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S.K. Trimurti: Kongres Wanita Indonesia (konferensi Kowani), Harian Rakjat 13 Maret 1952

S.K. Trimurti: Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani conference) (Harian Rakjat, 13 March 1952)

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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 issue also reports a Gerwis Bojonegoro 8 March International Women's Day event.

Harian Rakjat, 13 Maret 1952, hal. 3: artikel S.K. Trimurti tentang konferensi Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) yang dimulai 15 Maret di Jakarta. Ia menyerukan persatuan semua organisasi wanita (menyebut Perwari, Muslimat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis), keputusan dengan suara bulat, dan tindakan atas pengangguran wanita, harga dan perburuhan. Terbit pula berita peringatan Hari Wanita Internasional 8 Maret oleh Gerwis Bojonegoro.

“p.3, Trimurti: the women's congress problems are not 'Perwari's alone, nor Muslimat's alone, nor Gerwis's alone' but of all women's organisations; unity is the one weapon.”

People

S.K. TrimurtiRasuna SaidMaudin Syahadat

Organisations

Indonesian Women's CongressWomen's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaIndonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Muslimat (unspecified)Democratic Women (PNI women's wing)Indonesian Christian Women's AssociationCommunist Party of IndonesiaHarian Rakjat

Places

JakartaBojonegoroYogyakartaSurakarta

Topics

women's rights and emancipationcongresses and meetingsGerwislabour and workers

Tags

women's movement unitycost of livingrice and prices

Details

Date
1952-03-13
Creator
Harian Rakjat
Publication
Harian Rakjat
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara (Harian Rakjat, catalog 485026) · source link
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open access (Khastara) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Harian Rakjat (1952-1957) - issues naming Gerwis-Gerwani members (Perpusnas Khastara)/Harian Rakjat (1952-03-13) - S.K. Trimurti on the Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference, p. 3 [Khastara 485026].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.855) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Harian Rakjat (1952-1957) - issues naming Gerwis-Gerwani members (Perpusnas Khastara)
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full text read; OCR largely unreadable

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