De Waarheid report (3 Jul 1947) on Amir Sjarifuddin's new Republican cabinet, announced by Radio Yogyakarta: 34 ministers and vice-ministers across PNI, Partai Sosialis, Labour and others. "Trimoerti" (S.K. Trimurti) is named Minister for Labour Affairs; Gerwani is not mentioned.
De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named In
De Waarheid report (7 Nov 1949) on clashes between Dutch troops and guerrillas in Blitar, Central Java and South Sulawesi. It says Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud "has already been arrested", officially as head of a resistance group, and calls the East Indonesia government a puppet; companion to colonial-pr
De Waarheid, 14 Sep 1951, p. 3: short item that five Indonesians were invited to Beijing for the second anniversary of the People's Republic of China (1 Oct 1951), among them Mrs. S.K. Trimurti, described as a leader of the women's movement Gerwis; others include Ki Hadjar Dewantara, B.M. Diah and M. Tabrani. Invitatio
De Waarheid, 27 Oct 1951, p. 3: correspondent's article on poor food, medical care and conditions of those arrested in Indonesia since August 1951 under the Sukiman government (Cipinang prison, Malang, Banten), including named detainees. Ends with a Gerwis statement calling the arrest of its leader (S.K.) Trimurti and
De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,
De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: two items. A brief note that the Wormerveer PvdA chairman and a board member resigned, and a photo caption showing Trees Sunito-Heyligers with her two children waiting for the bus to Schiphol, where she and Go Gien Tjwan were closely guarded before deportation to Indonesia. Only the capt
De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: report on the departure from Schiphol on 9 Feb 1953 of the families of Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan, expelled from the Netherlands, under heavy police guard. Trees Sunito-Heyligers, former NVB vice-chair, was seen off by Rie Lips and Annie Averink; she called her husband's arrest 'shameful a
De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1953, p. 3: letter from Trees Sunito-Heyligers to the NVB executive, sent by KLM post between Dhahran and Karachi on her way to Indonesia after the family's expulsion. She thanks the NVB for the send-off, says she felt bound to the Netherlands of the peace movement and the February strike, and expec
De Waarheid, 15 Jan 1954, p. 2: brief notice that, in view of an upcoming Gerwis congress, the NVB organises an 'Indonesia evening' on 27 January in the Doelenzaal, Amsterdam, with a speech by Annie Averink, a reading from Max Havelaar by Bep van Geel and a film on Indonesian women's lives.
De Waarheid, 28 Jan 1954, p. 2: report on the NVB Amsterdam 'Indonesia evening' attended by about 200 women, with krontjong music, a reading from Multatuli, a film from the High Commission, and Annie Averink's speech on Indonesia's colonial past and on Gerwis's tens of thousands of members campaigning for a democratic
De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1954, p. 4: Jakarta report that the Indonesian government wants more sales of Indonesian products in the USSR and trade with people's democracies (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, GDR, Bulgaria); rubber prices rose on a Soviet purchase. A photo note on the Indonesian National Peace Congress (late January) n
De Waarheid, 22 Jan 1955, p. 5: feature on preparations for Indonesia's first general elections, with voter registration, party symbols for illiterate voters, the PKI-and-independents list and attacks on it from Masjumi and PSI. It names independent candidates, among them Salawati (Daud), described as a guerrilla leade
De Waarheid, 17 Aug 1955, p. 1: newspaper house advertisement for the day's issue marking ten years of the Indonesian Republic, pointing readers to the poem 'Vrijheid' by Sugiarti Siswadi on p. 1 and an article by Cor Geugjes on p. 3. The item contains no text on Gerwani itself.
De Waarheid, 17 Aug 1955, p. 1: Dutch-language poem 'Vrijheid' (Freedom) attributed to Sugiarti Siswadi, published for the tenth anniversary of Indonesian independence. It evokes freedom as sowing seed on one's own land, a full granary and children returning home. No mention of Gerwani.
De Waarheid, 15 Jul 1957, p. 3: report from the Dutch Peace Council's organ 'Vrede' on a Dutch-Indonesian declaration on West New Guinea (Irian), agreed at the Peace Council conference in Colombo. It calls the dispute the main cause of poor relations and urges both sides to reopen talks. Signed by Umi Sardjono and coll
De Waarheid, 16 Jul 1957, p. 3: report from the Dutch Peace Council's organ 'Vrede' on a Dutch-Indonesian declaration on West New Guinea (Irian), agreed at the Peace Council conference in Colombo. It calls the dispute the main cause of poor relations and urges both sides to reopen talks. Signed by Umi Sardjono and coll
WIDF magazine 1958, International Women's Day feature 'Good Recipes around the World': tips on preparing vegetables and recipes from several countries, including two Indonesian dishes (beef fried with cloves and atjar cucumber salad), plus Bulgarian, Italian, Chinese. No Gerwani or political content.
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
Renmin Ribao, 29 Apr 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih arrive in Beijing by air on 28 April at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation, to visit and attend May Day. Brief arrival notice.
Renmin Ribao, 29 Apr 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih arrive in Beijing by air on 28 April at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation, to visit and attend May Day. Brief arrival notice.
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jun 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih Rachman leave Beijing on 5 June for home via Kunming and Rangoon after their All-China Women's Federation visit (arrived 28 April), which also included a trip to North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democratic Wom
Renmin Ribao, 6 Jun 1958, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani Central Committee members Tanti Aidit and Sudarsih Rachman leave Beijing on 5 June for home via Kunming and Rangoon after their All-China Women's Federation visit (arrived 28 April), which also included a trip to North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democratic Wom
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
De Waarheid, 22 Jan 1959, p. 1: brief report that a PKI delegation led by D.N. Aidit left for Moscow for the 21st CPSU Congress; members include Nursuhud, K. Supit, B.O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah) and Suharti Suwarto, head of the PKI women's bureau. Shows Suharti Suwarto's PKI role.
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959 (No. 25), p. 1 only (machine-translated): TASS notice that delegations of the Communist Parties of Indonesia (D.N. Aidit, Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P.O. Hutapea and 'Suharti, a responsible worker of the CC apparatus') and India arrived for the CPSU 21st Congress. Suharti (identified in the catalogue as
WIDF magazine 1960 item on Hiroshima victims: a mother's letter to the Copenhagen international assembly of women recounts her 17-year-old daughter Hiroko Kajiyama's death from leukaemia on 5 April 1960, plus remarks on Japan's ratification of the US-Japan security pact. No Indonesian content or Gerwani mention.
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
Tribune (Sydney), 20 Apr 1960, p. 9: profile of Mrs Rusijah Sukardi (name as OCR'd), an ANTARA journalist visiting Australia as guest of the International Women's Day Committee. She says she joined the youth movement in 1928 and gives figures on Indonesian women MPs and teachers. Names Gerwani, 'the Indonesian Women's