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GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-01034 1953-10-28 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Tegen het gedwongen huwelijk (Gerwis-conferentie, oktober 1953)

Against forced marriage (Gerwis conference, October 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Oct 1953, p.2): at its 25 October conference the Jakarta women's organisation Gerwis resolved on 'Menteng 31' (supporting its return to youth but asking the government to rehouse the girls living there) and on a forced marriage of a 60-year-old man to a 14-year-old schoolgirl, expressing

GA-00857 1954-01-27 De Waarheid rel A

Met het congres van de Gerwis in zicht

With the Gerwis congress in sight: Jakarta feature on preparations

De Waarheid, 27 Jan 1954, p. 5: correspondent's Jakarta feature ahead of Gerwis's second congress (opening 26 March 1954), describing its literacy courses, hygiene campaigns, defence of women under customary law, wage struggles (Sampurna cigarette factory Surabaya, Kaliklatak coffee estate) with SARBUPRI, and the mass

GA-01213 1954-02-25 Java-Bode rel C

Examens (University of Indonesia exam results)

Exams (University of Indonesia exam results)

Java-Bode, 25 February 1954, p. 2: list of University of Indonesia (Jakarta) faculty of letters exam results, including propaedeutic Chinese-studies candidate Soelami Mangundidjojo. The name resembles Sulami but the text gives no link to Gerwani; identification is doubtful and the item is otherwise irrelevant.

GA-00870 1954-05-12 De Waarheid rel A

Op de plantages (Rie Lips vertelt over Indonesië)

On the plantations: Rie Lips tells about Indonesia

De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: Rie Lips's account of her Java trip: plantation workers' wages (about 3 rupiah per day), child labour on tea and rubber estates, and volunteer village schools. Quotes the Gerwani congress appeal that those who can read should teach others; Soviet delegate Alexandra Kolopowa speaks; photo

GA-00874 1954-09-29 De Waarheid rel A

Damai, vrede (Sowjet-vrouwen op bezoek in Indonesië)

Peace: Soviet women visit Indonesia (account by Soviet delegates)

De Waarheid, 29 Sep 1954, p. 5: Dutch printing of an account from Soviet Woman by Soviet delegates Alexandra Cholopowa and Jekaterina Sjeweljowa on their three-week visit to Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation. They describe the word 'damai' (peace), women workers' and plantation conditions in East Java and Bandung, the

GA-00706 1955-12-24 De Nieuwsgier rel C

Universitaire examens (University examinations)

University examinations: Universitas Indonesia medical pass list

Short De Nieuwsgier list (24 Dec 1955) of Universitas Indonesia medical students who passed examinations; "Mrs. Soetanti Aidit" passed the doctor's exam A1 (first part). Soetanti was D.N. Aidit's wife; Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00654 1955-12-27 De Locomotief rel C

Universitaire examen (University examinations)

University examinations: Jakarta medical faculty pass list

De Locomotief, 27 Dec 1955: list of passes in Jakarta medical faculty examinations; 'Miss Soetanti Aidit' passed the first part of her exam. Gerwani is not mentioned and the item does not state she is D.N. Aidit's relative.

GA-00586 1965-11-08 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 8-11-1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

ANP news report, 8 November 1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

Third ANP bulletin of 8 Nov 1965: troops seal Jakarta's Chinese quarter; about 10,000 women march in support of Sukarno and the army against the PKI. Their resolution demands the dissolution of Gerwani and government takeover of communist-run schools, linking the attack on Gerwani to its educational work.