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Merdeka, 12 Februari 1957, hlm. 3: Panitia Hari Wanita Internasional

Merdeka, 12 February 1957: International Women's Day committee

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Merdeka, 12 Feb 1957, p. 3: Antara item on Jakarta women's organisations forming a committee for International Women's Day (8 March 1957), chaired by Ny. Jahja Malik (Perwamu), with Gerwani, Baperki and others.

Merdeka, 12 Februari 1957, hlm. 3: berita Antara tentang organisasi wanita Jakarta membentuk panitia Hari Perempuan Internasional (8 Maret 1957), diketuai Ny. Jahja Malik (Perwamu), dengan Gerwani, Baperki, dan lainnya.

People

Jahja MalikDarpin Busono

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)PerwamuConsultative Body for Indonesian CitizenshipPersatuan Isteri Indonesia

Places

Jakarta

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementwomen's rights and emancipationcongresses and meetings

Tags

international women's day

Details

Date
1957-02-12
Creator
Merdeka
Publication
Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (nationalist daily; regional Surabaya page))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
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. (1957, February 12). Merdeka [Daily newspaper], p. 3.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Merdeka (1957-02-12) - p. 03, Gerwani hit [MPN SIDAK 187545].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.813) · 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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