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2 itemsTopic: biography ✕Organisation: Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) ✕Event: Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy ✕
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GA-00573 1966-09-17 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Nog drie vrouwen (Still three wives)

Still three wives

Brief Amigoe di Curaçao item, 17 Sept 1966, on Sukarno's wives. It states Hartini, his 42-year-old second wife, is a 'leading member' of Gerwani, which was banned after the failed coup. Also recalls Mochtar Lubis's 1957 imprisonment for criticising the marriage. Claim of Hartini's Gerwani leadership is made without evi

GA-02317 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

Soft on Sukarno (Gerwani and Sukarno's Polygamy)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Soft on Sukarno (Gerwani and Sukarno's polygamy)

Tempo English cover story 'Soft on Sukarno' (4 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri) on why Gerwani, which campaigned against polygamy, stayed silent when Sukarno married Hartini in 1954. Umi Sardjono told Ruth Indiah Rahayu the group still needed Sukarno against imperialism, and defended him in Harian Rakjat (4 Jan 1956). The stanc