Abadi, 30 January 1952, p. 2: Gerwis Member's Books Seized by Customs
Abadi, 30 Jan 1952, p. 2: customs at Tanjung Priok seized books of Gerwis member Nuraini (Langsa), including a Gerwis congress report, Bintang Merah and the Communist Manifesto, as 'proven communist leanings'.
Abadi, 4 February 1952, p. 2: World Youth Solidarity Day Committee
Abadi, 4 Feb 1952, p. 2: provisional committee including Gerwis, Lekra and Pemuda Rakjat to celebrate 21 February 1952 world youth solidarity day.
Abadi, 1 March 1952, p. 2: International Women's Day Committee in Palembang
Abadi, 1 Mar 1952, p. 2: Palembang women's organisations form a committee for International Women's Day chaired by Rochani Mailan of Gerwis; also reports of Krawang mothers selling children for rice.
Abadi, 5 March 1952, p. 2: Gerwis Wants a Coalition Cabinet
Abadi, 5 Mar 1952, p. 2: during the cabinet crisis after the Sukiman cabinet fell, the Gerwis central board demands a coalition cabinet of religious, nationalist, socialist and progressive groups.
Abadi, 10 March 1952, p. 3: International Women's Day in Jakarta
Abadi, 10 Mar 1952, p. 3: Antara report on Jakarta's International Women's Day celebration by nine women's organisations with Gerwis as general secretariat (about 1,000 attended, incl. MPs Mudigdo and Susilowati); Perwari asks for a woman minister.
Abadi, 15 March 1952, p. 3: S.K. Trimurti's Letter to Women's Organisations
Abadi, 15 Mar 1952, p. 3: Trimurti's open letter (while detained) to women's organisations before a Kongres Wanita Indonesia conference, proposing majority voting and a minimum programme on schools, rice prices, women's and child labour, and trafficking.
Abadi, 26 March 1952, p. 3: Gerwis Protests Germ Warfare in Korea
Abadi, 26 Mar 1952, p. 3: Gerwis backs the WIDF protest to the UN Secretary-General against alleged US germ warfare in Korea and urges Indonesia's UN delegate to support it.
Suara Kalimantan, 9 Mar 1955: 'International Women's Day'
Suara Kalimantan (Banjarmasin), 9 Mar 1955, p. 3: report on International Women's Day (8 March 1955), about 1,500 women, mostly Chinese-Indonesian, with a lecture on Clara Zetkin by Nj. Soeparsono and a speaker from Gerwani.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 3 January 1957: 'Gerwani anniversary' (Malang)
Pewarta Soerabaia, 3 Jan 1957, p. 4: Malang item on Gerwani Kota Besar Malang celebrating its sixth anniversary (30–31 Dec 1956) with a history of its founding, about 100 members and a sandiwara; page damaged.
Surabaya Post, 21 January 1957, p. 2: Sujoso's lecture on a visit to Moscow
Surabaya Post p. 2, 21 January 1957: Malang report on Masyumi MP A.W. Sujoso's lecture on the parliamentary mission to Moscow, mocking Soviet life and saying Indonesian women, 'surely also Gerwani', would reject Soviet views on free unions. Gerwani appears only as a foil in anti-communist rhetoric.
Merdeka, 12 February 1957: International Women's Day committee
Merdeka, 12 Feb 1957, p. 3: Antara item on Jakarta women's organisations forming a committee for International Women's Day (8 March 1957), chaired by Ny. Jahja Malik (Perwamu), with Gerwani, Baperki and others.
Surabaya Post, 15 February 1957, p. 2: Surabaya International Women's Day committee
Surabaya Post p. 2, 15 February 1957: brief reporting that the Surabaya women's organisation federation formed a committee, chaired by Gerwani, to celebrate International Women's Day, with other left and nationalist women's groups as officers. Evidence of Gerwani's leading role in local women's coalitions.
Merdeka, 4 March 1957: 12 women's organisations back the President's Konsepsi
Merdeka, 4 Mar 1957, p. 3: twelve Surabaya women's organisations including Wanita Demokrat and Gerwani declare support for Sukarno's February 1957 Konsepsi, alongside veterans' groups.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 4 October 1957: Lumajang women's organisations federation
Pewarta Soerabaia, 4 Oct 1957, p. 4: Lumajang women's federation revived on 21 Sept 1957 by Wanita Demokrat, Aisyiyah, Gerwani, Bhayangkari and others, with a new board drawn from all except Gerwani.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 7 October 1957: Surabaya women's organisations federation
Pewarta Soerabaia, 7 Oct 1957, p. 2: Surabaya women's federation elects a board (30 Sept 1957) with the governor's wife as patron and Nj. Moh. Tam of Gerwani as first secretary.
