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Women's Demand (FBIS, 3 Jan 1953)

FBIS, 3 January 1953: Women's demand (GPII women's branch congress)

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One-line FBIS item (3 Jan 1953): the women's branch of the Indonesian Islamic Youth League (GPII) held a congress in Jakarta and demanded vocational training for Indonesian women and a government physical-education vocational school for women. Background on Muslim women's organisations contemporary with Gerwis.

Berita satu baris FBIS (3 Jan 1953): cabang perempuan Gabungan Pemuda Islam Indonesia (GPII) mengadakan kongres di Jakarta dan menuntut pelatihan kejuruan bagi perempuan Indonesia serta sekolah kejuruan pendidikan jasmani bagi perempuan oleh pemerintah. Latar organisasi perempuan Muslim sezaman dengan Gerwis.

“Congress of the women's branch of GPII demanded vocational training for Indonesian women.”

Organisations

Indonesian Islamic Youth Movement

Places

Jakarta

Topics

women's rights and emancipationeducation and literacycongresses and meetings

Tags

news brief

Details

Date
1953-01-03
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id ECB3B5D8) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report (1953-01-03) - Women's Demand, Jakarta [Readex FBIS ECB3B5D8].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.556) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
Summary basis
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