Singing competition
De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon
Cinema advertisements in Surabaya
Cinema advertisement page in De Vrije Pers (20 Jul 1954) for Surabaya cinemas (Spanish Main, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an Indonesian film "Leilani" with Mochtar and Metty Herawati). No Gerwani content; archive tag to Tris Metty rests on a film-cast name only.
Three non-party candidates on the PKI election list
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (21 Aug 1954, p.1): the PKI central committee announces that three non-party leaders (Prof. Purbodiningrat, Dr Tjokronegoro and the painter Hendra Gunawan) will appear on its election list, and recalls earlier announcement that Taher Thajeb, Mrs Salawati Daud and Henk Ngantung agreed to stan
Film censorship and film council
Java-Bode, 15 March 1956, p. 2: installation of the new film censorship committee (chair Maria Ulfah Santoso) and film council at the education ministry. Among some thirty censorship members is Setiati Soerasto (Surasto), a figure from the 1953 Copenhagen delegation; the item gives no Gerwani affiliation or comment.
Film censorship and Film Council
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 22 Mar 1956, p. 2: installation of the new Film Censorship Committee (chair Maria Ulfah Santoso) and Film Council; Setiati Surasto and S. Kartowijono are listed among the committee's members.
Exposition of Asian fashion
Java-Bode, 8 February 1957, p. 2: report on an exposition of national costumes and music by Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asian women's organisations at the Plaza Hotel, New York; Indonesian participants included Sukanti Surjotjondro, Nelly Kawilarang and Sulami Sujud. A second snippet about a clandestine bank on Bangka is
Berlin shocked by scandal at 'serious' Berlinale (with review of Indonesian film 'Brave Women')
Het Rotterdamsch Parool report (27 Jun 1961, p.4) from the Berlinale: a gossip piece on an actress's torn dress, then mocking review of an Indonesian film 'Dappere vrouwen' (about Indonesian women's patriotism in the struggle for freedom), screened outside the festival, in which Dutch colonists are played by Indonesian
Not a bit of butter: press freedom and imprisoned writers in Indonesia
Fragment of a De Volkskrant piece (2 Apr 1973) on press freedom in Suharto's Indonesia, listing imprisoned writers and journalists (Bandaharo Harahap, Oei Hay Djun, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Mrs. Rusijati, Mrs. Lies Sukatno and others) and rebutting H.B. Jassin's claim of press freedom. Gerwani is not named.
Mavis Wirio Miss Java
Photo caption in the Surinamese weekly Vrije Stem (2 Jul 1974): the 'Miss Djawa' contest organised by Trie Djokko Moeljo, won by Mavis Wirioredjo. Concerns Javanese-Surinamese community life; nothing on Indonesia's women's movement or Gerwani.