Gerwani Archive
Researcher log in
Sort: oldest first · newest first · export CSV
GA-00629 1953-11-21 De Locomotief rel B

Berichten uit Tegal (Reports from Tegal)

Reports from Tegal: revived Kowani representation

De Locomotief, 21 Nov 1953, Tegal reports: the local KOWANI representation was revived on 28 Aug under Mrs Sarwono, uniting ten women's organisations including Gerwis, Perwari-type groups, Muslimat, Aisjiah and Bhayangkari. It collected money and clothes for terror victims and planned to mark KOWANI's 25th anniversary

GA-00630 1953-12-17 De Locomotief rel B

Rustige invasie op het gouverneurskantoor: dames-verenigingen komen op voor de rechten der vrouw (A quiet invasion of the governor's office)

A quiet invasion of the governor's office: women petition for a marriage law

De Locomotief, 17 Dec 1953: about a hundred women from seven Semarang associations, led by Perwari and including Gerwis, ride 40 becaks to the Governor's Office to petition for a marriage law securing women's legal position and for a freeze on the 1952 regulation giving pensions to second-to-fourth wives. A Gedung Rakj

GA-01211 1953-12-18 Java-Bode rel B

Petitie in Semarang (Petition in Semarang)

Petition in Semarang

Java-Bode, 18 December 1953, p. 2: news column reporting that a hundred women from seven Semarang women's associations, led by Perwari and joined by Gerwis, presented a petition to Central Java governor Budiono supporting a Perwari central board motion. Other snippets (hospital openings, Davao vice-consulate) are unrel

GA-01131 1953-12-23 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Vrouwen hielden demonstratie (Women held a demonstration)

Women held a demonstration

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 23 Dec 1953, p. 3: over 2,000 women led by Perwari march in Jakarta against the amendment of Government Regulation 19 on marriage conditions and demand a marriage law; in Semarang, seven women's groups including Gerwis petition the Central Java governor.

GA-03343 1955-03-02 Indian Daily Mail rel A

Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress (Palembang, 2-6 March 1955)

Indonesian Women's 3rd Congress, Palembang, 2-6 March 1955 (Indian Daily Mail)

Indian Daily Mail (Singapore), 2 March 1955, p. 1: the third Indonesian Women's Congress is held in Palembang, 2-6 March, with 300 delegates of women's organisations. Preparatory committee chair is Mrs S.A. Hanafiah (Gerwani), secretary Mrs R. Mailan (Gerwani), treasurer Mrs Djauhari; Perwari, Gerwani, Wanita Demokrat

GA-02311 2025-11-11 Tempo rel A licensed

Saskia Wieringa: Rezim Soeharto Sangat Militeristik, Sama dengan Sekarang (Bahaya Soeharto Jadi Pahlawan Nasional)

Tempo.co, 11 November 2025: Saskia Wieringa - the Suharto regime was highly militaristic, like today (danger of Suharto

Tempo.co interview (11 Nov 2025, Shinta Maharani and Juli Hantoro) with Saskia Wieringa, known for Gerwani research, on Suharto's designation as national hero. She says it perpetuates symbolic violence and impunity (Drexler), recalls the brutal 1965 slander of Gerwani and the 'Gerwani baru' label, and argues Suharto de