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Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, prison memoir)

Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, Prison Memoir)

English typescript prison memoir by Sudjinah, Gerwani translator and journalist (c. 2000): courier in 1945-49, WIDF secretariat in Berlin, Gerwani HQ in 1965, capture in 1967, torture and detention at Bukit Duri and Tangerang. Key Gerwani survivor memoir.

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IVth Congress of the WIDF, Vienna, 1-5 June 1958 (Berlin edition): Conference on the Rights of Women

IVth Congress of the WIDF, Vienna, 1958 (Berlin Edition): Conference on the Rights of Women

Berlin edition of the WIDF IVth Congress (Vienna, June 1958) pamphlet on the conference 'Conditions which will enable woman to fulfil her role as mother, worker and citizen' (98 delegates, 55 countries). The Indonesian section (pp. 66-70) has Mudigdio, Gerwani vice-chair, urging a WIDF study or seminar on peasant women

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The Struggle is Just and a Just Struggle will Surely be Victorious (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, 1957/58)

The Struggle is Just and a Just Struggle will Surely be Victorious (Suwarti, 1957/58)

Article by Suwarti Bintang Suradi (Gerwani), dated Berlin 20 Dec 1957, in WIDF's magazine on Indonesia's West Irian campaign: mass rally of a million in Jakarta, ten-minute silence, general strike in Dutch firms, takeover of Dutch enterprises, KLM ban, UN defeat, international support. Names Gerwani among organisations

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Appell für Solidarität mit GERWANI und den Frauen Indonesiens (Seruan Solidaritas dengan Gerwani dan Perempuan Indonesia), WIDF, 1966

Appeal for Solidarity with Gerwani and the Women of Indonesia (WIDF Bureau, June 1966)

WIDF Bureau appeal (Berlin, 2-5 June 1966), German original with English translation and notes by Faye Chan (2015). It states that tens of thousands of Indonesian women were murdered or are held and tortured, that Gerwani's leaders and several thousand members were arrested, and that Gerwani and other women's organisat