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Merdeka, 10 Maret 1951, hlm. 3: 'Gelanggang Wanita'

Merdeka, 10 March 1951: 'Gelanggang Wanita' women's column

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Merdeka, 10 Mar 1951, p. 3: women's column reporting that Jakarta's International Women's Day on 8 March 1951 was not commemorated by Indonesian groups for lack of Kowani consensus, while 1,500 Chinese women met with Ny. Aidit of Gerwis present.

Merdeka, 10 Maret 1951, hlm. 3: kolom wanita yang melaporkan Hari Perempuan Internasional 8 Maret 1951 di Jakarta tak diperingati kelompok Indonesia karena Kowani tak sepakat, sementara 1.500 perempuan Tionghoa berkumpul dengan Ny. Aidit dari Gerwis hadir.

People

Soetanti AiditSudarno

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's CongressWomen's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaMuslimat (unspecified)

Places

JakartaPrinsenpark

Topics

GerwisWIDF and international women's movementwomen's rights and emancipationChina

Tags

commentary

Details

Date
1951-03-10
Creator
Merdeka
Publication
Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (nationalist daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional (MPN) SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free access; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), page image downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser; MPN SIDAK id in the file name. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Merdeka. (1951, March 10). Merdeka [Daily newspaper], No. 1576, Tahun ke-VI, p. 3. Djakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Merdeka (1951-03-10) - p. 03, Gerwis hit [MPN SIDAK 189867].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.811) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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