Short Lekra booklet of 1961 mourning Patrice Lumumba, with poems by S. Anantaguna, Bandaharo, Njoto and Sitor Situmorang, translated into English (file name credits Bintang Suradi). It closes with 'A Letter for Pauline', written by the young woman writer Sugiarti Siswadi for International Women's Day 1961. Gerwani is n
Short Lekra booklet of 1961 mourning Patrice Lumumba, with poems by S. Anantaguna, Bandaharo, Njoto and Sitor Situmorang, translated into English (file name credits Bintang Suradi). It closes with 'A Letter for Pauline', written by the young woman writer Sugiarti Siswadi for International Women's Day 1961. Gerwani is n
De Waarheid, 28 Nov 1961, p. 3: report of an NVB (Dutch women's) meeting where the peaceful settlement of New Guinea was top of the programme. A highlight was a greeting from Gerwani, described as a 900,000-member Indonesian women's organisation, saying Indonesian and Dutch women are closely linked in protecting childr
Peking Review no. 52 (29 Dec 1961), weekly Chinese state magazine. Gerwani appears only in a short 'China and the World' item (p. 20): Kuo Chien, head of the Chinese women's delegation to Gerwani's Fourth National Congress (Djakarta, 14-17 Dec), sent greetings backing Indonesian women's struggle for West Irian. The iss
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Jan 1962, p. 10: Perth UAW secretary Mrs M. Lester says the UAW wrote to Indonesian women leaders and to Gerwani, described as WIDF-affiliated, supporting Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea and saying Australian leaders do not speak for many sympathetic Australians. It also wrote to ALP leader Ca
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Jan 1962, p. 10: Perth UAW secretary Mrs M. Lester says the UAW wrote to Indonesian women leaders and to Gerwani, described as WIDF-affiliated, supporting Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea and saying Australian leaders do not speak for many sympathetic Australians. It also wrote to ALP leader Ca
Tribune (Sydney) p. 2: the Communist Party of Australia sends condolences to the PKI on the death of Bintang Suradi, a PKI Central Committee figure and private secretary to D.N. Aidit, who died on 22 June 1963 in a swimming accident while touring Indonesia with CPA's E. Bacon, aged 40. His wife Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang
Tribune (Sydney) p. 2: the Communist Party of Australia sends condolences to the PKI on the death of Bintang Suradi, a PKI Central Committee figure and private secretary to D.N. Aidit, who died on 22 June 1963 in a swimming accident while touring Indonesia with CPA's E. Bacon, aged 40. His wife Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 9 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. Includes a boxed paid notice in which the DPD Gerwani Central Java congratulates ABRI on its 20th anniversary and hopes for closer ABRI–people cooperation, a rare formulaic trace of Gerwani's own voice just before its destruction.
De Waarheid, 7 Nov 1966, p. 3: report on the NVB's 20th-anniversary congress and gathering in Amsterdam. Chair Heiltje de Vos recalls NVB solidarity with Indonesia and proudly notes that first NVB chair Trees Sunito-Heyligers recently defended PKI leader Njono before the generals' military tribunal in Jakarta. Greeting
Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Oktober 1967. Editorial welcoming foreign press support quotes Otto Kuyk's Dutch book 'Sukarno Tabeh': on the night of G30S women seized the bound generals and tortured them in the filthiest and cruelest ways.
Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, December 1967), organ of OSPAAAL. A passage denouncing the Suharto-Nasution regime says thousands of men and women suffer torture in Indonesian prisons and names those sentenced to death: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. The printed
Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, December 1967), organ of OSPAAAL. A passage denouncing the Suharto-Nasution regime says thousands of men and women suffer torture in Indonesian prisons and names those sentenced to death: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. The printed