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GA-01288 1950-09-26 Nieuwe Courant rel A

Explicatie gevraagd: Doodvonnissen Madiun-affaire (Explanation requested: death sentences Madiun affair)

Explanation requested: death sentences in the Madiun affair

Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950: correspondent's report that the Madiun rebel leaders (Amir Sjarifuddin, Suripno and others) were shot on 20 December 1948 and buried in a mass grave near Solo, with no official detail given. MP Mrs Mudigdo champions the relatives, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, to demand from p

GA-00366 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-00367 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-01610 1989-03-06 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 6 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (55)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (55): 21 September 1965 women's price demonstration

Harian Neraca, 6 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 55 on September 1965, recounting the women's price demonstration at the Trade Ministry on 21 Sept 1965 led by Gerwani under Ny. Sukoni and recasting public kitchens as coup preparation.

GA-01611 1989-03-13 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 13 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (60)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (60): the 1 October abductions and Djamilah's 'confession'

Harian Neraca, 13 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 60 on the 1 October abductions; says about 100 Gerwani members of AURI-trained 'Sukarelawan Kita' were at Lubang Buaya, citing the 'confession' of Nyonya Djamilah.

GA-01615 1989-03-17 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 17 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (64)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (64): arrests in Bekasi and Njono's confession

Harian Neraca, 17 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 64 saying 'hundreds' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members were arrested in Bekasi, and listing 'Gerakan Wanita Indonesia' among organisations Aidit planned to deploy per Njono's confession.

GA-01622 1989-04-18 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 18 April 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (90)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (90): South Blitar captures; 'Gerwani leaders try to flee'

Harian Neraca, 18 April 1989, p. 10: instalment 90 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. July 1968 captures in South Blitar; sub-chapter 'Gerwani leaders try to flee' on hunting Gerwani women Ny. Lies Soekatno (alias Djemirah), Bu Djoyo, Ny. Moedji and others.

GA-01593 1994-10-11 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 11 Oktober 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian I)

Berita Yudha, 11 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 1)

Berita Yudha, 11 Oct 1994, p. 4: opens serialisation of the 1994 Setneg White Book; Chapter I states that Lubang Buaya trained 'Sukarelawan dan Sukarelawati' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani.

GA-01595 1994-10-25 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 25 Oktober 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 13)

Berita Yudha, 25 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 13)

Berita Yudha, 25 Oct 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on BTI/PR 'mass actions' and the anti-American campaign; Gerwani named twice, including among a PR/CGMI/Gerwani crowd at the East Java governor's office.

GA-01596 1994-11-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 23)

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 23)

Berita Yudha, 5 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment describing G30S task forces and about 2,000 Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members 'trained at Lubang Buaya' whose task included 'killing and burial' of the generals.

GA-01071 1995-10-06 Het Parool rel A

Suharto's angst voor de stem van Gerwani (over het onderzoek van Saskia Wieringa)

Suharto's fear of the voice of Gerwani (on Saskia Wieringa's research)

De Vrijdag (Het Parool, 6 Oct 1995) article by Hanneke de Wit on Saskia Wieringa's Amsterdam PhD on the Indonesian women's movement. It recounts the 1965 press claims that Gerwani girls castrated and blinded generals and danced naked, which Wieringa calls lies; autopsies showed the generals intact. It details forced 'c

GA-02240 2010-05-09 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 9 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book)

Tempo.co book notice (9 May 2010) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wieringa's rebuttal from 1982-85 interviews and autopsy results, and Siti

GA-02241 2010-05-17 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 17 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book, second version)

Tempo.co book notice (17 May 2010) (second Tempo.co version, with a lead on the penis-cutting allegation) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wi

GA-01589 2015-02-02 Batam Pos rel A

Batam Pos, 2 Februari 2015: 'Kamus Dunia: Gerwani'

Batam Pos, 2 February 2015: 'World Dictionary: Gerwani'

Batam Pos, 2 Feb 2015, p. 2: reference box 'Gerwani' (from Kamus Sejarah Lengkap) defining Gerwani as a PKI-affiliated women's organisation, recounting Gerwis's founding at Semarang on 4 June 1950 from six groups, with an archival photo of a marriage-law rally.

GA-02279 2015-10-09 Tempo rel A licensed

PKI Jatuh, Soeharto, & Kisah Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan

Tempo.co, 9 October 2015: The fall of the PKI, Suharto and the destruction of the women's movement

Tempo.co report (9 Oct 2015) on a Yogyakarta (UIN Sunan Kalijaga) discussion of Saskia Wieringa's book on the destruction of the women's movement. It summarises her argument that the military slandered Gerwani over Lubang Buaya as a pretext to kill; army press libel, and women forced to dance naked while soldiers photo

GA-02283 2018-12-28 Tempo rel A licensed

Mengintip Isi Buku Gerwani yang Disita TNI karena Dituduh PKI

Tempo.co, 28 December 2018: A look inside the Gerwani book seized by the TNI as 'PKI'

Tempo.co report (28 Dec 2018) on the seizure by TNI and police in Kediri of 19 books from a bookshop owner, including Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih's 'Gerwani: Kisah Tapol Wanita dari Kamp Plantungan' (Gramedia 2011), which describes torture and sexual violence against women prisoners. The owner says the books are mainst

GA-02288 2021-09-29 Tempo rel A licensed

Organisasi-Organisasi yang Dianggap Berafiliasi dengan PKI

Tempo.co, 29 September 2021: Organisations considered affiliated with the PKI

Tempo.co explainer (29 Sept 2021) on organisations 'considered affiliated' with the PKI: Gerwani, Lekra, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat. It states, citing Wieringa, that Gerwis became Gerwani at its 1954 second congress, electing PKI member Umi Sardjono as chair. Short, background-level.

GA-02292 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Gerwani, Sukarno, dan Poligami (Gerwani dan dilema semangat persaudaraan)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Gerwani, Sukarno and polygamy (Gerwani and the dilemma of brotherhood)

Tempo essay (2 Oct 2021) by I Gusti Agung Ayu Ratih on why Gerwani did not criticise Sukarno's polygamy. It recounts Kowani expelling Gerwani on 29 Oct 1965 and removing Hurustiati Subandrio in 1966, the erasure of Gerwani from women's movement history, Perwari rivalry, Gerwani members' reverence for Sukarno, and anti-

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