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Indonesia: Miss Darmini of the G.E.R.W.I.S. (WIDF, 1954)
Indonesia: Miss Darmini of Gerwis (WIDF, 1954)
WIDF 1954 profile of Miss Darmini of GERWIS, reporting to a WIDF meeting. Membership rose from 6,000 at the 1951 first congress to 37,000 by 1953 and about 600,000 prior to the March 1954 second congress (as printed); the Union of Railway Workers' Wives affiliated. She describes campaigns on women's rights, maternity leave, equal pay in Djambi, and peace/Vietnam solidarity.
Profil WIDF 1954 tentang Nona Darmini dari GERWIS saat melapor di pertemuan WIDF. Anggota naik dari 6.000 pada kongres pertama 1951 menjadi 37.000 pada 1953 dan sekitar 600.000 menjelang kongres kedua Maret 1954 (menurut teks); Persatuan Istri Pekerja Kereta Api bergabung. Ia menguraikan kampanye hak perempuan, cuti hamil, upah setara di Jambi, dan solidaritas perdamaian/Vietnam.
“'At our first Congress in 1951 our membership was only 6,000; up till the time of the World Congress of Women in 1953, it had increased to 37,000' (p. 34).”
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- 1954
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- WIDF
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- periodical article (WIDF / international women's movement record)
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- Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
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- 1950–1954
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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)
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