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GA-03021 rel A

Gerwani dan Kuntilanak Wangi (Historia, pratinjau)

Gerwani and the Perfumed Ghost (Historia, preview)

Historia article by Martin Sitompul (preview only): after destroying Gerwani the New Order used the 'kuntilanak' image to restrict progressive women's movements; quotes Wieringa at a Kuntilanak Wangi discussion. Partial text.

GA-02994 2013 rel C

Gerwani dan Hak Anak (Historia, pratinjau)

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.

GA-03000 2017 rel B

Tujuh Tahanan Politik Perempuan di Kamp Plantungan (Historia, 2017; pratinjau)

Seven women political prisoners at Plantungan camp (Historia, 2017; preview)

Historia article (4 Oct 2017, preview only) on seven women political prisoners at Plantungan, the women's 'Pulau Buru' at the foot of Mount Prau, with historian Amurwani Lestariningsih on the inmates (Gerwani, CGMI, PKI sympathisers, some arrested by mistake). Partial text.

GA-03029 2017 rel B

Atlet Berprestasi Dituduh PKI Bertransformasi Diri Jadi Laki-laki (Historia, 2017)

Prize-winning athlete accused of being PKI who transformed herself into a man (Historia, 2017)

Historia feature (2017) on Karnah Sukarta (b. 1940, Ciamis), bronze medallist in javelin at the 1958 Asian Games, a Sukarno-admiring student reportedly joined Gerwani in Kawali, arrested after 1965 and held in Bandung. Biography of an athlete linked to Gerwani.

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-03004 2019 rel B

Hari Raya Qurban di Kamp Plantungan (Historia, 2019)

Eid al-Adha at Plantungan camp (Historia, 2019)

Historia vignette (2019) on Eid al-Adha at Plantungan camp, drawing on Lestariningsih's book and Mia Bustam's memoir: prisoners allowed to pray with villagers, the camp's livestock unit, and Bustam giving away her meat. Camp daily life.

GA-02736 2020 rel A

Umi Sardjono, Pendulum Gerwani (infografis Historia, 2020)

Umi Sardjono, Gerwani's Pendulum (Historia Infographic, 2020)

Historia infographic (2020) with a timeline of Umi Sardjono, Gerwani chair: born Semarang 1923 as Suharti, anti-Japanese underground work, leadership of Gerwani, and detention ending at Plantungan. Popular biographical summary.

GA-03030 2021 rel B

Potret Pahit Penyintas 1965 dalam You and I (Historia, 2021)

A bitter portrait of 1965 survivors in You and I (Historia, 2021)

Historia review (5 May 2021) of Fanny Chotimah's documentary You and I, following two elderly Solo survivors, Kaminah and Sri Kusdalini, former choir members under Pemuda Rakyat held as political prisoners; Kaminah's bond began in Gerwis/Gerwani's women's field. Film review.

GA-02991 2022 rel C licensed

Mohammad Arief, Anak Santri Pencipta Lagu Genjer-genjer (Historia, pratinjau)

Mohammad Arief, santri's son who composed Genjer-genjer (Historia preview, 2022)

Historia.id article (preview only, 2022) on the song Genjer-genjer and its composer Mohammad Arief, countering the film's claim that Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat sang it by saying it reflects Japanese-occupation suffering and that Arief was a santri's son. Partial text.