Api Kartini: the new women's magazine (Maasje Siwi, 1960)
Short interview note (1960) in WIDF's magazine: Maasje Siwi, director of the new monthly women's magazine Api Kartini, explains its aims. Published under the Jajasan Melati committee, which includes Gerwani members. Magazine launched June 1959; aims to develop women's knowledge, patriotism and international friendship; read in reading circles because of illiteracy.
Catatan wawancara pendek (1960) di majalah WIDF: Maasje Siwi, direktur majalah bulanan perempuan baru Api Kartini, menjelaskan tujuannya. Terbit di bawah panitia Jajasan Melati yang beranggotakan anggota Gerwani. Terbit sejak Juni 1959; bertujuan menambah pengetahuan, patriotisme, dan persahabatan internasional; dibaca dalam lingkaran baca karena buta huruf.
“'The Jajason Melati... includes members of GERWANI and other personalities'; the magazine aims 'to develop women's knowledge, to cultivate their patriotism and to strengthen international friendship' (p. 21).”
Inaugural issue of Api Kartini (June 1959), published by Jajasan Melati with Maasje Siwi as editor in chief. Built around Hari Kartini: Kartini's writings and socialist reading, profiles, and contributions from S.K. Trimurti, Rukiah Kertapati and Sulami.
shared: Launch of Api Kartini, Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi
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
shared: Launch of Api Kartini, Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi
March 1960 issue devoted to the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day and the Copenhagen International Women's Congress (21–24 April 1960); interviews with delegation figures Arudji Kartawinata, Ratu Aminah Hidajat and Hurustiati Subandrio.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, interview
July 1960 issue centred on the new DPR-GR, with interviews with women members on economic hardship, marriage law reform and land reform; Kartini's letters, fiction, children's education and international solidarity statements.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, interview
April 1963 issue: Sukarno's opening speech to the Afro-Asian Journalists' Conference, an interview with Sierra Leonean journalist Nancy Grant on African women and the Peace Corps, and a state visit report.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, interview
July 1961 issue: interview on National Children's Week and education budget, Central Kalimantan customary law refuting colonial stereotypes, Sukarno's Manifesto against rock and roll, and French WIDF-affiliated women's press.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, education and literacy
Double issue (Sep–Oct 1962; permit dated Feb 1963). Features Hartini Sukarno's banquet speech in Peking, state visits of Romania's Gheorghiu-Dej and Mexico's Lopez Mateos, and a report on a Gerwani cadre training centre.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, education and literacy
March 1963 issue covering the Mount Agung eruption in Bali (from 17 Feb 1963) and its effect on women and children, plus part two of the Havana women's congress report with Cuba's literacy campaign.
shared: Melati Foundation, Maasje Siwi, education and literacy