Registration of Volunteers to Liberate Irian Barat (17 January 1962)
Api Kartini report on the registration of volunteers for the Irian Barat liberation (Trikora) at the National Front building, 17 January 1962. A Gerwani delegation led by Hurustiati Subandrio, with Aruji Kartawinata and others, declared readiness for training and handed in the list of women volunteers to Secretary-Gene
If US troops invade Cuba they will be wiped out; world support for Cuba (Renmin Ribao, 15 September 1962)
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
If US troops invade Cuba they will be wiped out; world support for Cuba (Renmin Ribao, 15 September 1962)
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
Two Divisions of DPRK Volunteers to Arrive (FBIS, 19 Apr 1964)
FBIS-monitored Jakarta radio report (19 Apr 1964) of a rally welcoming a North Korean Supreme People's Assembly delegation, with speeches by Sudibjo (National Front), Arudji Kartawinata and delegation chair Choe Won-taek, who said two divisions of Korean volunteers would join the anti-Malaysia campaign. The delegation'
FBIS-monitored KCNA report (21 Apr 1964) on the Jakarta welcome rally for the Korean Supreme People's Assembly delegation: speeches by Sudibjo, Arudji Kartawinata and Choe Won-taek on anti-imperialist solidarity, the Malaysia confrontation and new ambassador-level ties. On p.3 Mudiktio (Mudigdio), MP and deputy chair o
Sukarno Speech Marks South Sulawesi Anniversary (FBIS, 10 Dec 1964)
FBIS-monitored Jakarta radio report (10 Dec 1964) of a Senayan rally marking the anniversary of Westerling's massacre of 40,000 in South Sulawesi. Sukarno attacked Malaysia and imperialism; Chaerul Saleh, Sudibjo and Parliament vice-speaker Mursalin also spoke. Mrs Salawati Daud, described as a South Sulawesi woman lea
Subandrio praises the Indonesia-China joint statement; organisations acclaim it
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (7 Feb 1965, p. 3): Subandrio calls the Indonesia-China joint statement 'a big hammer striking imperialism', and National Front, youth, student groups and Gerwani acclaim it. Gerwani is mentioned only in the last sentence, as having telegraphed Subandrio. Illustrates Gerwani's place in
Berita Harian, 8 Jun 1965: warning against women's organisation movements (Sudibjo)
Berita Harian, 8 Jun 1965 (Reuters, lead only). Sudibjo, secretary-general of the National Front, warned Indonesians to be vigilant against subversive movements of domestic women's organisations, speaking at a political rally of Gerwani.
Warning against women's organisations' movement (Sudibjo at a Gerwani rally, Berita Harian, 1965)
Berita Harian, 8 June 1965, p. 3, Reuters: at a Gerwani political-military rally, National Front secretary-general Sudibjo warns the public to be vigilant against 'womanish' bourgeois women's organisations that are 'afraid of politics' and 'afraid of the people' and want to 'lure men'. Shows Gerwani's mobilisation in 1
Stance of other parties in Indonesia: statements demanding dissolution of PKI and mass organisations
Renmin Ribao compilation (20 Oct 1965, p. 5) of Indonesian organisations' statements after 30 September, taken from Radio Republik Indonesia and Antara. Nahdlatul Ulama and affiliates, Perti and others demand dissolution of the PKI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani; the NU text alleges Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat members were t
Sukarno given list of suspected MPs; women demonstrate against Communists (South China Morning Post, 9 November 1965)
South China Morning Post, 9 Nov 1965, p.20 (Jakarta, 8 Nov): Sukarno is given a list of suspected PKI members of parliament; about 10,000 housewives, girl students and actresses marched to Suharto's HQ and the National Front office shouting support for Sukarno and the armed forces, denounced Gerwani, 'the PKI's women's
National Front Head Briefs Women's Congress (FBIS, 14 Nov 1965)
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 14 Nov 1965): National Front secretary-general Sudibjo briefed Kowani leaders and affiliated organisations, saying the 30 September Movement, especially PKI elements and mass organisations, split revolutionary unity and weakened the Dwikora offensive. He urged mass action consolidated under Su