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7 itemsTheme: 1965 and its aftermath ✕Organisation: Women's Union of the Republic of Indonesia ✕Event: Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy ✕
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GA-00474 1954-09-21 'T Nieuws Voor Kampen rel C

Soekarno's tweede huwelijk (Pernikahan kedua Sukarno)

Sukarno's second marriage

Dutch newspaper roundup (1954-09-21, p. 9) of Indonesian press reactions to President Sukarno's second marriage (to Mrs. Soewondo), called a serious blow to the women's movement. A delegation of women led by Perwari chair Mrs. Kortowijono visited the palace. Press is split; Indonesia Raya stresses women's long fight ov

GA-01260 1954-09-21 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Vrouwen-delegatie op het paleis: Nog steeds veel rumoer over nieuwe huwelijk van Soekarno (Women's delegation at the palace)

Women's delegation at the palace: uproar over Sukarno's new marriage

Leeuwarder Courant, 21 September 1954, p. 3: Dutch roundup of the uproar over Sukarno's marriage to Hartini. A four-woman delegation led by Perwari chair Mrs Kartowijono visited the palace; Indonesian, Chinese and Malayan-region papers are quoted, some warning that the fuss helps the PKI, Indonesia Raya calling it a bl

GA-01349 1954-09-21 Provinciale Drentsche En Asser Courant rel C

Rumoer om 't huwelijk van Sukarno nog niet bedaard: Vrouwendelegatie door president ontvangen (Uproar over Sukarno's marriage: women's delegation received)

Uproar over Sukarno's marriage not yet calmed: women's delegation received by the president

Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant (21 Sep 1954): uproar over Sukarno's marriage to Mrs Suwondo (Hartini). A four-woman delegation led by Perwari chair Mrs Kartowijono spent an hour at the palace. Indonesian papers divide; Keng Po fears PKI advantage, Indonesia Raya calls the marriage 'a great blow to the women's m

GA-01355 1954-09-21 Provinciale Overijsselsche En Zwolsche Courant rel C

Soekarno's tweede huwelijk: Indonesische pers betreurt besluit van president (Sukarno's second marriage: Indonesian press deplores decision)

Sukarno's second marriage: Indonesian press deplores president's decision

Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche Courant (21 Sep 1954) survey of Indonesian press reaction to Sukarno's second marriage (to Mrs Suwondo): attacks on the 'palace clique', Keng Po's fear it will favour the PKI, Suara Rakyat and Pikiran Rakyat lamenting a presidential crisis. A Perwari-led women's delegation visited

GA-01402 1954-09-30 Le Lorrain rel C

Les femmes indonésiennes s'insurgent contre le second mariage de M. Soekarno (Indonesian women rise up against Sukarno's second marriage)

Indonesian women rise up against Sukarno's second marriage

Le Lorrain (30 Sep 1954, p.10), Jakarta dispatch: Sukarno's secret June marriage to Hartini Suwondo has turned political after women's organisation Perwari asked government and parliament to regulate leaders' marriages and draw up a marriage law. It blames Sukarno for not warning Fatmawati. A committee defends his repu

GA-02281 2016-04-18 Tempo rel B licensed

Majulah Pergerakan Wanita

Tempo, 18 April 2016: Onward the women's movement

Tempo editorial note (18 Apr 2016), recalling a 1978 Kartini Day feature on the women's movement from Aceh 1614 to the 1970s. It describes Kowani's formation (1946), Perwari's protest over Sukarno's 1954 marriage to Hartini, Perwari being squeezed as Gerwani, 'affiliated with the PKI', gained influence, and Gerwani ste

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-