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GA-01444 1955-01-26 Harian Rakjat rel A

Maisuri simbol perlawanan terhadap kawin paksa (Harian Rakjat, 26 Januari 1955, hlm. 3)

Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage (Harian Rakjat, 26 January 1955)

Harian Rakjat, 26 Jan 1955, p. 3: women's-page feature 'Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage', signed Ny. Suwarti (DPP Gerwani). Maisuri refused a marriage imposed by her family to an older man (Kyai Ahmad) who already had wives; the piece uses the case to argue against forced marriage and for a marriage la

GA-00454 1956-04-17 Bintang Timur rel A

Bintang Timur, 17 April 1956: Umi Sardjono di DPR soal kasus Maisuri

Umi Sardjono in the DPR on the Maisuri case (Bintang Timur, 17 April 1956)

Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 17 April 1956, full issue. The Gerwani-relevant item is a report on the DPR debate on the Ali Sastroamidjojo cabinet programme, in which Umi Sardjono (Fraksi Pembangunan) objects to a verdict punishing Maisuri for refusing a forced customary marriage and demands abolition of feudal remnan

GA-00118 1961 rel A

Almanak Lembaga-Lembaga Negara dan Kepartaian (1961)

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

GA-02693 2006 rel A

Catatan Sulami, Mantan Sekjennas Gerwani (YPKP 1965, 2006)

Notes of Sulami, Former Gerwani Secretary-General (YPKP 1965, 2006)

Sulami's reflective essay (written 1992, posted 9 Nov 2006) on why revolutionary women founded Gerwis on 4 June 1950, its rejection of 'man-hating feminism', its actions such as Tanjung Morawa and International Women's Day. First-person account by a Gerwani secretary-general.

GA-03011 2024 rel B

Ogah Dipaksa Kawin, Maisuri Kawin Lari Berujung Dibui (Historia, 2024)

Refusing forced marriage, Maisuri eloped and was jailed (Historia, 2024)

Historia article (24 July 2024) on the 1954-55 Maisuri case in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra: a girl forced into marriage to an elderly man with three wives fled, eloped and was jailed by an adat court. A forced-marriage case later taken up in Gerwani's campaigns.