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GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-01034 1953-10-28 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Tegen het gedwongen huwelijk (Gerwis-conferentie, oktober 1953)

Against forced marriage (Gerwis conference, October 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Oct 1953, p.2): at its 25 October conference the Jakarta women's organisation Gerwis resolved on 'Menteng 31' (supporting its return to youth but asking the government to rehouse the girls living there) and on a forced marriage of a 60-year-old man to a 14-year-old schoolgirl, expressing

GA-00263 1954-06-01 Morning Bulletin rel B

Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 Jun 1954)

Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 June 1954)

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), 1 June 1954, p. 9, report of Allison Dickie, Victorian president of the Union of Australian Women, on her return from an Indonesian women's conference in Jakarta (360 delegates for 60,000 women; Dutch WIDF delegates present). She describes sex equality in the provisional constitution but

GA-00706 1955-12-24 De Nieuwsgier rel C

Universitaire examens (University examinations)

University examinations: Universitas Indonesia medical pass list

Short De Nieuwsgier list (24 Dec 1955) of Universitas Indonesia medical students who passed examinations; "Mrs. Soetanti Aidit" passed the doctor's exam A1 (first part). Soetanti was D.N. Aidit's wife; Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00654 1955-12-27 De Locomotief rel C

Universitaire examen (University examinations)

University examinations: Jakarta medical faculty pass list

De Locomotief, 27 Dec 1955: list of passes in Jakarta medical faculty examinations; 'Miss Soetanti Aidit' passed the first part of her exam. Gerwani is not mentioned and the item does not state she is D.N. Aidit's relative.

GA-01566 1961-09-27 Mainichi Shimbun rel B licensed

アジア インドネシア: インドネシアの婦人たち (Asia, Indonesia: the women of Indonesia)

Asia, Indonesia: the women of Indonesia (part 1)

Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 27 Sep 1961, p. 5): article on part 1 of a series on the women of Indonesia (legible: Jakarta, women's organisation, mothers, education, school). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani

GA-00586 1965-11-08 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 8-11-1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

ANP news report, 8 November 1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

Third ANP bulletin of 8 Nov 1965: troops seal Jakarta's Chinese quarter; about 10,000 women march in support of Sukarno and the army against the PKI. Their resolution demands the dissolution of Gerwani and government takeover of communist-run schools, linking the attack on Gerwani to its educational work.

GA-01507 1965-11-09 South China Morning Post rel A licensed

Sukarno Given List Of Suspected M.P.s; Women Demonstrate Against Communists (South China Morning Post, 9 November 1965)

Sukarno given list of suspected MPs; women demonstrate against Communists (South China Morning Post, 9 November 1965)

South China Morning Post, 9 Nov 1965, p.20 (Jakarta, 8 Nov): Sukarno is given a list of suspected PKI members of parliament; about 10,000 housewives, girl students and actresses marched to Suharto's HQ and the National Front office shouting support for Sukarno and the armed forces, denounced Gerwani, 'the PKI's women's

GA-01521 1965-11-09 The Guardian rel A licensed

Protest by women in Jakarta (The Guardian, 9 November 1965)

The Guardian, 9 Nov 1965, p.12 (BUP/Reuter, Jakarta, 8 Nov): about 10,000 Indonesian women and girls, led by drummers and majorettes, marched from Suharto's headquarters to the National Front office shouting support for Sukarno and against the Communists, and called for the dissolution of Gerwani, 'the Communist women'

GA-01676 1965-12-17 Haugesunds Avis rel A

Indonesia, et nytt Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17. desember 1965, s. 8)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17 December 1965)

Haugesunds Avis (Norway), 17 Dec 1965, p. 8 (page image): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta article 'Indonesia, a new Vietnam?' on PKI history, Aidit's rise and party growth to 3 million. It names PKI mass organisations (SOBSI, peasant front, Pemuda Rakyat, and the women's organisation Gerwani with about 1.5 million members

GA-01677 1965-12-17 Haugesunds Avis rel A

Indonesia, et nytt Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17. desember 1965, s. 8)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17 December 1965), OCR text

Haugesunds Avis (Norway), 17 Dec 1965, p. 8 (OCR text): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta article 'Indonesia, a new Vietnam?' on PKI history, Aidit's rise and party growth to 3 million. It names PKI mass organisations (SOBSI, peasant front, Pemuda Rakyat, and the women's organisation Gerwani with about 1.5 million members)