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GA-00264 1963-02-06 News-Mail rel A

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 Feb 1963)

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 February 1963), duplicate OCR

News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 February 1963, p. 7, AAP-Reuter wire from Jakarta (duplicate OCR of GA-00265, with scrambled columns). SOBSI cabled protest to Singapore over mass arrests of leftists on 2-3 February; Partindo and Gerwani also protested. Also reports Brunei's Sultan warning against Indonesian volunteers and Gen

GA-00265 1963-02-06 News-Mail rel A

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 Feb 1963)

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 February 1963)

News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 February 1963, p. 7, AAP-Reuter wire from Jakarta (clean OCR). The SOBSI federation, claiming three million members, cabled Singapore condemning its mass arrests of leftists as a move to quell opposition to Malaysia, and Partindo and Gerwani also protested. The Sultan of Brunei warned against a

GA-03335 1963-02-06 Berita Harian rel B

SOBSI, Partindo dan Gerwani bantah Kerajaan Singapura (Indonesian left-wing parties protest)

SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani protest to Singapore government (Berita Harian, 1963)

Berita Harian, 6 February 1963, p. 3: SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani send a protest to the Singapore government over the previous week's arrests of left-wing figures (Operation Coldstore); SOBSI blames the British and Tunku Abdul Rahman. The clipping is damaged and ends abruptly; Gerwani is only one of three protesting bo

GA-03349 1963-02-06 The Straits Times rel B

Sobsi protest to Singapore Government over mass arrests (Arrests: Indonesian groups protest)

SOBSI protest to Singapore government over mass arrests (Straits Times, 1963)

The Straits Times, 6 February 1963, p. 10, Reuters: SOBSI cables the Singapore government protesting the mass arrests of left-wing people the previous weekend and demanding release of detainees; Partindo and the Gerwani Women's Movement 'have also protested'. Brief mention of Gerwani among Indonesian left organisations

GA-01560 1963-07-01 Asahi Shimbun rel B licensed

日本は棄権 婦人会議の綱領 (Japan abstains on the women's congress platform)

Japan abstains on the women's congress platform

Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 1 Jul 1963, p. 2): article on Japan abstaining on the platform of the World Congress of Women (legible: Moscow). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is visible.

GA-01570 1963-07-01 Mainichi Shimbun rel B licensed

世界婦人大会閉幕 (World Congress of Women closes)

World Congress of Women closes

Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 1 Jul 1963): article on the closing of the World Congress of Women; one fragment seems to say Indonesia voted against a measure, context unreadable. The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwa

GA-02014 1964-08-05 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 5 Ogos 1964: GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat USIS

Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964: Gerwani wants USIS offices closed

Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964 (Reuters, lead only). Gerwani, a left-wing Indonesian women's movement, cabled President Sukarno demanding the government close the US Information Service (USIS) offices and send home Peace Corps volunteers, as reported by the PKI paper Harian Rakyat.

GA-03334 1964-08-05 Berita Harian rel A

GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat2 USIS

Gerwani wants US Information Service offices closed (Berita Harian, 1964)

Berita Harian, 5 August 1964, p. 3, Reuters: Gerwani, described as a left-wing women's movement, cabled Sukarno demanding closure of the US Information Service, return of Peace Corps volunteers training Indonesian athletes, and condemned the Johnson-Tunku Abdul Rahman joint statement, per the PKI paper Harian Rakyat. S

GA-00280 1964-12-31 The Canberra Times rel B

Prisoners tell of Indonesian plan (Canberra Times, 31 Desember 1964)

Prisoners Tell of Indonesian Plan (Canberra Times, 31 December 1964)

Canberra Times, 31 Dec 1964, p. 1 (AAP-Reuter): two captured Indonesian soldiers claim Indonesia is forming a Malayan government and army in exile in Sumatra during Konfrontasi. Final paragraphs report about 500 housewives, led by Mrs Subandrio of the Indonesian Women's Congress, protesting prices in Jakarta. Gerwani n

GA-00311 1964-12-31 The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette rel B

Claim of landing by Malaysians (Toowoomba Chronicle, 31 Desember 1964)

