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Artikel Ny. Umi Sardjono dan pidato Ny. Mudigdio di DPR; Gerwani pertahankan cuti haid (Harian Rakjat, 7 Maret 1957, hlm. 3)

Umi Sardjono article and Mudigdio speech in parliament; Gerwani defends menstrual leave (Harian Rakjat, 7 March 1957)

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Harian Rakjat, 7 Mar 1957, p. 3: includes an article by Ny. Umi Sardjono for International Women's Day on women's struggle and rights (alongside a science piece), a DPR report with Ny. Mudigdio (PKI) speaking on 6 March, and Gerwani branch items. Notes 46 organisations including Gerwani opposing abolition of menstrual leave (cuti haid) in the labour bill debate.

Harian Rakjat, 7 Maret 1957, hlm. 3: memuat artikel Ny. Umi Sardjono untuk Hari Wanita Internasional tentang perjuangan dan hak wanita (bersama artikel sains), laporan DPR dengan pidato Ny. Mudigdio (PKI) 6 Maret, dan berita cabang Gerwani. Mencatat 46 organisasi termasuk Gerwani menolak pencabutan cuti haid dalam debat RUU perburuhan.

“p. 3: 'Gerwani pertahankan ... cuti haidh' - 46 organisations reject revoking menstrual leave; 'Ny. Mudigdio (PKI), menerangkan ...' in DPR; article '(Oleh: Ny. UMI SARJONO)' on women's struggle.”

People

Umi SardjonoMudigdioKertapati

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian parliament (DPR)All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontInstitute of People's CultureHarian Rakjat

Places

JakartaAmbarawaSurakartaPurwokerto

Topics

Gerwani organisationwomen's rights and emancipationlabour and workerselections and parliamentpropaganda and media

Tags

international women's daywomen's labour rights

Details

Date
1957-03-07
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
1955–1959
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara (Harian Rakjat, catalog 485026) · source link
Access
open access (Khastara) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Harian Rakjat (1952-1957) - issues naming Gerwis-Gerwani members (Perpusnas Khastara)/Harian Rakjat (1957-03-07) - Article by Nj. Umi Sardjono; Nj. Mudigdio (PKI) speech, p. 3, 4 [Khastara 485026].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.534) · 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)
Summary basis
full text scanned (keyword-focused); newspaper-page OCR noisy

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