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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-00203 1966-02-25 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Feb 1966, during Untung's Mahmillub trial. A Padang anecdote mocks a PKI figure who called Gerwani 'Gargani' and Lekra 'Lecigak'; new Dwikora cabinet installed.

GA-00204 1966-02-28 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Feb 1966, during Untung's Mahmillub trial. The 'Pos Piket' corner jokes that the alleged 'Dewan Djenderal' tape is 'the tape of Gerwani at Lubang Buaya', presupposing the sexual slander as common knowledge.

GA-00207 1966-04-08 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 April 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Apr 1966. A boxed feature blames ex-PKI mayor of Solo Utomo Ramelan's 'Silir' complex for preparing 'the immoral drama of Lubang Buaya with Gerwani and PR as actors', a sexualised slander frame.

GA-00216 1966-09-14 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 September 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 September 1966. 'Bung Piket' part 8 says the PKI imposed its will 'through PR or its Gerwani' with 'devilish' slander tactics; a KAPPI brigade is named after Ade Irma Suryani Nasution.

GA-00415 1966-09-25 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 25 September 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Berita Yudha, 25 September 1966 (Sunday edition)

Berita Yudha, 25 September 1966 (edisi Minggu). Gossip exposé tied to the Jusuf Muda Dalam corruption trial names Siti Wahjoeni as ex-'commander' of the Palace young women's corps 'Barisan Bhinneka Tunggal Ika'; Gerwani mentioned as comparison.

GA-00260 1968-08 Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, Agustus 1968 (edisi Minggu)

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, August 1968 (Sunday Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, Agustus 1968 (edisi Minggu). Sunday edition, Independence Day issue: mostly entertainment; the single Gerwani item is a boxed city-column feature on a young jamu seller from Semarang, joking about Gerwani.

GA-03009 2015 rel B

Gerwani dan Pembunuhan Identitas (Lustanto, Jurnal Perempuan, 2015)

Gerwani and the murder of identity (Lustanto, 2015)

Rendi Lustanto's 2015 Jurnal Perempuan essay on the 50th anniversary of 1965: Gerwani women hunted over alleged Lubang Buaya involvement, with media stories of erotic dances and genital mutilation made credible by patriarchal culture. Short reflective piece.

GA-03002 2018 rel B

Perempuan Ditekan, Perempuan Melawan (Historia, 2018)

Women suppressed, women resisting (Historia, 2018)

Historia feature (2018) on how the New Order subordinated the women's movement after 1965, branding politically minded women 'like Gerwani' and portraying Gerwani as beautiful but cruel, and how independent organising revived from the 1980s. Draws on Suryakusuma and Murniati.

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