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Women's Delegation (FBIS, 4 May 1953)

FBIS, 4 May 1953: Women's delegation (to the Copenhagen congress)

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FBIS item (4 May 1953): first group of Indonesia's delegation to the International Women's Congress in Copenhagen (from 5 June) left Jakarta by ship on 4 May: a SARBUPRI central committee woman (name garbled, Suranto), Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis. Records named Gerwis delegates to the WIDF congress.

Berita FBIS (4 Mei 1953): rombongan pertama delegasi Indonesia ke Kongres Perempuan Internasional di Kopenhagen (mulai 5 Juni) berangkat dari Jakarta dengan kapal pada 4 Mei: seorang pengurus pusat SARBUPRI (nama tak jelas, Suranto), Maasje Siwi dan Kartinah, keduanya dari Gerwis. Mencatat delegasi Gerwis ke kongres WIDF.

“Group consists of a SARBUPRI committee member and 'Mrs. Maasje Siwi and Mrs. Kartinah, both of the Awakened Indonesian Women movement (GERWIS).'”

People

Maasje SiwiKartinah KurdiSuranto

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Plantation Workers' Union of the Republic of IndonesiaWomen's International Democratic Federation

Places

JakartaCopenhagen

Events

WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen

Topics

GerwisWIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingslabour and workers

Tags

delegation abroadradio broadcast monitoring

Details

Date
1953-05-04
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 D1920818) · 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 (1953-05-04) - Women's Delegation, Jakarta [Readex FBIS D1920818].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.634) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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