Pewarta Soerabaia, 21 November 1957: Concordia building, Malang
Pewarta Soerabaia, 21 Nov 1957, p. 4: Malang municipality orders six organisations including BTI and Gerwani (Malang regency branch) to vacate the ruins of the former Societeit Concordia within seven days.
Suara Merdeka, 6 Oct 1965, p. 1: Lubang Buaya well and Kalibata burial
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 6 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page after discovery of the officers' bodies: Suharto's RRI announcement of the Lubang Buaya well and Kalibata burial; his reply mentions an AURI-run training centre for 'sukarelawan/sukarelawati'. No Gerwani or mutilation mentioned.
Suara Merdeka, 9 Oct 1965, p. 1: Suharto briefs press on Lubang Buaya discovery
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 9 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page with a Berita Yudha photograph of Suharto and Ibnu Subroto briefing the press on the discovery of the bodies at Lubang Buaya; otherwise security orders.
Suara Merdeka, 12 Oct 1965, p. 1: Krukut 'cleansing operation' claims
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 12 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Berita Yudha-based report on the Krukut 'cleansing operation' of 4–5 October claiming local activists joined the kidnappings and killings at Lubang Buaya. Gerwani is not named.
Suara Merdeka, 14 Oct 1965, p. 1: capture of Untung; RPKAD operations at Lubang Buaya
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Lead on the capture of ex-Lt. Col. Untung near Tegal and RPKAD operations including 'securing' Battalion 454 at Lubang Buaya on 2 Oct and exhumation on 3–4 Oct.
Suara Merdeka, 14 October 1965, p. 2: Major Santoso and Untung's capture
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. Portrait of RPKAD Major C.I. Santoso, credited with the Lubang Buaya raid, and an editorial on Untung's capture warning that G30S is not yet uprooted.
Suara Merdeka, 27 October 1965, p. 1: Yogyakarta demands dissolution of PKI and Gerwani; Umi Sardjono
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Richest page for Gerwani in this set: state of war in Central Java; 55 Yogyakarta organisations demand dissolution of the PKI and Gerwani; a demand to dismiss Umi Sardjono from the Kotrar political bureau.
Suara Merdeka, 26 June 1968, p. 1: Genjer-genjer trainer at Lubang Buaya arrested
Suara Merdeka front page, 26 June 1968: an Antara/Pendam V Jaya report that four alleged PKI members were arrested in Jakarta, including Titi Suwarti, said to have joined training at Lubang Buaya and taught Genjer-genjer. Shows New Order framing of women's alleged role at Lubang Buaya.
Suara Merdeka, 29 June 1968, p. 1: 'New-style PKI' arrested in Purworejo; Darmini labelled Gerwani
Suara Merdeka front page, 29 June 1968: Purworejo correspondent reports the arrest of an alleged 'new-style PKI' underground and Darmini, 28, labelled a Gerwani member, with lurid detail on her and a housemate's pregnancies. Typical New Order sexualised portrayal of Gerwani women.
Abadi, 17 February 1973, p. 1: After Munir, Six More
Harian Abadi, 17 Feb 1973, p. 1: Jakarta prosecutors prepare six more 'PKI ringleader' case files after Muhamad Munir's trial, stressing that one is 'a Gerwani named Sulami'.
Abadi, 21 March 1973, p. 2: Mutual Suspicion at RRI Mataram
Harian Abadi, 21 Mar 1973, p. 2: anonymous allegation that people 'involved in G30S/PKI' remain at RRI Mataram, including 'a woman M., a former Gerwani member'; New Order stigma persisting in workplaces.
Abadi, 8 June 1973, p. 2: Ex-Gerwani/PKI Figure Enters RRI Mataram
Harian Abadi, 8 June 1973, p. 2: follow-up claiming an RRI Mataram employee 'M' is the former Gerwani Denpasar chair, found by a screening team yet still employed; also an editorial on marriage law.
Abadi, 22 August 1973, p. 1: Witness at Sutarto's Mahmillub Trial, Lubang Buaya Training
Harian Abadi, 22 Aug 1973, p. 1: Mahmillub trial report (ex-Brig. Gen. R.S. Sutarto) where BPI agent A. Hamid testifies 1,200 Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members trained at Lubang Buaya and saw them kill the generals.
Jawa Pos, 29 November 1977: two PKI figures, Ir. Moedjani and Ny. Kartini, tried
Jawa Pos, 29 Nov 1977: Tulungagung subversion trial of Ir. Moedjani and Ny. Kartini alias Widji, 'chair of Gerwani East Java' and former Surabaya teacher, captured in the 1968 South Blitar (Trisula) operation.
Berita Yudha, 13 March 1982: 'Latent danger of extreme left and right in Indonesia' (4)
Berita Yudha, 13 Mar 1982, p. 1: final part of a series retelling the official PKI chronology to 30 September 1965 and asserting that 3,000 'youth and Gerwani' trained at Lubang Buaya.