita di parlemen dirombak, kini Ny. Sukemi ketua dan N. Suwarti sekretaris, menggantikan ketua Ny. Mudigdo dan seorang sekretaris yang namanya tak terbaca jelas. Juga catatan samar tentang rapat ranting Gerwis Kebayoran, tulisan tentang perempuan Soviet, dan berita politik umum.
“p.3: 'Front Wanita dalam parlemen saat kemarin diubah susunannya, yaitu Ketua Ny. Sukemi dan ... Penulis N. Suwarti. Susunan yang lama adalah ketua Ny. Mudigdo ...' (OCR columns interleaved)”
Trouw (25 Feb 1950), ANP report on the first session of the RIS parliament: ironic laughter from republican members at Dutch congratulatory telegrams, cautious talk of inter-parliamentary cooperation. Mrs Mudigdo (listed as Partai Sosialis member, not seated as such) says she would like to meet Dutch women MPs, seconde
shared: Mudigdo, women legislators
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 26 Mar 1956, on the swearing-in of 217 members of the new DPR and Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Captioned photos show Sukarno with PKI member Mudigdo and Masyumi's Mangunpuspito, and welcoming Salawati Daud, a non-party PKI candidate from Makassar. Women MPs (13 in a
shared: Mudigdo
Founding handbook of Gerwis issued after the June 1950 Semarang fusion of six women's organisations: statutes, a catechism-style commentary, bylaws, an organising manual and a field guide for work among women workers, peasants, traders and workers' wives. Frames women's interest in anticolonial struggle.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis
De Locomotief, 11 Mar 1954: Salatiga's federation of women's associations marks International Women's Day on 8 March; a Gerwis representative explains the day's origin, followed by a talk on baby care, a health-service film and children's dances. Shows Gerwis giving the political history of the day within a mixed local
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis
Java-Bode, 19 Aug 1952, p. 2: Perwari, Wanita Rakjat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis and Pekerdja Wanita meet in Jakarta and agree to jointly urge the government to withdraw its new regulation on pensions for civil servants' widows; a delegation will see the prime minister.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mar 1952, p.3: article by S.K. Trimurti on the Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) conference due from 15 March in Jakarta. She urges unity among all women's organisations (naming Perwari, Muslimat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis), voting by consensus, and action on women's unemployment, prices and labour. The
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis
Harian Rakjat, 19 April 1952. On p. 5 a short report says the 8 March (International Women's Day) Committee held its dissolution meeting at the Gerwis building, Gang Lontar, Jakarta, chaired by Ny. Sutanti Aidit of Gerwis; delegates of Gerwis, Pemuda Puteri Indonesia, Perwari, PWKI and other women's bodies adopted a re
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis
Harian Rakjat, 14 May 1952. Pp. 1 and 4 report a meeting convened on Ki Hajar Dewantara's initiative to organise commemoration of 20 May (National Awakening Day); S.K. Trimurti of Gerwis spoke first, backing the plan and urging concrete action; Perwari and Gerwis are named among the women's organisations present. The f
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), women's movement unity, Gerwis