Singing competition
De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon
Protests against US bombing of Vietnam; 75,000 youth rally (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (8 Mar 1965, p. 4) on Indonesian protests against US bombing of North Vietnam. It quotes Suwati Trimo (name uncertain) and Sulami of the Gerwani volunteers' command pledging support in the name of three million Gerwani women volunteers; truncated. Full text is GA-01962.
Strong protests against US bombing of Vietnam; 75,000 youth rally in Semarang
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (8 Mar 1965, p. 4): 75,000 youth in Semarang demand confiscation of US capital and expulsion of the Peace Corps; Buddhists protest at the US Embassy. Women volunteers' leaders, including Gerwani volunteer-command leaders Sulami and Suwati Trimo (uncertain) and adviser Mrs Arudji Kartaw
Women, mothers (what Suharto's envoys kept silent about)
De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: article asking what the Indonesian parliamentary delegation did not mention: Plantungan women's camp in Central Java (386 women), Bukit Duri and Semarang prisons, and named women prisoners: Umi Sardjono, chair of the underground Gerwani, vice-chairs Salawati Daud and Mudigdio, Maasje Siw
Tempo, 2 October 2021: Breaking up before the decisive congress (how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani)
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021) on how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani: Marx House courses, the 1945 Barisan Buruh Wanita with S.K. Trimurti, Gerwis founded at Semarang (3-6 June 1950, Tris Metty chair), Umi chair from 1954 when it became Gerwani. Cites 650,000 members and 179 kindergartens at the 1957 Solo congress, WIDF links, s
Tempo English, 4 October 2021: End of the Road (Umi Sardjono)
English-edition Tempo cover story 'End of the Road' (4 Oct 2021, Retno Sulistyowati), a translation from the Umi Sardjono special report. It traces Umi's formation in Pathuk Youth, Pesindo, BBW with S.K. Trimurti, Madiun 1948 arrest, founding of Gerwis (Semarang, 3-6 Jun 1950), Gerwani growth from 80,000 to 650,000 (19