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Soviet Woman, Februari 1954: Rantijem, 'Our Unity Is Growing Stronger'

Soviet Woman, Feb 1954: Rantijem, 'Our Unity Is Growing Stronger'

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Soviet Woman, 28 Feb 1954, p. 30: article by Rantijem (SOBSI National Council member), written after her Nov 1953 USSR tour with a trade union delegation, on Indonesian women's conditions. Describes legal bars to women's state and foreign-firm work, unequal pay (4.30 rupees/day vs 155.49 subsistence minimum), no maternity protection, 20,000 prostitutes in Jakarta, blaming Dutch and US imperialism.

Soviet Woman, 28 Feb 1954, hlm. 30: artikel Rantijem (anggota Dewan Nasional SOBSI) seusai kunjungan ke Uni Soviet Nov 1953 bersama delegasi serikat buruh, tentang kondisi perempuan Indonesia. Memaparkan larangan kerja di instansi negara dan perusahaan asing, upah timpang (4,30 rupiah/hari vs minimum hidup 155,49), tanpa perlindungan ibu, 20.000 pelacur di Jakarta.

“p.30: 'Indonesian women are discriminated against in labour. They may not work in state institutions or at foreign-owned enterprises... Women are paid less than men for the same work.'”

People

Rantiyem

Organisations

All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationSoviet Woman (magazine)All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

Places

JakartaSurabayaIndonesiaSoviet Union

Topics

labour and workerswomen's rights and emancipationUSSR and Eastern Europepeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

factorieswomen's labour rightsdelegation abroad

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Date
1954-02-28
Creator
Soviet Woman
Publication
Soviet Woman
Document type
periodical article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
East View / Infoteka (Columbia): Soviet Woman · source link
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Soviet Woman (1954-02-28) - Our Unity Is Growing Stronger, p. 30 [East View 104309346].pdf
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Good (0.957) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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