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GA-00650 1955-11-29 De Locomotief rel A

Gerwani wenst democratische huwelijkswet (Gerwani wants a democratic marriage law)

Gerwani wants a democratic marriage law

De Locomotief, 29 Nov 1955: statement by Gerwani's central board (OCR partly garbled) calling for a democratic marriage law, citing the Maisuri forced-marriage case as proof that women's constitutional rights are violated. It urges women to be active in the Constituent Assembly elections and argues the 'first lady' deb

GA-01234 1955-11-29 Java-Bode rel A

Gerwani over positie van de vrouw in de huwelijkse staat (Gerwani on the position of women in marriage)

Gerwani on the position of women in marriage

Java-Bode, 29 November 1955, p. 2: Gerwani central board secretariat statement on women's position in marriage, ahead of the Konstituante elections and amid the 'first lady' issue. It says women's constitutional rights are not respected, citing the Maisuri forced-marriage case, and blames governments' failure to enact

GA-01148 1955-12-03 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Gerwani over positie van de vrouw in de huwelijkse staat (Gerwani on the position of women in marriage)

Gerwani on the position of women in marriage

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 3 Dec 1955, p. 3: statement by the Gerwani central board secretariat, citing the Maisuri case, that women's constitutional rights are not respected without a democratic marriage law. Urges women to take part in Konstituante elections and rejects the 'first lady' debate as divisive and a

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-02804 1960 Maasje Siwi rel A licensed

Api Kartini (Maasje Siwi on the new women's magazine)

Api Kartini: the new women's magazine (Maasje Siwi, 1960)

Short interview note (1960) in WIDF's magazine: Maasje Siwi, director of the new monthly women's magazine Api Kartini, explains its aims. Published under the Jajasan Melati committee, which includes Gerwani members. Magazine launched June 1959; aims to develop women's knowledge, patriotism and international friendship;

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-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-02885 2010 rel A

Pasang Surut Gerakan Perempuan Indonesia (Wieringa, 2010)

Ups and Downs of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Wieringa, 2010)

Ten-page digest (in Komnas Perempuan's 2010 compilation) of Wieringa's Kuntilanak Wangi, tracing Indonesian women's movements from Kartini and Poetri Mardika to Gerwani, its rivalry with Perwari, the 1965 slander and New Order corporatism (Dharma Wanita, PKK). Concise overview.

GA-02291 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Dari Putri Priayi ke Aktivis Bawah Tanah (Bagaimana Umi Sardjono menjadi aktivis perempuan)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: From priyayi daughter to underground activist (how Umi Sardjono became an activist)

Tempo biographical feature (2 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri and Nurdin Kalim) on Umi Sardjono's early life: born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga, 24 Dec 1923, inspired by Kartini, joined Parindra then Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, tortured by the Japanese in 1943 alongside S.K. Trimurti, married Suki

GA-02316 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

From A Civil Servant's Daughter to An Underground Activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: From a civil servant's daughter to an underground activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English cover story (4 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri) on Umi Sardjono's early life, drawing on Ruth Indiah Rahayu and Lilik H.S. Born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga in 1923 to a civil servant, she was shaped by Kartini, Parindra and Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, was tortured by the Japanese in

GA-02859 2025 rel A

Transformasi Gerwani: Keterlibatan dalam Perjuangan Gender hingga Stigmatisasi Pasca 1965 (Aisyah, 2025)

Transformation of Gerwani: gender struggle to post-1965 stigmatisation (Aisyah, 2025)

Rania Dhiyaulhaq Aisyah, 'Transformasi Gerwani' (Jurnal Sejarah Indonesia 8:2, 2025), a literature-based article on Gerwani's pre-1965 gender activism (education, health, anti-polygamy, 1955 elections, PKI ties, congresses) and its post-1965 stigmatisation. It repeats Wieringa's finding that the Lubang Buaya sexual-vio