Abadi, 4 Feb 1952, p. 2: provisional committee including Gerwis, Lekra and Pemuda Rakjat to celebrate 21 February 1952 world youth solidarity day.
Full 20-page issue of the Kankakee Daily Journal (Illinois), 12 March 1956. Front-page AP/UP report on US Secretary of State Dulles's visit to Jakarta (talks with Sukarno) says police arrested a woman named Sansia, who said she was a member of Gerwani, 'a leftist women's organization founded in 1954', over a banner pro
February 1961 issue tied to Sukarno's speech at the Indonesian Women's Congress (6 Feb 1961); a cluster of pieces mourning the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, with editorial calls for land reform and socialist society.
August 1961 issue for the 16th independence anniversary: slogan against feudalism and imperialism, Sukarno's Hari Ibu speech that women need socialism, praise of Soviet women doctors and China's communes, Moscow Film Festival.
Double issue (Jul–Aug 1962): excerpts of Sukarno's 17 August 1962 speech, a profile of BTI activist Daeng Tomi, Alexandra Kollontai, reports on the Moscow World Peace Congress (Hurustiati Subandrio) and the All-African Women's Conference in Dar es Salaam.
US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1962) extract: the Gerwani central executive council sends a telegram to Sukarno opposing draft legislation on compulsory preliminary people's defence training for 12-15 year olds, warning it would implant a 'militaristic spirit' as in Germany and Japan, and saying scouts and basic e
April 1963 issue: Sukarno's opening speech to the Afro-Asian Journalists' Conference, an interview with Sierra Leonean journalist Nancy Grant on African women and the Peace Corps, and a state visit report.
Double issue (May–Jun 1963) on the return of West Irian and the 10 May 1963 anti-Chinese riots in West Java, with Sukarno speeches condemning racism and an editorial blaming an ex-Masjumi/PSI/Permesta network.
Umi Sardjono's General Report as DPP Gerwani chair to the 3rd DPP Plenary (Bandung, early 1964; transcribed by Nathanael Pribady). Reviews 1963: Irian Barat, 'Crush Malaysia' confrontation, the 26 May economic regulations, 1,378 TK Melati kindergartens, the WIDF Moscow Congress (Gerwani rejected the programme, attacked
October 1964 issue: editorial on Sukarno's Cairo Non-Aligned speech, a KOWANI delegation report on North Korea including Gerwani's Suharti Suwarto, TAVIP cadre education, peasant women in the Malaysia confrontation, and Bulgaria.
September 1964 issue built on Sukarno's 17 August 1964 TAVIP speech, Dwikora mobilisation, the 10th Kowani (KWI) congress, Sulami on peasant women and land reform, a West Irian travelogue and Kartinah on a Chinese people's commune.
US National Intelligence Estimate 55-64, 22 July 1964, on Indonesia's prospects: Sukarno dominant, PKI strengthened, Konfrontasi driving a left drift. Mentions Gerwani only among PKI fronts (p. 5); context for pre-1965 US views.
CIA Special Report, 23 October 1964, on the Sukarno-PKI relationship; lists Gerwani among PKI fronts with almost two million claimed members. Pre-coup US context.
JPRS translation of Harian Rakjat, 23 Jan 1964, on the Third Plenary Session of Gerwani's Central Council (Bandung, 18-22 Jan 1964). Chair Umi Sardjono reports on crushing 'Malaysia', price rises, the Cabinet of Mutual Assistance and land reform; stresses integration with peasant women, cooperation with the BTI, West I
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
Ministry of Information pamphlet of Sukarno's speech at Gerwani's 15th anniversary rally, Istora Bung Karno, 8 June 1965 (25,000 copies). He appears 'together with Gerwani', endorses Subandrio on Gerwani's leadership of women, and stresses an anti-imperialist Second Afro-Asian Conference.
JPRS translation of Kartinah Kurdi's article in Harian Rakjat, 27 Sept 1965 (days before the coup), urging more intensive training of Gerwani 'Sukwati' volunteer women for Dwikora. Describes training centres (Jakarta 'Kartini' and 'Tavip' forces; provincial centres), rallies at Gerwani's 15th anniversary, women marchin
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
US JPRS translation (Translations on South and East Asia, 1965) of an unsigned Harian Rakjat article of 20 July 1965, p. 1. President Sukarno received women's delegations from the USA, North Vietnam and the NLF at Bogor Palace after their 13-18 July Jakarta meetings; they were greeted by Indonesian Women's Congress cha
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
Harian Neraca, 24 Feb 1989, p. 10: instalment 47 on the anti-American campaign as 'Operasi Palmer'; notes a Gerwani telegram of March 1965 demanding expulsion of AMPAI director Bill Palmer as a CIA agent.