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Women in Colonial Countries: Delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report
Women in Colonial Countries: delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report (China Weekly Review, 1949)
China Weekly Review, 31 Dec 1949: report of delegates' speeches at the Asian Women's Conference in Peking (WIDF-aligned) on women in colonial and semi-colonial countries (Africa, Middle East, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Vietnam, France, China, Korea, Madagascar, Burma). The Indonesian delegate Lillah Suripno traces women's organising since 1912, women's wartime roles and the September 1949 Yogyakarta congress; no Gerwis/Gerwani as such, but useful context for the left women's network.
China Weekly Review, 31 Des 1949: laporan pidato para delegasi Konferensi Wanita Asia di Peking (sejalan dengan WIDF) tentang perempuan di negeri jajahan dan setengah jajahan. Delegasi Indonesia Lillah Suripno menguraikan organisasi perempuan sejak 1912, peran perempuan dalam perang, dan kongres Yogyakarta September 1949; Gerwis/Gerwani belum disebut, tetapi berguna sebagai konteks jaringan perempuan kiri.
“p.3: Lillah Suripno of the Indonesian delegation says the first Indonesian women's organisation was formed in 1912 and that at the September 1949 Yogyakarta congress progressive women prioritised a free, democratic Indonesian state.”
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