THE COMPILATION OF THE THESAURUS ON WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

The coordinator of the Indonesian Clearinghouse on Women in Development, Luwarsih Pringgoadisurjo, established a thesaurus working group in February 1985. This was in realization of the agreement of the ASEAN Women's Programme (AWP) made in Penang during its Second Expert Group Meeting on the Clearinghouse on Women in Development, November 1984. A group of five persons was assigned with the task of preparing a thesaurus to facilitate retrieval systems in clearinghouse of AWP's member countries.