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GA-01640 1951-03-10 Merdeka rel A

Merdeka, 10 Maret 1951, hlm. 3: 'Gelanggang Wanita'

Merdeka, 10 March 1951: 'Gelanggang Wanita' women's column

Merdeka, 10 Mar 1951, p. 3: women's column reporting that Jakarta's International Women's Day on 8 March 1951 was not commemorated by Indonesian groups for lack of Kowani consensus, while 1,500 Chinese women met with Ny. Aidit of Gerwis present.

GA-01647 1951-08-15 Merdeka rel A

Merdeka, 15 Agustus 1951

Merdeka, 15 August 1951: Gerwis central board resolutions

Merdeka, 15 Agustus 1951 (hlm. 2): Antara report on Gerwis central board resolutions: gifts for victims of the revolution and colonial wars including those of the 'September 1948 affair', and an education programme of rebuilt schools and village people's schools.

GA-01648 1951-09-04 Merdeka rel A

Merdeka, 4 September 1951

Merdeka, 4 September 1951: Trimurti surveys the women's movements

Merdeka, 4 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Trimurti tindjau gerakan2 wanita': Gerwis vice-chair S.K. Trimurti, touring Sumatra since 27 July 1951 with her secretary, criticises urban women's organisations in Medan as weak and ceremonial.

GA-00183 1952-03-10 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 10 Maret 1952, hlm. 3: Hari Wanita Internasional di Jakarta

Abadi, 10 March 1952, p. 3: International Women's Day in Jakarta

Abadi, 10 Mar 1952, p. 3: Antara report on Jakarta's International Women's Day celebration by nine women's organisations with Gerwis as general secretariat (about 1,000 attended, incl. MPs Mudigdo and Susilowati); Perwari asks for a woman minister.

GA-00184 1952-03-15 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 15 Maret 1952, hlm. 3: Surat S.K. Trimurti kepada organisasi wanita

Abadi, 15 March 1952, p. 3: S.K. Trimurti's Letter to Women's Organisations

Abadi, 15 Mar 1952, p. 3: Trimurti's open letter (while detained) to women's organisations before a Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference, proposing majority voting and a minimum programme on schools, rice prices, women's and child labour, and trafficking.

GA-02054 1955-02-27 Dunantuli Naplo rel C

Dunántúli Napló, 1955. február 27.: Jakarta (atomellenes felhívás)

Dunántúli Napló, 27 Feb 1955: Jakarta, appeal against atomic war

Dunántúli Napló, 27 Feb 1955, foreign-news item from Jakarta: Indonesian public figures, including Minister Abbas and Professors Prijono and Purbotiningrat, signed the appeal against atomic war, and the Indonesian women's federation called on women to collect signatures. The translator notes the federation is not named

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-02170 1955-03-09 Suara Kalimantan rel A

Suara Kalimantan, 9 Maret 1955, hlm. 3: 'Hari Wanita Internasional'

Suara Kalimantan, 9 Mar 1955: 'International Women's Day'

Suara Kalimantan (Banjarmasin), 9 Mar 1955, p. 3: report on International Women's Day (8 March 1955), about 1,500 women, mostly Chinese-Indonesian, with a lecture on Clara Zetkin by Nj. Soeparsono and a speaker from Gerwani.

GA-02203 1957-01-21 Surabaya Post rel B

Surabaya Post, 21 Januari 1957, hlm. 2: ceramah Sujoso tentang kunjungan ke Moskow

Surabaya Post, 21 January 1957, p. 2: Sujoso's lecture on a visit to Moscow

Surabaya Post p. 2, 21 January 1957: Malang report on Masyumi MP A.W. Sujoso's lecture on the parliamentary mission to Moscow, mocking Soviet life and saying Indonesian women, 'surely also Gerwani', would reject Soviet views on free unions. Gerwani appears only as a foil in anti-communist rhetoric.

GA-02204 1957-02-15 Surabaya Post rel A

Surabaya Post, 15 Februari 1957, hlm. 2: panitia Hari Wanita Internasional Surabaya

Surabaya Post, 15 February 1957, p. 2: Surabaya International Women's Day committee

Surabaya Post p. 2, 15 February 1957: brief reporting that the Surabaya women's organisation federation formed a committee, chaired by Gerwani, to celebrate International Women's Day, with other left and nationalist women's groups as officers. Evidence of Gerwani's leading role in local women's coalitions.

GA-02050 1957-05-01 Dolgozo No rel A

Dolgozó Nő, 1957. május 1.: Az indonéz nőmozgalom neve 'Gerwani'

Dolgozó Nő, 1 May 1957: the Indonesian women's movement named 'Gerwani'

Hungarian women's magazine Dolgozó Nő, 1 May 1957. Short piece on the Indonesian women's movement 'Gerwani': women can now vote and stand for parliament (17 women candidates, 40 women officials), its educational work helped force a parliamentary resolution against H-bomb tests, women face cheap labour, no marriage law,

GA-02053 1964-01-24 Dolgozo No rel C

Dolgozó Nő, 1964. január 24.: Indonéziából (Kowani, 35. évforduló)

Dolgozó Nő, 24 Jan 1964: from Indonesia (Kowani 35th anniversary)

Dolgozó Nő, 24 Jan 1964. Travel report by Czechoslovak delegate Mária Brencicová on the 21 Dec 1963 festive session of Kowani in Jakarta, marking 35 years of the unified women's movement and 25 years of Mothers' Day, with Sukarno present. Describes Kowani (40 organisations), poverty, and women's patriotic tasks. Gerwan

GA-03340 1965-06-08 Berita Harian rel A

Amaran terhadap gerakan pertubohan wanita (Watch out for women's organisations, says a man)

Warning against women's organisations' movement (Sudibjo at a Gerwani rally, Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 8 June 1965, p. 3, Reuters: at a Gerwani political-military rally, National Front secretary-general Sudibjo warns the public to be vigilant against 'womanish' bourgeois women's organisations that are 'afraid of politics' and 'afraid of the people' and want to 'lure men'. Shows Gerwani's mobilisation in 1

GA-03348 1970-12-31 The Straits Times rel B

Rape case may fully restore rule of law (Hugh Mabbett on the Sum Kuning case)

Rape case may fully restore rule of law: the Sum Kuning case (Hugh Mabbett, Straits Times, 1970)

The Straits Times, 31 December 1970, p. 10, by Hugh Mabbett: Yogyakarta court acquits 17-year-old egg seller Sum Kuning (Sumarijem), who reported rape by youths from powerful families and was charged with a false report. Police tortured a noodle seller, Trimo, and threatened her with electric torture and an accusation

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-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-01604 1992-01-08 Bernas rel B

Bernas, 8 Januari 1992: 'Pluralisme dan perempuan Indonesia'

Bernas, 8 January 1992: 'Pluralism and Indonesian women'

Bernas (Yogyakarta), 8 Jan 1992, p. 4: essay by a UGM student on Indonesian women's organisations 1945–65, noting sharp Guided Democracy conflict between Gerwani and Kowani culminating in 1965, and criticising later homogenisation.

GA-01584 2000-04-23 Bali Post rel B

Bali Post, 23 April 2000: wawancara Ida Ayu Sutiti Wirati Diwangkara

Bali Post, 23 April 2000: interview with Ida Ayu Sutiti Wirati Diwangkara

Bali Post, 23 Apr 2000, p. 3: interview with Balinese educator and DPRGR member Ida Ayu Sutiti Wirati Diwangkara, who says she represented 'women' in the DPRGR where women's associations like Gerwani were represented; rich on women's education.