WIDF Bulletin no. 5/1952 'The Women of Indonesia': a WIDF-sympathetic account of postwar Indonesia in 1952, covering militarised budgets, unemployment, hunger, maternal and infant mortality, the Round Table legacy and US agreements. It says women formed committees for 8 March and Children's Day and that local GERWIS branches run schools against illiteracy; GERWIS (misspelt) opposes bacteriological weapons.
Buletin WIDF no. 5/1952 'The Women of Indonesia': gambaran Indonesia 1952 dari sudut pandang WIDF: anggaran militer, pengangguran, kelaparan, kematian ibu dan bayi, warisan KMB, dan perjanjian dengan AS. Disebut perempuan membentuk panitia Hari Perempuan 8 Maret dan Hari Anak, dan cabang-cabang Gerwis menjalankan sekolah pemberantasan buta huruf; Gerwis menolak senjata bakteriologis.
“'Many local branches of GERWIS are working actively in different fields, for example, in the fight against illiteracy, by establishing schools for children' (p. 23).”
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.
shared: health and maternity, organisational structure
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (3 Jun 1952) on the opening of the preparatory meeting for the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference, Peking: 49 delegates from 19 countries. The Indonesian delegation is Suwarti (Gerwis president), Suroso and Surjonegoro; Suwarti is on the presidium and the manifesto drafting commission, and Indon
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, organisational structure, Gerwis
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad notice (1952-06-12, p. 2) that a baby-care committee, Taman Baji Sehat, has been set up in (apparently Bandung) by women's associations including Parkiwa, Perwari, Gerwis and Persatuan Wanita Kristen, to open a crèche for babies of mothers who have died, are ill or work.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), health and maternity, Gerwis
De Locomotief, 11 Mar 1954: Salatiga's federation of women's associations marks International Women's Day on 8 March; a Gerwis representative explains the day's origin, followed by a talk on baby care, a health-service film and children's dances. Shows Gerwis giving the political history of the day within a mixed local
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), health and maternity, Gerwis
Fragmentary De Vrije Pers item (24 Jan 1952): a Gerwis statement on an assault, urging the government to handle it lawfully, punish the suspect, and bear the medical costs and upbringing of the child involved. OCR is heavily garbled, so names and circumstances are unclear.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), health and maternity, Gerwis
Full De Waarheid page, 16 Apr 1953 (p. 4), mostly unrelated news. Indonesia items: rising prices in Jakarta and the delegation list for the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress (Trimurti, Kartinah, Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, with representatives of Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat and Sarbupri). OCR garbled in places.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), cost of living, Gerwis
De Waarheid, 29 Apr 1953, p. 6: short Jakarta dispatch (20 April) that Gerwis handed to Prime Minister Wilopo the resolutions from its recent conference: price controls, independent trade policy, firm action against security threats, and condemnation of attempts to drive peasants off their land in North Sumatra.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), cost of living, Gerwis
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mar 1952, p.3: article by S.K. Trimurti on the Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) conference due from 15 March in Jakarta. She urges unity among all women's organisations (naming Perwari, Muslimat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis), voting by consensus, and action on women's unemployment, prices and labour. The
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), cost of living, Gerwis