Echoes: Afro-Asian Solidarity Council Session, Bandung 1961
Api Kartini (1961) 'Echoes' column on the Afro-Asian Solidarity Council session in Bandung, 10-14 April 1961, based on interviews with women delegates. Features Marthe Moumie of Cameroon (widow of the poisoned Felix Moumie), delegates from Ceylon, Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Luu) and Iran, and a tea hosted by DPP Gerwani for t
Almanac of State Institutions and Parties (1961)
Government reference almanac issued by the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan), June 1961, on the institutions of Guided Democracy: MPRS, DPR-GR, DPAS, Depernas, Bapekan, Front Nasional and recognised parties, with decrees, membership lists and party statutes. Gerwani appears only once, as the women's del
History of the Indonesian Youth Struggle (Youth Bureau, Ministry of Education and Culture, 1965)
Official history of the Indonesian youth movement (1908-1960) compiled by the Youth Bureau of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Balai Pustaka, Jakarta 1965 (prefaces dated Dec. 1963), in five periods. Gerwani appears only briefly: it is listed among organisations demanding action against the 1957-58 PRRI separatis
Tempo, 2 October 2021: The burden of trauma of 1965 (why Umi Sardjono was not open about Gerwani's history)
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
Tempo, 2 October 2021: Breaking up before the decisive congress (how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani)
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021) on how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani: Marx House courses, the 1945 Barisan Buruh Wanita with S.K. Trimurti, Gerwis founded at Semarang (3-6 June 1950, Tris Metty chair), Umi chair from 1954 when it became Gerwani. Cites 650,000 members and 179 kindergartens at the 1957 Solo congress, WIDF links, s
Tempo, 2 October 2021: A dogmatic woman in two councils (Umi Sardjono in parliament)
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri and Stefanus Pramono) on Umi Sardjono's legislative career: Konstituante (1955) and DPR-GR (1959-65). She pushed immigration reform (no spousal permission), a marriage law banning polygamy with minimum age 21 (opposed by Aisyiyah, Muslimat NU), the 1960 agrarian law for women far
Tempo, 15 December 2024: Francisca Fanggidaej's network in the international women's movement
Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Ita Fatia Nadia and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej in the international women's and Afro-Asian movements: IUS/WFDY Prague 1947, Berlin Youth Festival 1951, Bandung 1955, WIDF in East Germany 1957 representing Gerwani, Cairo 1961. It cites Gita Mukherjee's WIDF report on Ger