FBIS item (4 May 1953): first group of Indonesia's delegation to the International Women's Congress in Copenhagen (from 5 June) left Jakarta by ship on 4 May: a SARBUPRI central committee woman (name garbled, Suranto), Maasje Siwi and Kartinah, both of Gerwis. Records named Gerwis delegates to the WIDF congress.
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (4 Jul 1953): eighteen Chinese delegates to the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen), led by deputy leader Chang Yun, returned to Peking on 4 July with ten foreign women delegates invited to visit China, including Kartinah of Indonesia (Kartinah Kurdi, Gerwis). Shows the post-Copenhagen China
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
Renmin Ribao, 5 Jun 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua): Gerwani's Central Council writes to the All-China Women's Federation, in the name of 1.5 million members, condemning the 'counter-revolutionary racist' riots against ethnic Chinese. The letter, signed by Mrs Kartini Kurdi, deputy secretary, links the riots to blocking the Econom
Renmin Ribao, 5 Jun 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua): Gerwani's Central Council writes to the All-China Women's Federation, in the name of 1.5 million members, condemning the 'counter-revolutionary racist' riots against ethnic Chinese. The letter, signed by Mrs Kartini Kurdi, deputy secretary, links the riots to blocking the Econom
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. It includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi and Kartini Radjasa of the Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. Members named include Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa (Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on foreign guests at China's National Day. It lists an Indonesian women's delegation of Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, among other Indonesian groups. Full text is GA-01908.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on 1,800+ foreign guests at China's 14th National Day. The translation covers only Indonesia and women's items: M.H. Lukman's DPR-GR delegation, Lekra, SOBSI, BTI and other groups, and an Indonesian women's delegation with Kartinah Kurdi of Gerwani; also Cuban, Ghanaian,
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): Beijing mayor Peng Zhen and wife receive Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, with All-China Women's Federation secretary Huang Ganying present. Full text is GA-01910.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): on 1 October Peng Zhen, Vice-Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Beijing mayor, and his wife received Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi in a cordial conversation; Huang Ganying of the All-China Women's Federatio
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page item (4 Oct 1963): Dong Biwu receives Asian, African and Latin American women's delegations on the National Day visit. The snippet lists the Indonesian women's delegation (Soemarno's wife, Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa and an Islamic women's representative) among others;
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (4 Oct 1963, p. 1): on 3 October Head of State Dong Biwu received women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, with All-China Women's Federation leaders present. The Indonesian group includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi,
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (6 Oct 1963, p. 4) on an All-China Women's Federation banquet for Asian, African and Latin American women's delegations. The snippet lists the Indonesian delegation, including Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, and is truncated. Full text is GA-01914.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (6 Oct 1963, p. 4): the All-China Women's Federation hosts a banquet on 5 October for women's delegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, including the Indonesian group with Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi. Vice-chair Shi Liang frames support for anti-imperialist women's struggles as an inte
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (9 Oct 1963, p. 3): the seven-member Indonesian women's delegation (Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa and others) leaves Beijing with a Ghanaian delegation to tour other places. Truncated; full text is GA-01916.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (9 Oct 1963, p. 3): the seven-member Indonesian women's delegation and a three-member Ghanaian delegation left Beijing on 7 October to tour elsewhere. Names Soemarno's wife, Gerwani's Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa, an Islamic teachers' women's leader and Rabiah Djamil of the Perti women's
Travel article by Kartinah (Kartinah Kurdi) (1964) on women in China, from an Indonesian delegation visit with Ibu Sumarno. She argues housewives are vital to the revolution and describes a Shanghai-area people's commune with women leaders, production figures, crèches, clinics and handicraft cooperatives. She uses this
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 9 Mar 1965, p. 4) with headline and citation only: Mrs Kartawinata says there can be no peaceful coexistence with imperialism and that Indonesia's six million women volunteers are ready to fight. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01964.
Xinhua feature in Renmin Ribao (9 Mar 1965, p. 4) for International Women's Day on Indonesia's 'six million' women volunteers, enrolled since Sukarno's March 1964 call: military training, takeovers of US Information Service offices and US plantations, street protests. Mrs Arudji Kartawinata and Kartini Radjasa are quot
The Times of India, 6 Sep 1977, p.11 (Reuter, London, 4 Sep): Amnesty International lists 62 imprisoned or missing parliamentarians in 17 countries; Indonesia tops the list with 23, most held without trial since 1965 for links with the PKI, SOBSI, BTI or the women's organisation Gerwani. Named are Subandrio, Oei Tjoe T
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
Tempo essay (2 Oct 2021) by I Gusti Agung Ayu Ratih on why Gerwani did not criticise Sukarno's polygamy. It recounts Kowani expelling Gerwani on 29 Oct 1965 and removing Hurustiati Subandrio in 1966, the erasure of Gerwani from women's movement history, Perwari rivalry, Gerwani members' reverence for Sukarno, and anti-
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Riky Ferdianto and Mustafa Silalahi) on Umi Sardjono in Bukit Duri prison (detained 20 Oct 1965, solitary cell as category A, 'Senayan cluster' with Dahliar, Mudigdio, Salawati Daud, Kartinah Kurdi). Witnesses Mudjiati, Utati, Nani Nurani Affandi describe forced confessions of Lubang Buaya da
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