CIA compilation, October 1956: WIDF - a compilation of available basic information
CIA compilation 'WIDF: A Compilation of Available Basic Information' (Oct 1956). In its affiliate list it gives Gerwani (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia) claimed strength of 281,000 (Feb 1955) and 565,147 (Apr 1956), with president Umi Sardjono and vice-president Suharti Suwarto (p.20); the WIDF Council list shows Indonesian members (OCR: Suwarti, Suharti, Asijah) (p.38). A long reference document on WIDF structure worldwide.
Kompilasi CIA 'WIDF: A Compilation of Available Basic Information' (Oktober 1956). Daftar afiliasi memuat Gerwani (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia) dengan klaim anggota 281.000 (Feb 1955) dan 565.147 (Apr 1956), ketua Umi Sardjono dan wakil ketua Suharti Suwarto (hlm. 20); daftar Dewan WIDF menampilkan anggota Indonesia (OCR: Suwarti, Suharti, Asijah) (hlm. 38). Dokumen rujukan panjang tentang struktur WIDF.
“Indonesia: Gerakan Wanita Indonesia = GERWANI; claimed strength Feb 1955: 281,000, Apr 1956: 565,147; President Umi Sardjono; Vice President Suharti Suwarto (p.20).”
Official institutional history, 'Seperempat Abad DPR RI', compiled by the DPR-GR Secretariat for the 25th anniversary in August 1970; it traces parliament from the KNIP to 1970 with membership rosters. For Gerwani it matters in the 1965-66 chapters: it records the NU demand (5 Oct 1965) to ban Gerwani, the 15 Oct 1965
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Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-03-02, p. 2): list of PKI candidates by electoral district across East Java, Central Java, West Java, Greater Jakarta and Sumatra. It includes women: Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Sukisman), Suharti Suwarto (Solo), Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Mochsjam, Jakarta), Sundari Abdulrachman (Semarang), Salawati D
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US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1959-60) extracts. A review of the new monthly Api Kartini, published by Yayasan Melati and headed by Maasje Siwi, lists its editors (S. Asijah, Darmini, Parjani Pradono, S.K. Trimurti, Rukiah Kertapati and others). Parliamentary notes list Umi Sardjono (functional group for women) a
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US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956) extracts. A list of PKI's 39 parliamentary seats includes Gerwani leaders (Umi Sardjono, Suharti Suwarto, Mudigdio, Sundari Abdurachman, Charlotte Salawati); notes the Central Sumatra Gerwani conference (Bukittinggi, Feb 1956; 14,000 members, 216 sections) and new branches in J
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CIA report 'Foreign Delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress, January 1959'. Under Far East parties the Indonesian delegation is listed as D. N. Aidit (secretary general), Karel Supit, B. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah), Suharti Suwarto (head of the party's women's department) and Nursuhut. Suharti Suwarto is the onl
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CIA compilation of reference data (February 1957, data to 1 October 1956) on international communist-front organisations and friendship societies, including the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). The WIDF directory lists headquarters, publications, executive officers and national affiliates. Under Indo
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Government reference almanac issued by the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan), June 1961, on the institutions of Guided Democracy: MPRS, DPR-GR, DPAS, Depernas, Bapekan, Front Nasional and recognised parties, with decrees, membership lists and party statutes. Gerwani appears only once, as the women's del
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Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri and Stefanus Pramono) on Umi Sardjono's legislative career: Konstituante (1955) and DPR-GR (1959-65). She pushed immigration reform (no spousal permission), a marriage law banning polygamy with minimum age 21 (opposed by Aisyiyah, Muslimat NU), the 1960 agrarian law for women far
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