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GA-00612 1950-08-22 De Locomotief rel C

Zangconcours (Singing competition)

Singing competition

De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon

GA-00511 1952-08-28 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Augustus-arrestanten: Sobsi wil in Soerabaja massa-demonstratie (Tahanan Agustus: SOBSI ingin demonstrasi massa di Surabaya)

August detainees: SOBSI wants mass demonstration in Surabaya

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-08-28, p. 2): at a Surabaya press conference the committee for victims of the August 1951 raids, with SOBSI, plans a 7 September mass demonstration outside the governor's and Brawijaya commander's residences demanding release of all arrestees. Committee secretary Miss Sulami blames the RT

GA-02397 1958 rel A

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Cabang Gerwani, Sekretariat Kowani, Sulami

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Gerwani branches, Kowani secretariat, Sulami

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958) extracts: Kowani secretariat (Maria Ulfah Santoso chair, Mudigdio of Gerwani treasurer); Harian Rakjat's 30 Dec 1957 list of Gerwani's working council (Umi Sardjono chair; Mudigdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti deputies; Kartinah secretary-general; Sulami deputy; Suwati Sutrimo Sudji

GA-00893 1958-09-19 De Waarheid rel A

Bij de foto's: Buchenwald-monument ingewijd, 14 september 1958

Photo captions: Buchenwald monument inaugurated, 14 September 1958

De Waarheid, 19 Sep 1958, p. 6: photo captions from the Buchenwald memorial inauguration (14 Sep 1958) attended by a Dutch delegation. One caption notes Sulami, the Indonesian representative to the International Women's Movement (WIDF), receiving gifts from the Dutch delegation at the farewell evening, alongside delega

GA-02811 1959 Sulami rel A licensed

The Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part I (Sulami, 1959)

Birth and Growth of the Indonesian Women's Movement, Part I (Sulami, 1959)

Part I of Sulami's 1959 history of the Indonesian women's movement in WIDF's magazine: Kartini, Putri Merdika (1912), Wanita Sedar, the 1928 Women's Congress, the Congress League of Indonesian Women, and demands on marriage, education and voting rights through 1941, with PKI influence noted after 1920. Prefaces the bir

GA-02814 1960 Sulami rel A licensed

Kartini (Sulami, 1960)

Sulami's 1960 piece 'Kartini' for the anniversary of R.A. Kartini: biography (b. 1879, child-marriage custom, letters, schooling of girls, marriage as Regent's wife), Kartini as symbol for Indonesian women's national and emancipation struggle, quoting Sukarno's 1959 lecture. Paired with a parallel profile of Egyptian f

GA-02815 1960 Sulami rel A licensed

Minah (short story by Sulami, 1960)

Minah: short story (Sulami, 1960)

'Minah', a 1960 short story by Sulami in Women of the Whole World, winning that magazine's monthly contest. Set in colonial and Japanese-occupation Java: Minah fights for schooling at Kartini's school, is married off, then resists Japanese Commander Josida's attempt to take her as second wife; Josida is shot as the ind

GA-03388 1960-02-20 Neue Zeit rel B licensed

Neue Zeit, 20 February 1960, S. 4: Kartini wollte keine 40 Nebenfrauen

Neue Zeit, 20 Feb 1960, p. 4: Kartini did not want 40 secondary wives

Neue Zeit, 20 February 1960, p. 4: women's-page feature "Kartini wollte keine 40 Nebenfrauen", signed Sulami, on Kartini (1879–1904), pioneer of the Indonesian women's movement. It recounts her opposition to child marriage and polygamy under Dutch colonial rule, her letters, and her sympathy for socialism, and quotes P

GA-01410 1967-07-05 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967

Harian Kami, 5 July 1967: Sudisman's lawyers and witnesses

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967. List of Sudisman's three defence lawyers and 22 witnesses for his Mahmillub trial includes two Gerwani leaders with underground aliases, including Sulami (alias Siti Alfiah).

GA-00942 1975-09-20 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwen, moeders (Waarover Suharto's afgezanten zwegen)

Women, mothers (what Suharto's envoys kept silent about)

De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: article asking what the Indonesian parliamentary delegation did not mention: Plantungan women's camp in Central Java (386 women), Bukit Duri and Semarang prisons, and named women prisoners: Umi Sardjono, chair of the underground Gerwani, vice-chairs Salawati Daud and Mudigdio, Maasje Siw

GA-02392 1978-11-14 rel A

JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 November 1978): Pengadilan Tanti Aidit dan Sulami

JPRS 72231 (14 November 1978): Trial of Tanti Aidit and Sulami

JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 Nov 1978), mostly economic and military news. Two Indonesian items matter: Angkatan Bersenjata (8 Jul 1978) reports that Dr Tanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, described as a Gerwani leader, will be tried for subversion (second Gerwani case after Sulami and thre

GA-00950 1979-03-24 De Waarheid rel A

Kliniek (Gerwani-polikliniek 1958, Tanti Aidit)

Clinic (Gerwani polyclinic 1958, Tanti Aidit)

De Waarheid, 24 Mar 1979, p. 8: sidebar on the clinic Gerwani opened on International Women's Day, 8 March 1958, a polyclinic and advice bureau for women in its building (destroyed in 1965), run by Tanti Aidit, now 12 years in pre-trial detention. Annie van Ommeren recalls the 1975 trial of Sulami (life), Suharti Harso

GA-01581 1999-04-16 Bali Post rel A

Bali Post, 16 April 1999: 'Diteliti, kekejaman Soeharto tahun 1965–1966'

Bali Post, 16 April 1999: Suharto's 1965-66 atrocities to be investigated

Bali Post, 16 Apr 1999, p. 1: founding of the YPKP 65 foundation (15 Apr 1999, YLBHI, Jakarta), chaired by Sulami, ex-Gerwani member imprisoned 20 years, with Pramoedya; research on killing sites and aim to hold Suharto accountable.

