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GA-01643 1951-04-07 Merdeka rel B

Merdeka, 7 April 1951, hlm. 2 (Nj. Mudigdio)

Merdeka, 7 April 1951, p. 2 (Nj. Mudigdio; garbled OCR)

Merdeka (Jakarta daily), p. 2, 7 April 1951, filed as a hit for Nj. Mudigdio, but her name is not legible in the garbled OCR. Legible items: M. Syaat's travel report on India, Central Java press-restriction rules, house arrest of Manado's woman mayor Mrs Waworuntu, railway-union wage claims, and a Yogyakarta cultural c

GA-00168 1951-07-31 Abadi rel B

Abadi, 31 Juli 1951, hlm. 1: Dua panitia 17 Agustus di Yogya

Abadi, 31 July 1951, p. 1: Two 17 August Committees in Yogya

Abadi, 31 July 1951, p. 1: Aneta report that SOBSI and left groups including Gerwis formed a separate 17 August committee in Yogyakarta, denouncing the municipal committee as undemocratic.

GA-00073 1959 Api Kartini rel B licensed

Tokoh Hari Kartini: Ny. Utami Suryadarma

Kartini Day Figure: Mrs Utami Suryadarma

Api Kartini (1959-60) profile for Kartini Day of Utami Suryadarma, wife of the Air Force chief, presented as a leading woman of Indonesian women's organisations: Kowani foreign-information head, chair of the Children's Welfare Foundation, Armed Forces arts committee and an AURI wives' committee, and founder of a girls'

GA-00142 1965 rel B

Sedjarah Perdjuangan Pemuda Indonesia

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

GA-00376 1965-10-12 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 12 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 12 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 12 Oktober 1965. Front-page report that crowds in Yogyakarta (5–6 Oct 1965) put up placards 'Who killed the Heroes of the Revolution? Gerwani-PR' and destroyed PKI and IPPI offices; an early link of Gerwani to the killings.

GA-01604 1992-01-08 Bernas rel B

Bernas, 8 Januari 1992: 'Pluralisme dan perempuan Indonesia'

Bernas, 8 January 1992: 'Pluralism and Indonesian women'

Bernas (Yogyakarta), 8 Jan 1992, p. 4: essay by a UGM student on Indonesian women's organisations 1945–65, noting sharp Guided Democracy conflict between Gerwani and Kowani culminating in 1965, and criticising later homogenisation.

GA-01631 1994-04-26 Kedaulatan Rakyat rel B

Kedaulatan Rakyat, 26 April 1994: kolom 'Mister Rigen'

Kedaulatan Rakyat, 26 April 1994: 'Mister Rigen' column

Kedaulatan Rakyat (Yogyakarta), 26 Apr 1994, p. 12: satirical column where a professor fears maids' associations are 'infiltrated by the PKI and Gerwani'; the servant answers 'PKI what, Gerwani what?'.

GA-01598 1994-11-09 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on Central Java and Yogyakarta, naming Gerwani among PKI mass organisations issuing a support resolution in Wonogiri on 1 Oct 1965; editorial honours Fatmawati.

GA-02676 2015 rel B

Korban Perempuan yang Selamat Bicara Soal Pembunuhan Massal 1965 di Indonesia

Women Survivors Speak of the 1965 Mass Killings in Indonesia (Global Voices, 2015)

Global Voices feature (30 Oct 2015; Indonesian repost 2016) on AJAR's project interviewing 26 women survivors, with photos and testimony of Vena Taka, Kadmiyati, Frangkina Boboy and Migelina Markus. Women survivors' testimony and demands for justice.

GA-02999 2017 rel B

Jalan Berliku Federasi Perempuan (Historia, 2017)

The winding road of the women's federation (Historia, 2017)

Historia article (2017) tracing the Indonesian women's federation from the 1928 congress to its capture by the New Order in 1966, framed by Ruth Indiah Rahayu's view that the movement 'died' and was confined to Dharma Wanita and PKK. Popular history.

GA-03601 2022-08-20 Tempo (Majalah Tempo, edisi 20 Agustus 2022) rel B licensed

Lukisan-lukisan dan Sulaman Mia (Mia Bustam)

Mia Bustam's paintings and embroidery (Tempo, 20 Aug 2022)

Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022) by Seno Joko Suyono and Nurdin Kalim on the paintings and embroidery of Mia Bustam, former wife of the painter S. Sudjojono. Her children recall her Lekra activity, the loss of a self-portrait when the Lekra secretariat was raided in 1965, and works made in Wirogunan prison (1966-71) and at

GA-02300 2022-10-02 Tempo rel B licensed

Memori Mesin Jahit dan Kertas Selundupan (Ingatan Tapol di Plantungan dan Pulau Buru)

Tempo, 2 October 2022: Memory of sewing machines and smuggled paper (political prisoners at Plantungan and Buru)

Tempo report (2 Oct 2022, Dini Pramita and Dody Hidayat) on forced labour and memory of 1965 political prisoners. Yosephina Endang Lestari recalls Plantungan women's camp (sewing unit, Santiaji Pancasila, poor health); Ita F. Nadia describes its five aims including re-domestication of women. Hersri Setiawan (Buru) and

GA-03711 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women

GA-03712 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women

GA-02313 2025-12-22 Tempo rel B licensed

Saskia Wieringa: Diskriminasi LGBT Warisan Kolonialisme

Tempo.co, 22 December 2025: Saskia Wieringa - LGBT discrimination a colonial legacy

Tempo.co interview (22 Dec 2025, Savero Aristia Wienanto and Reza Maulana) with Saskia Wieringa on her book on the Indonesian lesbian, bisexual and trans movement. She traces discrimination to colonialism and says the 1965 sexual slander of Gerwani, accused of cutting generals' genitals while dancing erotically, was In