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GA-01165 1950-03-10 Java-Bode rel A

Gemeenteraad van Djakarta (Jakarta municipal council)

Jakarta municipal council

Short item, Java-Bode, 10 Mar 1950, p. 2: lists the newly elected Jakarta municipal council; Mrs Setiati Surasto sits for the women's association. Same text as the Indische Courant item of 29 Mar 1950, with variant spellings.

GA-01097 1950-03-29 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Gemeenteraad van Djakarta (Jakarta municipal council)

Jakarta municipal council

Short Indische Courant voor Nederland item (29 Mar 1950, p. 2) listing the newly elected Jakarta municipal council; Setiati Surasto is named as representing the women's association (Vrouwenvereniging). Other members include Suwirjo (PNI), Takdir Alisjahbana (PSI) and union and youth delegates.

GA-00684 1953-05-05 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Kinderweek in Djakarta (Children's week in Jakarta) – Gerwis delegates leave for Copenhagen

Children's week in Jakarta; delegates leave for the Copenhagen congress

De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953: Jakarta's Children's Week opens with events and free cinema shows. The relevant paragraph says the first group of the Indonesian delegation to the 5-12 June Copenhagen world women's congress left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis, travel

GA-00685 1953-05-05 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Kinderweek in Djakarta (Children's week in Jakarta), full page 5 May 1953

Children's week in Jakarta (full page, 5 May 1953)

Full scrambled page of De Nieuwsgier, 5 May 1953 (duplicate of GA-00684 context): children's week in Jakarta and, in one paragraph, the departure of the first Indonesian delegates (Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi, Kartinah of Gerwis) to the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento with the Australian delegation.

GA-01203 1953-05-05 Java-Bode rel A

Delegatie naar Kopenhagen (Delegation to Copenhagen)

Delegation to Copenhagen

Java-Bode, 5 May 1953, p. 2: brief report that the first group of Indonesian delegates to the Copenhagen women's congress (5-12 June) left on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Gerwis members Maasje Siwi and Kartinah. The Australian delegation was aboard too. The rest of the OCR is an unrelated football repo

GA-01204 1953-05-05 Java-Bode rel A

Java-Bode 5 Mei 1953, halaman: Delegatie naar Kopenhagen (Delegation to Copenhagen)

Java-Bode 5 May 1953, page: Delegation to Copenhagen

Whole-page OCR of Java-Bode, 5 May 1953 (p. 2), including the item on the first Indonesian delegates leaving for the Copenhagen women's congress on the Surriento: Setiati Surasto, and Gerwis members Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, with the Australian delegation aboard. Other articles (G.I.A., bank strike, 4/5 May commemorati

GA-00846 1953-05-06 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische delegatie op weg naar Kopenhagen

Indonesian delegation on its way to Copenhagen

De Waarheid, 6 May 1953, p. 5: short report that the first Indonesian delegation to the Copenhagen International Women's Congress left on the ship Surriento on 4 May; the group includes Setiati Surasto and Maasje Siwi. A second delegation of eight is said to follow. OCR heavily garbled.

GA-01123 1953-05-13 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Delegatie naar Kopenhagen (Delegation to Copenhagen)

Delegation to Copenhagen

Short item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953, p. 3: first group of the Indonesian delegation to the international women's congress in Copenhagen (5-12 June) leaves on the 'Surriento': Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah (both Gerwis); the Australian delegation is on board.

GA-01124 1953-05-13 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Delegatie naar Kopenhagen (Delegation to Copenhagen; full page)

Delegation to Copenhagen (full page)

Newspaper page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953 (OCR partly illegible). The only relevant article repeats that Setiati Surasto (Sarbupri) and Maasje Siwi and Kartinah (Gerwis) left on the 'Surriento' for the Copenhagen international women's congress, with the Australian delegation also aboard.

GA-01125 1953-05-13 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Het laatste nieuws uit Indonesië (Latest news from Indonesia, 4-7 May 1953)

Latest news from Indonesia (4-7 May 1953)

Antara news roundup, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 13 May 1953, p. 4 (4-7 May). Relevant item: Setiati Surasto, Maasje Siwi and Kartinah left for the WIDF congress in Copenhagen. Rest covers the bank strike, the 17 October affair and the Wilopo cabinet's refusal to seek a confidence vote.

GA-01207 1953-08-24 Java-Bode rel A

Indonesische vrouwen terug uit Kopenhagen (Indonesian women back from Copenhagen)

Indonesian women back from Copenhagen

Java-Bode, 24 August 1953, p. 2: badly garbled report on a welcome-back gathering in Jakarta for the eight-member Indonesian delegation to the Copenhagen world women's congress (June 1953). Named delegates include Setiati Surasto (chair) and Asijah, with Gerwis affiliation; the congress appealed to women worldwide for

GA-01453 1957-02-18 Harian Rakjat rel B

Dewan perdamaian dan fraksi PKI Konstituante: Setiati Surasto, Suwarti (Harian Rakjat, 18 Februari 1957, hlm. 3)

Peace council and PKI Konstituante faction: Setiati Surasto, Suwarti (Harian Rakjat, 18 February 1957)

Harian Rakjat, 18 Feb 1957, p. 3: mixed news page on Sukarno's Konsepsi and Middle East/Suez. Names Ny. Setiati Surasto and Suwarti in the PKI faction list of a 13-member Konstituante committee (with Aidit, Nyoto, Munir), and an Indian peace-council statement (Kitchlew, Rameshwari Nehru). Both are Gerwis/Gerwani figure

GA-02626 1960-08 rel A licensed

Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis anggota DPR-GR, Agustus 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

Biographical Profiles of DPR-GR Members, Aug 1960

Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link

GA-03039 1961 rel A licensed

The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (PhD thesis, Australian National University)

The Communist Party of Indonesia 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (Hindley, 1961)

Donald Hindley's 1961 ANU PhD thesis on the Indonesian Communist Party under the Aidit leadership, 1951-1961, covering PKI strategy, party-building, finances, mass organisations and elections. Section 'Women' (pp. 422-448, esp. 'Gerwani', pp. 428-441) traces Gerwis from its founding on 4 June 1950 (about 500 members) t

GA-02290 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Bubar Jalan Menjelang Kongres Penentuan (Bagaimana Umi Sardjono memimpin Gerwani)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Breaking up before the decisive congress (how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani)

Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021) on how Umi Sardjono led Gerwani: Marx House courses, the 1945 Barisan Buruh Wanita with S.K. Trimurti, Gerwis founded at Semarang (3-6 June 1950, Tris Metty chair), Umi chair from 1954 when it became Gerwani. Cites 650,000 members and 179 kindergartens at the 1957 Solo congress, WIDF links, s

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