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GA-01648 1951-09-04 Merdeka rel A

Merdeka, 4 September 1951

Merdeka, 4 September 1951: Trimurti surveys the women's movements

Merdeka, 4 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Trimurti tindjau gerakan2 wanita': Gerwis vice-chair S.K. Trimurti, touring Sumatra since 27 July 1951 with her secretary, criticises urban women's organisations in Medan as weak and ceremonial.

GA-01423 1952-04-10 Harian Rakjat rel A

Nj. Salawati Daud melapor tentang pertemuan dengan Kahar Muzakar, Harian Rakjat 10 April 1952

Mrs Salawati Daud reports on meeting with Kahar Muzakar (Harian Rakjat, 10 April 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 10 Apr 1952, p.4 (Antara, Makassar 9 April): Nyonya Salawati Daud's report after meeting rebel leader Kahar Muzakar in the mountains is receiving government attention; Kahar's demands are said to disappoint the governor and cannot be met. The issue also reports a Gerwis role in the national child-defence

GA-01212 1954-02-24 Java-Bode rel B

Protest (Women's organisations protest in Medan)

Protest (women's organisations protest in Medan)

Java-Bode, 24 February 1954, p. 2: Medan women's organisations, including Perwari, PPNI, Wanita Rakjat, Ikatan Wanita Rakjat and Gerwis, protested to the resident that women have no seat on the North Sumatra election committee and demanded revision. The resident promised to forward it to the Minister of Justice.

GA-01133 1954-03-03 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Verkiezingscommissie (Election committee, North Sumatra)

Election committee (North Sumatra)

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 3 Mar 1954, p. 3: composition of the North Sumatra election committee announced; women's organisations in Medan including Perwari, Wanita Rakjat, Ikatan Wanita Rakjat and Gerwis protest to the resident that women are not represented and demand revision.

GA-00521 1954-11-30 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Congres „Gerwani”: Dwanghuwelijken dienen in modern Indonesië te worden afgeschaft (Kongres Gerwani: kawin paksa harus dihapus)

Gerwani congress: forced marriages must be abolished in modern Indonesia

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1954-11-30, p. 2): two-day congress of Gerwani's Bandung branch ('formerly Gerwis') sends sympathy to Maisoeri, a sixteen-year-old in South Sumatra jailed for refusing a forced marriage to a sixty-year-old, and calls for abolishing forced marriages. It also demands bans on 'modern dances' and

GA-03033 2025 rel C licensed

Red Nanyang: Chinese-Language Literature of Indonesia, 1945-1965

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