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GA-02684 2011 rel A

Ini Kisah Ketua Gerwani Kabupaten Blitar (Okezone, 2011)

This Is the Story of the Gerwani Chair of Blitar Regency (Okezone, 2011)

Okezone feature (1 Oct 2011) on Putmainah, then 83, former Gerwani chair for Blitar Regency and PKI legislator, covering her Islamic and leftist family background, Pesindo past, flight after the 1965 coup and later life. Biographical testimony of a regional Gerwani leader.

GA-03008 2011 rel A

Jalan Teguh Sang Pemimpin (Lilik HS, IndoPROGRESS, 2011)

The leader's steadfast road: obituary of Umi Sardjono (Lilik HS, 2011)

Lilik HS's IndoPROGRESS obituary of Umi Sardjono (born Suharti Sumodiwiryo, Gerwani chair 1954-65, d. 11 March 2011): her funeral at Matraman, a visit to the Waluya Sejati elderly home founded on Sulami's initiative, and former leaders' memories. Literary-journalistic portrait.

GA-03006 2012 rel A

Frau L's Kampf für Gerechtigkeit: Die 80-jährige Lestari wünscht sich, dass niemand mehr Angst vor ihr hat (Keller, 2012)

Frau L's fight for justice: 80-year-old Lestari wishes that no one fears her any more (Keller, 2012)

Anett Keller's 2012 reportage (südostasien, German) on Lestari, an 80-year-old Gerwani co-founder in a Jakarta house of ex-prisoners: Gerwani's literacy and kindergarten work, her husband a PKI East Java leader, flight, arrest in Malang, 1979 release and life as an 'ET' domestic worker. Life-history portrait.

GA-02685 2014 rel A

Arjo Sutiyem, Aktivis dan Korban 65 (Jurnal Perempuan, 2014)

Arjo Sutiyem, Activist and Victim of 65 (Jurnal Perempuan, 2014)

Jurnal Perempuan profile (10 Oct 2014) of Arjo Sutiyem, a Boyolali farmer who joined Gerwis in the early 1950s, founded the Musuk branch (2 Feb 1952), led Boyolali's organisation and ran women's literacy schools, then was handed to the army in 1965. Grassroots Gerwis/Gerwani testimony.

GA-02727 2015 rel A

Sexual Slander of Gerwani Revealed: The Story of Atikah, Jamilah and Jemilah (Wieringa, 2015)

Saskia Wieringa essay (22 Aug 2015, IPT 1965 site) on the army's sexual slander of Gerwani, reconstructing how 'Jamilah, Srikandi of Lubang Buaya' appeared in near-identical newspaper confessions in Nov 1965 and how a teenage Jemilah was arrested in place of the Gerwani leader Atikah. Key analysis of slander as fabrica

GA-02686 2016 rel A

Suti, Aktivis Gerwani, Di Rahim Ibu Semua Sama (Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)

Suti, Gerwani Activist: In a Mother's Womb We Are All the Same (Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)

Jurnal Perempuan feature (Jan 2016) on a Jejer Wadon visit to Suti (Arjo Sutiyem), 96, in Musuk, Boyolali: her reasons for joining the women's movement, early life, chairing Gerwis Boyolali with 4,000 members from 1952. Adds biographical detail to the 2014 profile.

GA-02694 2016 rel A

Kisah Suti, Nenek 96 Tahun, Aktivis Gerwani Penyintas Tragedi 1965 (Rappler, 2016)

The Story of Suti, 96-Year-Old Gerwani Activist and 1965 Survivor (Rappler, 2016)

Rappler first-person account (2 Feb 2016) of Suti (Arjo Sutiyem), 96: born 1920 in Musuk, third wife in an arranged marriage, joined Gerwis in 1951, chaired Musuk and Boyolali Gerwani, then persecuted in 1965. Fullest of three texts on her.

GA-02728 2017 rel A

Kamp Plantungan, Saksi Derita Tahanan Politik Gerwani yang Membekas Hingga Saat Ini (KBR/YPKP 1965, 2017)

Plantungan Camp, Witness to Gerwani Political Prisoners' Suffering (KBR/YPKP 1965, 2017)

KBR radio feature (reposted by YPKP 1965, 9 Jan 2017) following ex-prisoners Sumilah and Debora Oni to the Plantungan camp site with Komnas Perempuan; they recount being accused as Gerwani, stripped and beaten, and their prison itineraries. Survivor testimony on Plantungan.

GA-03018 2020 rel A

Narasi Sulami versus Narasi Orde Baru (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2020)

Sulami's narrative versus the New Order narrative (Rahayu, 2020)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2020 essay introducing Sulami's unpublished two-volume prison novel Menanti Rembulan Ndadari, written in the 1970s, with Sulami's biography (arrested 6 Oct 1967) and the conditions of writing in Bukit Duri and Tangerang, set against New Order narratives.