Harian Rakjat, 8 March 1957: Setiati Surasto on menstrual leave
Harian Rakjat issue of 8 March 1957 (International Women's Day), noisy OCR. Page 3 carries Setiati Surasto's women's-day article defending menstrual leave (cuti haid) for women workers under Labour Law 1951/1948. Elsewhere: a Gerwani branch (Blitar) reported gaining members, a Gerwani public lecture is announced, and the front page covers the Saleh Lahade rebellion and Konsepsi Presiden debate.
Terbitan Harian Rakjat 8 Maret 1957 (Hari Wanita Internasional), OCR sangat bising. Halaman 3 memuat artikel Setiati Surasto yang membela cuti haid bagi buruh perempuan menurut UU Kerja 1951/1948. Di halaman lain dilaporkan ranting Gerwani Blitar menambah anggota, diumumkan ceramah Gerwani, dan berita utama membahas pemberontakan Saleh Lahade serta Konsepsi Presiden.
“p.3: Setiati Surasto's International Women's Day article on cuti haid (menstrual leave) for women workers, defending Labour Law provisions against employers' evasions.”
PhD dissertation (Mississippi State, 1967) by Woo Jung Ju on Sino-Indonesian relations, 1949-1966, from Bandung to the collapse of the Jakarta-Peking axis. It follows the PKI's resurgence under Aidit, Guided Democracy, the Malaysia Confrontation and the planned second Afro-Asian Conference, largely from Western press a
shared: Nahdlatul Ulama, Mohammad Hatta, Zhou Enlai
Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 23 Feb 1956. The DPP Gerwani issues a statement, after a meeting with Central Java, West Java and Jakarta delegates, demanding full unilateral abrogation of the KMB agreements. Women delegates Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri), Sri Ambar, Tuti, Rantiyem and Emmy Purwati att
shared: Nahdlatul Ulama, Plantation Workers' Union of the Republic of Indonesia, Setiati Surasto, labour and workers
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
shared: Harian Rakjat, international women's day, women's labour rights, labour and workers
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-03-09, p. 1): army envoys report from Makassar on Lt.-Col. Sumual's 2 March proclamation of martial law in TT-VII; parliament debates sending observers, proposing a group including Mrs. Ch. Salawati (PKI); the PKI central committee calls the move anti-republican and linked to SEATO. Cover
shared: Saleh Lahade, South Sulawesi
Proceedings volume published by the World Federation of Trade Unions (Prague, 1964) of the 2nd International Trade Union Conference on the Problems of Working Women, Bucharest, 11-16 May 1964: agenda reports, delegates' speeches, a Charter on the Economic and Social Rights of Working Women and a memorandum to the ILO.
shared: Setiati Surasto, women's labour rights, labour and workers
Harian Rakjat issue of 9 March 1957, very noisy OCR. Page 1 reports the International Women's Day exhibition (handicrafts, cooking, costumes, foreign stalls) in Jakarta, where Umi Sardjono (Gerwani leader) is among women leaders present alongside Fatmawati; the committee of ten women's organisations is chaired by Yahya
shared: Harian Rakjat, Mohammad Hatta, Surabaya, South Sulawesi
Harian Rakjat, 20 Mar 1952, p.2: report from Kebumen that Siti Asiyah, a civil servant (Japen office) and deputy chair of the new Gerwis branch in Kebumen and Gerwis vice-chair of the 8 March International Women's Day committee, was repeatedly summoned and warned or threatened by her office head not to be active in Ger
shared: Harian Rakjat, Plantation Workers' Union of the Republic of Indonesia, international women's day, labour and workers
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Mar 1957, p. 1: after the East Indonesian military proclamation, parliament considers sending observers to T.T. VII including Mrs Ch. Salawati (PKI); the PKI central committee condemns Sumual's action as linked to Colonel Lubis and SEATO subversion.
shared: Saleh Lahade