Francisca de Haan's article (German, Feministische Studien 2009) on the WIDF's early years 1945-50: founding congress in Paris, leaders Cotton, Ibarruri and Popova, and the destruction of the US affiliate by HUAC. Background on the federation Gerwani later joined.
Katharine McGregor's 2012 article on Indonesian women's ties with the WIDF 1946-65: the federation gave Gerwani a 'political compass', and Gerwani used it to win support for anti-imperialist domestic struggles and by the early 1960s shaped WIDF priorities. Core source on Gerwani and the WIDF.
Katharine McGregor's Aug 2016 gateway essay to the Indonesia section of the Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires database: anti-imperial activism, Gerwani and the WIDF, source guide (Api Kartini, congress reports) and thematic analyses. Introduction for researchers.
Yulia Gradskova's 2021 monograph on the WIDF, the Global South and the Cold War, based on GARF, RGASPI and IISH archives: Soviet supervision, Cold War battles and relations with women from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Background on the WIDF in which Gerwani participated.
Open-access edited volume (Oostindie et al., KITLV/NIMH/NIOD, Amsterdam University Press 2023) on local experiences of the Indonesian revolution 1945-49. In Galuh Ambar Sasi's chapter on Yogyakarta (pp. 65-66) Suripno and Francisca Fanggidaej, 'heads of Pesindo', tour Republican towns after visiting Europe and India, r
Open-access edited volume (Oostindie et al., KITLV/NIMH/NIOD, Amsterdam University Press 2023) on local experiences of the Indonesian revolution 1945-49. In Galuh Ambar Sasi's chapter on Yogyakarta (pp. 65-66) Suripno and Francisca Fanggidaej, 'heads of Pesindo', tour Republican towns after visiting Europe and India, r