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Gerwani (Indonesian: Gerakan Wanita Indonesia, "Indonesian Women's Movement") was a women's organization founded as Gerwis (Gerakan Wanita Istri Sedar, "Conscious Wives Movement") in Semarang, Central Java, on 4 June 1950.
Historian Katharine E. McGregor stated that despite Sardjono's prominence in the fight for independence and as a women's rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s, her legacy was virtually unknown in Indonesia until after her death. In the twenty-first century, scholars outside of Indonesia began to publish material on the women's movement. [46]
The Women's Congress were held again in Jakarta in 1935, Bandung in 1939, and Semarang in 1941. [1] At the third Indonesian Women's Congress in 1939, December 22 was declared as the day of United Women's Movement in Indonesia. [1]
The women's emancipation movement was started in late 19th century colonial Dutch East Indies, when a handful of upperclass native women advocated for women's rights and education for women. These women's right pioneers are Kartini of Jepara and Dewi Sartika of Bandung, who both established a school for girls. [8]: 5
Rahmah el Yunusiyah (Van Ophuijsen Spelling Rahmah el Joenoesijah, 26 October 1900 – 26 February 1969) was a Dutch East Indies and Indonesian politician, educator, and activist for women's education. Born into a prominent family of Islamic scholars, she was made to leave school in order to get married as a teenager.
Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) logo. The Indonesian Women's Congress (Indonesian: Kongres Wanita Indonesia), often known by its Indonesian acronym Kowani, is a federation of Indonesian women's organizations which was founded in 1946. [1] [2] Its headquarters are located in Jakarta. The name also refers to national congresses which have ...
Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: the first in the 19 th century, growing out of the anti-slavery movement, and the second, in the 1960s and 1970s. Women have made great ...
[6] [15] In 1958 she traveled to Ceylon as a delegate to the Asian-African Women's Conference. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] She also became head of the Indonesian Family Planning Institute (PKBI, Indonesian : Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia ), and during a political reorganization of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani, Kongres Wanita Indonesia ...