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GA-02997 2007 rel A

Soedjinah, Pimpinan Gerwani dan Pendukung Bung Karno (IndoPROGRESS, In Memoriam, 2007)

Soedjinah, Gerwani leader and supporter of Bung Karno (IndoPROGRESS, 2007)

IndoPROGRESS in memoriam (11 Sep 2007) for Sudjinah (1929-2007), Gerwani leader, WIDF secretariat worker and political prisoner, based on a 2000 interview: court-official family, anti-Japanese courier work, and later life. Obituary profile.

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-02995 2013 rel A

Gerwani dan Perjuangan Politik Perempuan (Rio Apinino, IndoPROGRESS, 2013)

Gerwani and women's political struggle (Rio Apinino, IndoPROGRESS, 2013)

Rio Apinino's 2013 IndoPROGRESS review essay of the Indonesian edition of Wieringa's Gerwani study: the film's Lubang Buaya scenes, Gerwis's founding in Semarang on 4 June 1950, PKI influence and the persistent 'whore' stigma. Chapter-by-chapter summary.

GA-03013 2017 rel B

Domestikasi vs Revolusionerisasi Politik Perempuan Sebelum G30S (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2017)

Domestication vs revolutionisation of women's politics before G30S (Rahayu, 2017)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2017 essay contrasting pre-G30S state instructions on women's organisations: the Army's domestication ('koncowingking', Panca Dharma Wanita) versus radicalisation tied to revolution, locating Gerwani's politics against the militarist model. Interpretive essay.

GA-03014 2017 rel B

Gerakan Perempuan di Indonesia: Pasang Surut Memperjuangkan Hak (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2017)

Women's movement in Indonesia: ebbs and flows of the struggle for rights (Rahayu, 2017)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 21 Dec 2017 essay periodising the Indonesian women's movement in six phases from Ethical Policy schooling through nationalism to 'koncowingking' New Order destruction and later revival. Synthetic overview.

GA-03015 2017 rel A

Umi Sardjono, Feminis Marxis yang Menakhodai Gerwani (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2017)

Umi Sardjono, the Marxist feminist who steered Gerwani (Rahayu, 2017)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2017 biographical portrait of Umi Sardjono (1923-2011), Gerwani chair, from Umi's own stories told 2004-09; opens with the film's Jamilah, whom Umi met in detention and apologised to. Intimate life history of a Gerwani leader.

GA-03016 2018 rel B

Narasi Perempuan tentang Revolusi Indonesia (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2018)

Women's narratives of the Indonesian Revolution (Rahayu, 2018)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 16 Aug 2018 essay on women's narratives of the Indonesian Revolution, arguing 17 Aug 1945 is one occurrence in a complex event and that male-authored histories centre elites. Historiographical essay; Gerwani peripheral.

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.