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GA-00419 1966-10-07 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1966. KAWI (anti-communist women's action front) issues a four-point statement: Gerwani/PKI 'barbaric acts' do not stem from Indonesian women's character, the 'gerwani/pki mentality' must be eradicated, and West Sumatra should revoke a title.

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-02863 2004 rel B

Gerakan Perempuan di Indonesia dari Masa ke Masa (Muhadjir Darwin, 2004)

Women's Movements in Indonesia through the Ages (Muhadjir Darwin, 2004)

Muhadjir Darwin's survey (March 2004) of Indonesian women's movements from precolonial heroines through the 1928 Women's Congress, Fujinkai, Kowani and the Sukarno-era polygamy campaign against Hartini, to the New Order. Short historical overview.

GA-02996 2012 rel A

Dilema Gerwani Hadapi Poligami Soekarno (Merdeka.com, 2012)

Gerwani's dilemma over Sukarno's polygamy (Merdeka.com, 2012)

Merdeka.com feature (24 Sep 2012) on Gerwani's dilemma over Sukarno's polygamy: it fought for a marriage law banning polygamy from 1950 but set the issue aside when Sukarno married Hartini, Dewi and Yurike Sanger, following the PKI line. Concise account of the polygamy contradiction.

GA-02281 2016-04-18 Tempo rel B licensed

Majulah Pergerakan Wanita

Tempo, 18 April 2016: Onward the women's movement

Tempo editorial note (18 Apr 2016), recalling a 1978 Kartini Day feature on the women's movement from Aceh 1614 to the 1970s. It describes Kowani's formation (1946), Perwari's protest over Sukarno's 1954 marriage to Hartini, Perwari being squeezed as Gerwani, 'affiliated with the PKI', gained influence, and Gerwani ste

GA-03003 2018 rel C

Pukulan Telak bagi Gerakan Perempuan (Historia, 2018)

A heavy blow to the women's movement (Historia, 2018)

Historia article (2018) on the 1953 women's campaign against Government Regulation 19/1952 giving civil-service pensions to all widows of polygynous officials, including the 17 Dec 1953 mass meeting at Deca Park attended by Gerwani and others. Context on the anti-polygamy movement.

GA-02293 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Melempem di Depan Si Bung (Mengapa Gerwani tak mengkritik poligami Sukarno)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Limp before Bung Karno (why Gerwani did not criticise Sukarno's polygamy)

Tempo piece (2 Oct 2021, Hussein Abri and Stefanus Pramono) on why Gerwani, loudly anti-polygamy, stayed silent when Sukarno married Hartini. Umi Sardjono told Ruth Indiah Rahayu it was a private matter and Gerwani still needed Sukarno against imperialism (Harian Rakjat, 4 Jan 1956); Perwari backed Fatmawati; Amurwani