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GA-00118 1961 rel A

Almanak Lembaga-Lembaga Negara dan Kepartaian (1961)

Almanac of State Institutions and Parties (1961)

Government reference almanac issued by the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan), June 1961, on the institutions of Guided Democracy: MPRS, DPR-GR, DPAS, Depernas, Bapekan, Front Nasional and recognised parties, with decrees, membership lists and party statutes. Gerwani appears only once, as the women's del

GA-02550 1968-03-04 rel A licensed

FBIS Daily Report, 29 Mar 1968: Arrest of Mrs Suharti Suwarto, Gerwani deputy chairman, and husband Subarto

Arrest of Suharti Suwarto, Gerwani Deputy Chairman, and Husband Subarto (FBIS, 29 Mar 1968)

HathiTrust FBIS Daily Report extract (29 Mar 1968). It reports the arrest on 22-23 March of Mrs Suharti Suwarto, called Gerwani deputy chairman and head of the PKI women's division, and her husband Subarto, alleged to have posed as a religious teacher among Muslims. It places them in 'Operation Kalong', with about 300

GA-02297 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Umi Sardjono dan Hantu Tahunan PKI

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Umi Sardjono and the annual PKI ghost

Tempo column (2 Oct 2021, Budi Setyarso) using Umi Sardjono's life to argue that 1965 history is still painted in black and white. It notes her arrest without trial, Bukit Duri and Plantungan until 1979, Gerwani's origins in Gerwis, about 1.5 million members by 1960, literacy courses, her immigration and marriage-law w

GA-02318 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

Opinion: The Story of Gerwani Leader Umi Sardjono and Communism Phobia (Umi Sardjono and the Annual Ghost)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Opinion - Umi Sardjono and communism phobia (the annual ghost)

English edition of the Tempo column 'Umi Sardjono and the Annual Ghost' (4 Oct 2021) arguing that 1965 history is still black and white. It uses Umi Sardjono's life (arrest without trial, Bukit Duri, Plantungan to 1979), Gerwani's Gerwis origins, a mid-1960s membership of 1.5 million, literacy classes, her immigration