Foreign women guests leave Beijing (Renmin Ribao, 18 July 1963)
Short Renmin Ribao notice (18 July 1963, p. 4) that foreign women guests invited by the All-China Women's Federation after the World Congress of Women left Beijing. Only the snippet was retrieved; it mentions that the Indonesian women's delegation left for Shanghai, to return home via Guangzhou. No names of the Indones
Politics in Simalungun: A Study in Political Integration (Liddle, 1967)
PhD dissertation (Yale, 1967) by R. William Liddle, a political-science study of local parties and political integration in Simalungun regency and Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, based on 1963-64 fieldwork. Gerwani appears in a few brief passages in ch. VI: listed among PKI mass organizations (p. 190), given no members
Nationalism and Confrontation in the Southeast Asian Islands: Sources of Indonesian Foreign Policy (Reinhardt, 1967)
PhD dissertation (Tulane, April 1967) by Jon McEwen Reinhardt in political science on the sources of Indonesian foreign policy under Guided Democracy: West Irian, Malaysia confrontation and the post-coup state. Gerwani appears only in a footnote (c. p. 95, n. 41), citing PKI claims that in October 1962 its four mass or
WIDF Report on Activities, Sixth Congress, Helsinki 1969
WIDF 1969 Sixth Congress documents (Helsinki): auditing committee financial report and General Secretary Cécile Hugel's report on activities since 1963. Mostly Vietnam, Middle East and Latin America; Hugel notes WIDF's concern for 'democratic men and women in Indonesia', its telegram to Suharto, and that nothing had be
The United States and the 'New Order' in Indonesia (Sullivan, 1969)
John H. Sullivan's 1969 American University PhD in international relations traces US-Indonesian relations c. 1963-68 and the emergence of the New Order, covering the anti-American period, the 30 September Movement and its aftermath, and regional, communist-bloc and economic relations. It is diplomatic and political his
Chinese Policy in Indonesia, 1949-1967 (Mozingo, 1973)
PhD dissertation (Political Science, UCLA, 1973) by David Paul Mozingo on Chinese policy toward Indonesia, 1949-1967, arguing it was an extension of united-front strategy and was undone by the 1965 coup. Its only reference to Gerwani is one sentence in the chapter on the coup (pp. 258-259): young men and women from the
Dynamics of Tokyo-Djakarta Interactions, 1951-1966 (Nishihara, 1973)
Masashi Nishihara's 1973 Michigan PhD thesis on Japanese-Indonesian relations 1951-1966: war reparations, the Kishi-Sukarno settlement, lobbies, the Malaysia confrontation and the 'Sukarno groups'. Gerwani appears only once (pp. 285-286): the Nasution-Suharto group's claim that Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and SOBSI trained
Social Conditions Leading to Military Dominance: the case of Indonesia (Kahane, 1974)
Journal article by Reuven Kahane (Contributions to Asian Studies, vol. 5, 1974) giving a structural-sociological explanation of the 1965 coup and army dominance in Indonesia: religious-class polarisation, failing Sukarno-era control mechanisms, and the army's rise. Gerwani appears only in a footnote listing PKI-affilia
7th WIDF Congress, International Women's Year, Berlin 1975
Published proceedings of the 7th Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), Berlin, 26 October 1975: opening and general-secretary addresses (Aruna Asaf Ali, Fanny Edelman), the report on WIDF work since the 1969 Helsinki congress, finance and credentials reports, the Prospective Plan to 1980 a
Recruitment and Factional Patterns of the Indonesian Political Elite (Gregory, 1976)
Ann Gregory's Columbia PhD thesis (1976) on the recruitment, career patterns and factions of the Indonesian political elite under Guided Democracy and the New Order, based on elite biographies, with chapters on military and civilian factions. It is a quantitative study of Javanese dominance and clientelism. Gerwani is
Pravda, 30 Oct 1990, p. 5: Shurygin, 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' (full page)
Pravda, 30 Oct 1990, p. 5: full page with V. Shurygin's (Pravda-TASS) article 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago', a Soviet correspondent's retrospective on the 1965 coup, Sukarno's choice at Halim, up to 500,000 communists killed, and slander-driven anti-communist propaganda. Gerwani appears once, listed
Destruction of the Indonesian Communist Party: East Java and Bali compared (Sudjatmiko, 1992)
Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko's 1992 Harvard sociology PhD thesis compares East Java and Bali to explain the PKI's destruction after 1965, arguing that it followed from the party's 1963 revolutionary strategy and that violence depended on public figures, army units and PKI size. It covers mobilisation, land reform and local
Review of Blackburn's Women and the State in Modern Indonesia (Hattori, 2006)
Japanese review (Ajia Keizai, July 2006) by Hattori Mina of Blackburn's Women and the State in Modern Indonesia, with post-1998 context, chapter summaries and evaluation; Gerwani appears only in notes. Context rather than evidence. (In Japanese.)
Indonesian women's organisations in historical frame (Mursidah, 2012)
Mursidah's 2012 survey of Indonesian women's organisations as a 'feminist movement', from Kartini to the New Order and left activism today; about two pages on Gerwani. Thin general overview.
Gerwani and children's rights (Historia preview, 2013)
Historia.id article (preview only) titled 'Gerwani dan Hak Anak'; the free preview covers only the New Order's National Children's Day (1984) and Decade of the Child (1986), not Gerwani. Little usable content.
Stigma of women victims of sexual violence and erasure of existence (Lustanto, 2015)
Rendi Lustanto's 27 Sep 2015 Jurnal Perempuan essay on the stigma of women pregnant outside marriage and victims of sexual violence; Gerwani enters only briefly. Opinion piece with little Gerwani content.
Ripples, Echoes, and Reverberations: 1965 and Now in Indonesia (Stroud, 2015)
Martha Stroud's 2015 UC Berkeley/UCSF medical-anthropology dissertation, based on fieldwork in Yogyakarta (2010-12), examines how the 1965-66 killings shape daily life through propaganda, surveillance, stigma, silence and justice. Gerwani appears mainly as the object of New Order propaganda: the Lubang Buaya mutilation
Audio track (5:43) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:44) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (5:48) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah, Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (6:04) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Kroncongan Agawe Santoso. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083). The title ref
Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083). The title refers to GANEFO
Audio track (3:37) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (4:35) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (2:12) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).
Audio track (3:55) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Nadya Hatta, Prihatmoko Catur and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wav
Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam and Marxism in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia, 1915-1959 (Lin, 2020)
PhD dissertation (History, University of Washington, 2020) by Hongxuan Lin tracing the confluence of Islam and Marxism in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia, 1915-1959, through vernacular print culture; it genealogises Sukarno's NASAKOM. Gerwani appears only briefly: citing Blackburn, it says millions joined for
Fashioning Authoritarianism: Militarization of Society in Indonesia, 1930-1966 (Joshua, 2023)
PhD dissertation (Northwestern, 2023) by Norman Joshua on the militarization of Indonesian society, 1930-1966. It argues the Army intervened in non-military affairs through the 'twin logics' of emergency powers and counterinsurgency, culminating in the New Order. Gerwani appears only in passing: p. 428 gives its claime
Red Nanyang: Chinese-Language Literature of Indonesia, 1945-1965 (Borgonjon, 2025)
Columbia PhD dissertation (2025) by David Borgonjon, the first full-length study of Chinese-language (yinhua) literature in Indonesia 1945-65, set within Sino-Indonesian friendship, Afro-Asian translation and Guided Democracy-era debates on labour and schooling. Gerwani is barely present: a glossary entry gives Gerwani