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Protection of Motherhood as a Right of Women and a Responsibility of Society (WIDF, 1958)
WIDF study publication (Berlin, 1958) on protection of motherhood as a right of women and a responsibility of society, with country contributions from Study Days participants, the ILO Convention 103 text and national summaries. It names Suwarti Bintang Suradi as Gerwani executive member and constituent assembly member. Her contribution (c. pp. 53-56) covers Indonesian working mothers, dismissal on marriage at BPM/Shell and lack of creches. A later section (p. 107) says Gerwani, with about 660,000 members, campaigned for three months' maternity leave in all enterprises.
Publikasi kajian WIDF (Berlin, 1958) tentang perlindungan keibuan sebagai hak perempuan dan tanggung jawab masyarakat, berisi kontribusi negara peserta Study Days, teks Konvensi ILO 103, dan ringkasan nasional. Suwarti Bintang Suradi disebut sebagai anggota pimpinan Gerwani dan anggota Konstituante. Kontribusinya (sekitar hlm. 53-56) membahas ibu pekerja Indonesia, pemecatan saat menikah di BPM/Shell, dan ketiadaan tempat penitipan anak. Bagian lain (hlm. 107) menyebut Gerwani, sekitar 660.000 anggota, memperjuangkan cuti melahirkan tiga bulan di semua perusahaan.
“p. 107: 'The Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) which has about 660,000 members, together with other organisations demand that this law [3 months' maternity leave] be put into effect in all enterprises.'”
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- 1958
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- organisational document (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- English
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- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
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- primary
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- International (WIDF)
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- 1955–1959
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- Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records/WIDF and WFTU publications (1949-1967) - pamphlets, letters and reports (Alexander Street WASI)/WIDF (1958) - Protection of Motherhood, as a Right of Women and a Responsibility of Society [WASI].pdf
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › WIDF and WFTU publications (1949-1967) - pamphlets, letters and reports (Alexander Street WASI)
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- structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)
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