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7 itemsPlace: Jakarta ✕Perspective: Western mainstream press ✕Decade: 1980s ✕
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GA-00748 1981-04-28 De Volkskrant rel A

Gevangenschap (Imprisonment)

Imprisonment: Wertheim on continued prosecution of Gerwani women

Closing section of a Wertheim piece in De Volkskrant (28 Apr 1981). It states that women active in Gerwani are still prosecuted: in 1979 two were given extremely heavy sentences without credit for detention since 1965, and with six other Gerwani women were moved to Tangerang. The rest concerns ex-CIA officer McGehee an

GA-00300 1982-10-30 The Canberra Times rel B

Chance for women (Canberra Times, 30 Oktober 1982)

Chance for Women (Canberra Times, 30 October 1982)

Canberra Times, 30 Oct 1982, p. 4 (AAP-AFP): short item citing Jakarta daily Sinar Pagi that seven women could be named candidates for Indonesia's Vice-Presidency, among them S.K. Trimurti, Harsati Subadio, Minister for Women's Affairs L. Sutanto and several officials' wives. Gerwani not mentioned.

GA-00301 1982-10-30 The Canberra Times rel B

Chance for women (Canberra Times, 30 Oktober 1982)

Chance for Women (Canberra Times, 30 October 1982), duplicate

Canberra Times, 30 Oct 1982, p. 4 (AAP-AFP): short item citing Jakarta daily Sinar Pagi that seven women could be named candidates for Indonesia's Vice-Presidency, among them S.K. Trimurti, Harsati Subadio, Minister for Women's Affairs L. Sutanto and several officials' wives. Gerwani not mentioned.

GA-03546 1982-10-30 Berita Harian (Singapore) rel C

Naib Presiden wanita bagi Indonesia (Berita Harian, 30 Oktober 1982)

A woman vice-president for Indonesia? (Berita Harian, 30 Oct 1982)

Berita Harian (Singapore) AFP report, 30 Oct 1982: seven Indonesian women figures may be named candidates for vice-president to replace Adam Malik. Only the lead is available; the sweep notes S.K. Trimurti among them, which the snippet does not show and is unconfirmed. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03552 1985-12-10 The Straits Times rel C

The Straits Times (10 Dec 1985): Child labour laws 'ignored' (Jakarta)

The Straits Times, 10 Dec 1985: Child labour laws 'ignored' (former Labour Minister)

Straits Times, 10 December 1985, Jakarta dateline: lead snippet only (full text behind NewspaperSG terms). A former Labour Minister says Indonesia has adequate child-labour laws but employers ignore them and children fear to report breaches. The sweep log tentatively suggests the unnamed speaker may be S.K. Trimurti; t

GA-03547 1987-02-24 Berita Harian rel C

Akhbar dulu akhbar sekarang (Hari Pers Nasional, PWI)

Newspapers then and now (National Press Day, PWI), Berita Harian, 24 Feb 1987

Berita Harian feature of 24 Feb 1987 by I.A. Makmur Makka on the press then and now, tied to Indonesia's National Press Day and the PWI anniversary at Hotel Indonesia. Only the lead snippet was retrieved; it does not name S.K. Trimurti, and the sweep's Trimurti match is unverified. Little direct Gerwani relevance.

GA-01333 1988-04-30 NRC Handelsblad rel C

De Chinees: Op schoolfeesten waren we gelijk, dat was modern (The Chinese: At school parties we were equal, that was modern)

The Chinese: at school parties we were equal, that was modern (Go Gien Tjwan)

Interview with Dr Go Gien Tjwan in NRC Handelsblad's 'Hun Indië' series (30 Apr 1988): memories of peranakan Chinese life in colonial Malang, racial hierarchy, schooling, Chinese revival in the 1930s and student politics at Batavia under Wertheim. Background on Chinese Indonesians; no Gerwani content.