GA-02235 1999-08-29 Tempo rel A licensed

"Saya Punya Obsesi Membongkar Pembunuhan G30S" (Wawancara Sulami)

Tempo, 29 August 1999: Interview with Sulami - 'I have an obsession to expose the G30S killings'

Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role a

GA-02691 2001 rel A

Kartini, Jangan Biarkan Padam (Sulami, 2001)

Kartini, Do Not Let It Go Out (Sulami, 2001)

Sulami's 33-page booklet (Cipta Lestari, March 2001) retelling Kartini's life as a socialist, anti-colonial genealogy for women, then tracing women's organisations and the 1965 destruction of Gerwani. A former Gerwani leader's historical-political reflection.

GA-02692 2001 rel C

Perempuan dalam Arus Zaman (Sulami, 1995/2001)

Women in the Current of the Times (Sulami, 1995/2001)

Sulami's essay 'Perempuan dalam Arus Zaman' (written Dec 1995, published Aug 2001) surveying women's condition before globalisation using Kompas reports on rapes, Julia Suryakusuma's 1981 article and a seminar paper on women workers. Does not mention Gerwani.

GA-02683 2002 rel A

Kisah Singkat Seorang Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

A Short Story of One Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

December 2002 LPKP-65 memorial booklet for Sulami (1926-2002), former Gerwani leader and YPKP 1965/66 chair, with her biography (arrested 1967, 20-year sentence, released 1984) and documents on exhumations, letters to Komnas HAM and forensic work.

GA-03664 2003-02 TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, January/February 2003

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, Jan/Feb 2003: obituary of Sulami (Gerwani deputy secretary-general)

TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrest

GA-02693 2006 rel A

Catatan Sulami, Mantan Sekjennas Gerwani (YPKP 1965, 2006)

Notes of Sulami, Former Gerwani Secretary-General (YPKP 1965, 2006)

Sulami's reflective essay (written 1992, posted 9 Nov 2006) on why revolutionary women founded Gerwis on 4 June 1950, its rejection of 'man-hating feminism', its actions such as Tanjung Morawa and International Women's Day. First-person account by a Gerwani secretary-general.

GA-03008 2011 rel A

Jalan Teguh Sang Pemimpin (Lilik HS, IndoPROGRESS, 2011)

The leader's steadfast road: obituary of Umi Sardjono (Lilik HS, 2011)

Lilik HS's IndoPROGRESS obituary of Umi Sardjono (born Suharti Sumodiwiryo, Gerwani chair 1954-65, d. 11 March 2011): her funeral at Matraman, a visit to the Waluya Sejati elderly home founded on Sulami's initiative, and former leaders' memories. Literary-journalistic portrait.

GA-03018 2020 rel A

Narasi Sulami versus Narasi Orde Baru (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2020)

Sulami's narrative versus the New Order narrative (Rahayu, 2020)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2020 essay introducing Sulami's unpublished two-volume prison novel Menanti Rembulan Ndadari, written in the 1970s, with Sulami's biography (arrested 6 Oct 1967) and the conditions of writing in Bukit Duri and Tangerang, set against New Order narratives.

GA-02289 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Beban Trauma Peristiwa 1965 (Mengapa Umi Sardjono tak terbuka mengungkap riwayat Gerwani)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: The burden of trauma of 1965 (why Umi Sardjono was not open about Gerwani's history)

Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita and Bagja Hidayat) on why Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono (Suharti Sumodiwiryo) said little after 13 years in Bukit Duri (to 1978). Drawn from Ita Nadia, Ruth Indiah Rahayu, others: she wept at accounts of rape and Sudjinah's injury, 'it is my responsibility'; friendships with Fransis

GA-02315 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

End of the Road (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: End of the Road (Umi Sardjono)

English-edition Tempo cover story 'End of the Road' (4 Oct 2021, Retno Sulistyowati), a translation from the Umi Sardjono special report. It traces Umi's formation in Pathuk Youth, Pesindo, BBW with S.K. Trimurti, Madiun 1948 arrest, founding of Gerwis (Semarang, 3-6 Jun 1950), Gerwani growth from 80,000 to 650,000 (19

GA-02320 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

Traumatic Burden of 1965 (Umi Sardjono's Last Years)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Traumatic burden of 1965 (Umi Sardjono's last years)

Tempo English cover story 'Traumatic Burden of 1965' (4 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita) on Umi Sardjono's silence and guilt after release in 1978. Ita Fatia Nadia read her a Medan woman's testimony of gang rape and public parading, and showed Sudjinah's X-ray; Umi wept, saying it was her responsibility. It covers her life in t

GA-03706 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl

GA-03707 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl