Indian Daily Mail, 2 March 1955: Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress (Palembang)

Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress The third Indonesian Women's Congress will be held in Palembang from today Mar. 2 until Mar. 6 and will be attended by 300 members of the Main Committees of women organizations all over Indonesia. In a Press conference held recently the chairman of the Congress Preparatory Committee Mrs. S. A. Hanafiah explained that an amount of Rp. 100,000 is needed to finance the Congress. The money collected at present is Rp. 38,757,50 which was donated by Commander of T.T. II, the Palembang Resident, national enterprises, the Congress' secretariat and from others. According to Mrs. Hanafiah the remaining [Unreadable] be collected from each participant. [Unreadable] housing of participating members [Unreadable] located at Lurung Pagar Alam Road. The preparatory committee will be supported by women organizations such as the Perwari (Indonesian Women Federation), Gerwani (Indonesian Women Movement), Wanita Demokrat and the women's section of the Indonesian Socialist Party, and others. The Aisjiah and Muslimat are not participating, said Mrs. Hanafiah. It was further announced that the Committee is headed by Mrs. S. A. Hanafiah (Gerwani), secretary is Mrs. R. Mailan (Gerwani) and treasurer Mrs. Djauhari (Bayangkhari). Promoters are Mrs. Winarno, Mrs. Abdulrozak and Mrs. Ali Amin, says an Indonesian Press release.