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For a Better Future for Our Children: Letter to an Unknown Friend (Sudjinah, 1957)
1957 'Letter to an Unknown Friend' by Sudjinah (Gerwani) on Indonesian children's conditions, framed by colonial history, Japanese occupation and the Round Table agreement. Gives statistics (15-20% infant mortality, one doctor per 59,000, illiteracy 65%, 5 of 12 million children in school) and notes Gerwani, with the Indonesian Women's Congress, campaigns for schools, creches and against imported comics.
Surat 1957 'untuk Kawan yang Tak Dikenal' oleh Sudjinah (Gerwani) tentang kondisi anak-anak Indonesia, dibingkai sejarah kolonial, pendudukan Jepang, dan KMB. Memberi statistik (kematian bayi 15–20%, satu dokter per 59.000 penduduk, buta huruf 65%, 5 dari 12 juta anak bersekolah) dan menyebut Gerwani bersama Kongres Wanita Indonesia berkampanye untuk sekolah, tempat penitipan anak, dan menolak komik impor.
“Gerwani 'is also member of the Indonesian Women's Congress, and co-operates with other women's organisations in actions for more schools, more creches for working mothers, child health measures, against bad literature and films' (p. 17).”
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- 1957
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- Sudjinah
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- Sudjinah
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- periodical article (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- English
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- Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
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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/Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)/Sudjinah (1957) - For a Better Future For Our Children - Letter to an Unknown Friend [WASI].pdf
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- Good (0.97) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.11 WIDF and International Women's Movement Records › Women of the Whole World and WIDF Bulletin (1947-1965) - articles on Indonesia and Gerwani (Alexander Street WASI)
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