Saskia Wieringa's 1992 article comparing Gerwani and the New Order's PKK to criticise Molyneux's practical/strategic gender interests; contrasts Gerwani's alliance with Sukarno/PKI and democratic centralism with PKK's subordination via husbands. Foundational theoretical comparison.
She Who Earns: The Politics of Prostitution in Java (Sunindyo, 1993)
Saraswati Sunindyo's PhD dissertation (Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993) is a feminist study of prostitution in Java based on 1987-88 fieldwork in three brothel resorts (Samas, Bandungan, Tretes), with life stories and a history of state policy. Gerwani appears mainly in Chapter 2 (pp. 29-39): it outlin
Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices (Grewal and Kaplan, eds., 1994)
1994 collection edited by Grewal and Kaplan, a founding text of 'transnational feminist practices', rejecting centre-periphery and global feminism in favour of mapping 'scattered hegemonies'. Theory background; no Indonesian content.
Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures (Alexander and Mohanty, eds., 1997)
Routledge volume (1997) edited by Alexander and Mohanty proposing transnational feminism against the centre-periphery model of global sisterhood, with fourteen chapters on colonial legacies, identities and organising. Theory background; no Indonesian content.