''Wanita Indonesia'' ('Indonesian Woman') was a women's organization in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. It was the

women's wing A women's wing, sometimes also known as a women's group or women's branch, is an auxiliary or independent front or faction within a larger organization, typically a political party, that consists of that organization's female membership or acts to ...

of the '' Partai Indonesia Raya'' ('Great Indonesia Party'). Wanita Indonesia was founded on September 11, 1953. The profile of the organization was based on '

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and

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'.Martyn, Elizabeth.
The women's movement in post-colonial Indonesia: gender and nation in a new democracy
'. London .a. RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. pp. 218-219 Wanita Indonesia ran a programme to establish saving bodies and cooperatives to help women to establish income generating activities. The organization also ran courses in household economy for women.

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