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Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1957): Pengurus dan Cabang Gerwani, Umi Sardjono Ketua Umum

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1957): Gerwani leaders and branches, Umi Sardjono chair

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US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1957) extracts: a Central Borneo women's committee, including Gerwani, backing Sukarno's Concept and asking that marriage law be prioritised; Kowani's Fourth Congress (Surabaya) with Mudigdio of Gerwani as treasurer; Muljani as Central Java Gerwani chair; new North Sumatra and Jakarta Gerwani officers; Umi Sardjono as Gerwani general chair (Dec 1957).

Kutipan Monthly Indonesian Press Survey AS (1957): komite wanita Kalimantan Tengah, termasuk Gerwani, mendukung Konsepsi Sukarno dan meminta UU perkawinan diprioritaskan; Kongres IV Kowani (Surabaya) dengan Mudigdio dari Gerwani sebagai bendahara; Muljani ketua Gerwani Jawa Tengah; pengurus baru Gerwani Sumatra Utara dan Jakarta; Umi Sardjono ketua umum Gerwani (Des 1957).

“Kowani Fourth Congress: 'first treasurer, Mrs Mudigdo of Gerwani'; decisions included urging 'the government to revise marriage laws' (p. 9).”

People

Umi SardjonoMudigdioMuljaniMaria Ullfah SantosoMaisuriD.N. Aidit

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's CongressCommunist Party of IndonesiaWomen's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaMuslimat (unspecified)Consultative Body for Indonesian Citizenship

Places

Central KalimantanSurabayaCentral JavaMedanJakarta

Topics

Gerwani organisationmarriage law and polygamycongresses and meetingselections and parliamentwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

press rounduporganisational structure

Details

Date
1957
Creator
Monthly Indonesian Press Survey
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
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01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1957) - Gerwani officers and branches, Umi Sardjono general chairman [HathiTrust coo.31924079086496].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.923) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
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