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Kongres Wanita Indonesia ke-XII dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Gerakan Wanita (Winna Wijayanti, 2017)

Twelfth Kowani Congress and its influence on the women's movement (Wijayanti, 2017)

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Undergraduate article (2017) on the twelfth Kowani congress, Jakarta, 6-9 Feb 1961, arguing it tied the women's movement to government policy under Guided Democracy and sidelined polygamy and literacy issues; notes a Perwari-Gerwani split. Mostly general survey.

Artikel mahasiswa (2017) tentang kongres Kowani ke-12, Jakarta, 6-9 Feb 1961, yang berargumen kongres mengikat gerakan perempuan pada kebijakan pemerintah di era Demokrasi Terpimpin dan menyisihkan isu poligami dan buta huruf; mencatat keretakan Perwari-Gerwani. Sebagian besar tinjauan umum.

People

Winna WijayantiSukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's CongressWomen's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

Jakarta

Topics

congresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipationmarriage law and polygamyGerwani organisation

Tags

guided democracyhartini marriage

Details

Date
2017
Creator
Wijayanti
Document type
thesis (journal article (undergraduate thesis-based article, history; student ID number given))
Language
Indonesian; English
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
UNY student OJS · source link
Access
Open-access PDF, apparently from an Indonesian university student e-journal (likely Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, history programme — journal name not printed in the file; verify). Retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Wijayanti, W. (2017). Kongres Wanita Indonesia ke-XII dan pengaruhnya terhadap gerakan wanita di Indonesia tahun 1961–1964 [The 12th Indonesian Women's Congress and its influence on the women's movement in Indonesia, 1961–1964]. [Journal name not visible in file; likely an undergraduate history e-journal of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta — verify], 555–574.
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements/Wijayanti (2017) - Kongres Wanita Indonesia ke-XII dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Gerakan Wanita.pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.932) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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