Abadi, 24 Aug 1951, p. 3: Gerwis central board protests the August 1951 mass arrests that included Gerwis members (one named Parjani) and demands their release.
Abadi, 18 Sept 1951, p. 2: Antara report that Gerwis chair S.K. Trimurti was arrested on the Attorney General's order on 17 Sept 1951 at the Jakarta immigration office while arranging a passport for China; Sukiman-era anticommunist climate.
Abadi, 21 Sept 1951, p. 2: Attorney General's spokesman tells Gerwis that Trimurti is held over seized 'important letters'; the legal basis is unexplained, detention length tied to her 'confessions', she is moved to Cipinang without visits.
Merdeka, 21 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Sekitar penangkapan S.K. Trimurti': Gerwis central board communiqué relaying in nine points the Attorney General's answers on the arrest of its vice-chair; ordered mid-August, letters found, detention depending on her statements.
Abadi, 30 Jan 1952, p. 2: customs at Tanjung Priok seized books of Gerwis member Nuraini (Langsa), including a Gerwis congress report, Bintang Merah and the Communist Manifesto, as 'proven communist leanings'.
Harian Rakjat, 19 Mar 1952, p.2: brief report that three DPKN (state security investigation) officials visited the Gerwis Rawasari branch in Jakarta on 17 March 1952 and questioned members on Gerwis's attitude to Trimurti's recent arrest and who represents Gerwis in Parliament. Gerwis answered as far as possible; the p
Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 16 June 1952 (full issue; p. 2 relevant). Reports the founding meeting of a Gerwis branch (ranting) at Kemayoran, with a committee chaired by Kardini; Ny. Bandiyah of the Jakarta branch explains the statutes, and women's and youth wings of PKI organisations pledge cooperation. Also: Salawati Dau
December 2002 LPKP-65 memorial booklet for Sulami (1926-2002), former Gerwani leader and YPKP 1965/66 chair, with her biography (arrested 1967, 20-year sentence, released 1984) and documents on exhumations, letters to Komnas HAM and forensic work.
Jurnal Perempuan profile (10 Oct 2014) of Arjo Sutiyem, a Boyolali farmer who joined Gerwis in the early 1950s, founded the Musuk branch (2 Feb 1952), led Boyolali's organisation and ran women's literacy schools, then was handed to the army in 1965. Grassroots Gerwis/Gerwani testimony.
Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2020 essay introducing Sulami's unpublished two-volume prison novel Menanti Rembulan Ndadari, written in the 1970s, with Sulami's biography (arrested 6 Oct 1967) and the conditions of writing in Bukit Duri and Tangerang, set against New Order narratives.
Historia review (5 May 2021) of Fanny Chotimah's documentary You and I, following two elderly Solo survivors, Kaminah and Sri Kusdalini, former choir members under Pemuda Rakyat held as political prisoners; Kaminah's bond began in Gerwis/Gerwani's women's field. Film review.
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita and Bagja Hidayat) on why Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono (Suharti Sumodiwiryo) said little after 13 years in Bukit Duri (to 1978). Drawn from Ita Nadia, Ruth Indiah Rahayu, others: she wept at accounts of rape and Sudjinah's injury, 'it is my responsibility'; friendships with Fransis
Deden Rahmanudin, 'Gerwani Mazhab Politik Islam Era Soekarno' (Jurnal Kewarganegaraan 6:2, 2022), a literature-based article presenting Gerwani as a feminist movement and discussing it from an Islamic viewpoint (Sukarno's Sarinah, Hamka). Drawing on Wieringa and Lestariningsih, it recounts Gerwani's 1950 founding, MPs