FBIS item (17 Sep 1951): Mrs S.K. Trimurti, chairman of the Executive Committee of Gerwis (Indonesian Women's Movement), was arrested on 16 Sept on the Attorney General's orders while applying at the Jakarta Immigration Office for a passport to visit China for the 1 October anniversary celebrations of the PRC. Key reco
Harian Rakjat, 5 May 1952. On p. 4 the open letter of Pemuda Rakyat's central leadership (DPP) to Chinese youth for the 4 May anniversary, signed by deputy chair Francisca Fanggidaej, praises the May Fourth tradition and anti-imperialist, anti-fascist solidarity. The same page mentions Gerwis's Rawasari branch kinderga
FBIS item (20 Apr 1953): MP Tjugito (OCR) and Suharjo, secretary-general of SABDA, left Jakarta as SOBSI delegates to May Day in Peking. S.K. Trimurti left with the SOBSI delegation and would attend the women's congress in Copenhagen (World Congress of Women). Shows Trimurti's travel in the WIDF circuit.
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta despatches (April 1960) giving biographical profiles of members of the Supreme Advisory Council and other leaders. Gerwani appears in the profile of PSII chairman Arudji Kartawinata, whose wife was a Gerwani member (1954) and praised China after a Nov 1959 Beijing visit; women members
Renmin Ribao, 17 Aug 1961, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): a Chinese NPC delegation led by Guo Moruo meets Indonesian peace activists at the home of Peace Committee chair Mrs Hidajat; both sides denounce imperialism. Umi Sardjono, named as Gerwani chair and MP, is among those present, with Friendship Association leaders. A sec
Renmin Ribao, 17 Aug 1961, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): a Chinese NPC delegation led by Guo Moruo meets Indonesian peace activists at the home of Peace Committee chair Mrs Hidajat; both sides denounce imperialism. Umi Sardjono, named as Gerwani chair and MP, is among those present, with Friendship Association leaders. A sec
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): a Chinese Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation and is welcomed at the airport by Gerwani leaders, including Mrs Suwati (vice-chair), Mrs Mudigdio and the general secretary. Evidence of Gerwani-China cultural exchange. Full text is GA-0190
Xinhua dispatch in Renmin Ribao (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe led by Zhang Fang arrived in Jakarta on 29 September to perform at Gerwani's invitation. Gerwani vice-chair Suwati, Mudigdio and the general secretary (name garbled in translation) welcomed it, with a Chinese Embassy counsellor. Show
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe leaves Jakarta for Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain), after two Jakarta performances. Full text is GA-01918.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Fujian puppet troupe, after two Jakarta shows, flew to Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain). Planned tour: Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Semarang, Cirebon and Bandung. Shows Gerwani organising Chinese cultural tour across Java.
Full text of Peng Zhen's speech at the PKI's Aliarcham Academy of Social Sciences, 25 May 1965, during the PKI 45th anniversary celebrations. Peng Zhen argues Asia, Africa and Latin America hold the principal contradiction against US imperialism, that US imperialism can be defeated, and attacks Khrushchev and his succe
Harian Neraca, 3 Mei 1989, p. 10: instalment 104 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Author's commentary on the Biro Khusus, the Gilchrist document as forgery and PRC aid, with Mahmilub testimony; Gerwani mentioned.
Tempo magazine profile (15 Dec 2024, archivist Rika Theo and Iwan Kurniawan) of Francisca Fanggidaej: Pesindo leader, survivor of Madiun 1948, in Chile during 30 Sept 1965, passport revoked 1967, 20 years in Beijing with the Afro-Asian journalists' organisation, then exile in the Netherlands from 1985. She joined the K
Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Dian Yuliastuti and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej's papers at the IISH, Amsterdam, notably her diaries 'Sasja' and 'Nila' written in exile in Beijing from Oct 1965 to her children. Her daughters recall the family's separation, stigma at school and her later reunion. It not
Columbia PhD dissertation (2025) by David Borgonjon, the first full-length study of Chinese-language (yinhua) literature in Indonesia 1945-65, set within Sino-Indonesian friendship, Afro-Asian translation and Guided Democracy-era debates on labour and schooling. Gerwani is barely present: a glossary entry gives Gerwani