Claim of landing by Malaysians

Toowoomba Chronicle, 31 Dec 1964, p. 1 (AAP-Reuters): Sukarno claims Indonesian police arrested two groups of armed Malaysian infiltrators and says 'Malaysia does not exist'. Second item: about 500 housewives, including Mrs Subandrio, protest rising prices in Jakarta in a demonstration organised by the Indonesian Women

GA-00724 1965-02-01 De Telegraaf rel C

Toenadering Indonesië tot China (Indonesia's rapprochement with China)

Indonesia's rapprochement with China: Hartini Sukarno at women's gathering

De Telegraaf report (1 Feb 1965) on Indonesia's rapprochement with China, quoting Sukarno's CBS interview and Subandrio's Peking visit. Gerwani is not named; Hartini Sukarno is quoted at a women's movement gathering calling for common struggle with "Chinese comrades" in 1965.

GA-03340 1965-06-08 Berita Harian rel A

Amaran terhadap gerakan pertubohan wanita (Watch out for women's organisations, says a man)

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

GA-03325 1965-06-10 Berita Harian rel A

Negara2 yang sokong Malaysia jangan hadhir dlm sidang di-Algiers (Sukarno to a Gerwani rally)

States backing Malaysia should not attend the Algiers conference: Sukarno to a Gerwani rally (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian (Singapore), 10 June 1965, p. 3, Reuters report: Sukarno, speaking to 10,000 'Communist women of Gerwani', says states backing Malaysia, Israel and South Korea should stay away from the Algiers Afro-Asian conference and that he will go with a Nasakom delegation including women's organisations. Shows Gerwa

GA-00725 1965-07-26 De Telegraaf rel A

Vrouwen eisen Wawajai terug (Women demand Wawejai back)

Women demand Wawejai back: Gerwani telegram to Dutch government

Short De Telegraaf item (26 Jul 1965, ANP): Gerwani, called the Indonesian communist women's organisation, telegraphed the Dutch government demanding "immediate repatriation" of West Irianese footballer Dominggus Wawejai, claimed to have been kidnapped by Dutch reactionaries after being allowed to study in the Netherla

GA-03333 1965-07-26 Berita Harian rel A

PKI tuntut halau Duta (Gerwani demand against US ambassador Green)

PKI demands expulsion of US ambassador (Gerwani demand, Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 26 July 1965, p. 3: the PKI renews its demand that Sukarno cancel acceptance of new US ambassador Marshall Green; the demand, issued through its women's organisation Gerwani, also asks Sukarno to break diplomatic relations with the United States. Clipping breaks off. Evidence of Gerwani's anti-American c

GA-00581 1965-07-29 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 29-07-1965 (Wawejoi)

ANP news report, 29 July 1965 (Wawejoi)

ANP radio bulletin, 29 July 1965: footballer Wawejoi, who stayed in the Netherlands after the Indonesian team's visit, is expelled from the football union. Gerwani urges Jakarta to break off diplomatic relations with the Netherlands if it undermines Indonesia, demanding measures against those who allegedly kidnapped hi

GA-00497 1966-03-09 Algemeen Handelsblad rel C

Militairen kijken toe: Scholieren in Djakarta opnieuw in de aanval (Militer menonton: pelajar Jakarta kembali menyerang)

Soldiers look on: schoolchildren in Jakarta attack again

Algemeen Handelsblad (1966-03-09, pp. 1 and 11): student and schoolchildren demonstrations in Jakarta, tanks outside ministries, a student demand to ban the PKI, and Siliwangi troops beating the Cakrabirawa guard to the university. Sukarno told a meeting of Indonesian women (unnamed) to amend a resolution to condemn Am

GA-01067 1986-10-30 Het Parool rel C

'Geen lijfkwesties, ze verwijten 't ons nog' (40 jaar Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging)

'No body issues, they reproach us for it': 40 years of the Dutch Women's Movement

Het Parool feature by Petra van Alten (30 Oct 1986) on the 40th anniversary of the Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging (NVB): founding in 1946 from Algemene Vrouwenbonden and resistance women, its protests against Dutch Indonesia policy and troop sailings, Cold War isolation, affiliation to the Women's International Democratic