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GA-00274 1975-07-30 Tharunka rel A

Indonesian Women (Tharunka, 30 Jul 1975)

Indonesian Women (Tharunka, 30 July 1975)

Tharunka (UNSW student paper), 30 July 1975, p. 8, article 'Indonesian Women' on women political prisoners after 1965. It describes Gerwani as the largest left women's organisation, targeted by a press campaign depicting members as sex-maniacs and Lubang Buaya participants, and banned in October 1965. It reports at lea

GA-00275 1975-07-30 Tharunka rel A

Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 Jul 1975)

Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 July 1975)

Tharunka (UNSW student paper), 30 July 1975, p. 8, clean OCR of the article 'Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation' (same article as GA-00274). It presents Gerwani as unaffiliated with the PKI, then attacked in 1965 by press stories of 'Gerwani prostitutes', 'obscene sex-dancing' and genital mutilation of g

GA-00942 1975-09-20 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwen, moeders (Waarover Suharto's afgezanten zwegen)

Women, mothers (what Suharto's envoys kept silent about)

De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: article asking what the Indonesian parliamentary delegation did not mention: Plantungan women's camp in Central Java (386 women), Bukit Duri and Semarang prisons, and named women prisoners: Umi Sardjono, chair of the underground Gerwani, vice-chairs Salawati Daud and Mudigdio, Maasje Siw

GA-00943 1975-10-18 De Waarheid rel A

Martelingen (artikel Annie van Ommeren in 'Vrouwen')

Tortures (article by Annie van Ommeren in 'Vrouwen')

De Waarheid, 18 Oct 1975, p. 5: closing part of a review of the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen'. Annie van Ommeren's article stresses women's role against the regime, with Gerwani members prominent, names prominent women held and tortured with burning cigarettes and electric shocks in Plantungan, Bukit Duri and Bulu prisons, and

GA-02704 1977-01 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 19, January 1977

TAPOL Bulletin no. 19, January 1977. Leads on 'release equals transmigration': Sudomo's 1 Dec 1976 release of 2,500 B-category tapols into 'transmigration centres' and Buru. Reports that women tapols at Plantungan (since 1971) were moved to Bulu prison, Semarang, apparently for transfer to a 'hard-core' women's camp at

GA-02255 2012-10-01 Tempo rel A licensed

Gulag Tepi Sungai Lampir (Kamp Plantungan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Gulag on the bank of the Lampir river (Plantungan camp)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Plantungan camp (Kendal) for women Group B political prisoners, opened 1971 in a former leprosarium. Names Gerwani activists and others held there: Sumiyarsi Siwirini ('Lubang Buaya doctor'), Siti Suratih, Mia Bustam, Pujiati, C.H. Sumarmiyati, Mujiati. Covers conditions, 'santi aji' in

GA-03652 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03653 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03654 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara), October 2015 rel A

Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (English edition)

Free English-language magazine issue edited by Soe Tjen Marching (Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), October 2015, of victim testimonies. Ex-women prisoners Hartiti, Maria Goretti Sumilah and Theresia Kadmiyanti describe Gerwani-related interrogation: nude-dance and genital-mutilation accusations, searches for a 'Gerwani m

GA-03655 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara), October 2015 rel A

Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (English edition)

Free English-language magazine issue edited by Soe Tjen Marching (Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), October 2015, of victim testimonies. Ex-women prisoners Hartiti, Maria Goretti Sumilah and Theresia Kadmiyanti describe Gerwani-related interrogation: nude-dance and genital-mutilation accusations, searches for a 'Gerwani m

GA-03656 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), edisi Oktober 2015 rel A

Bhinneka, October 2015: Setengah Abad Genosida 1965 (Indonesian edition, incl. Christina Sumarmiyanti and women ex-prisoners' testimonies)

Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (Indonesian edition, women ex-prisoners' testimonies)

Bhinneka, October 2015 (Surabaya; ed. Soe Tjen Marching), a 1965 anniversary issue. Women ex-prisoners testify: Hartiti, a Gerwani member, was asked whether she joined the 'naked dance' and castrated the generals; Maria Goretti Sumilah was beaten and burned to confess she was Gerwani; Theresia Kadmiyanti ran a TK Melat

GA-03657 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), edisi Oktober 2015 rel A

Bhinneka, October 2015: Setengah Abad Genosida 1965 (Indonesian edition, incl. Christina Sumarmiyanti and women ex-prisoners' testimonies)

Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (Indonesian edition, women ex-prisoners' testimonies)

Bhinneka, October 2015 (Surabaya; ed. Soe Tjen Marching), a 1965 anniversary issue. Women ex-prisoners testify: Hartiti, a Gerwani member, was asked whether she joined the 'naked dance' and castrated the generals; Maria Goretti Sumilah was beaten and burned to confess she was Gerwani; Theresia Kadmiyanti ran a TK Melat

GA-02736 2020 rel A

Umi Sardjono, Pendulum Gerwani (infografis Historia, 2020)

Umi Sardjono, Gerwani's Pendulum (Historia Infographic, 2020)

Historia infographic (2020) with a timeline of Umi Sardjono, Gerwani chair: born Semarang 1923 as Suharti, anti-Japanese underground work, leadership of Gerwani, and detention ending at Plantungan. Popular biographical summary.

GA-02875 2022 rel A

Gerwani Mazhab Politik Islam Era Soekarno (Rahmanudin, 2022)

Gerwani as a political school of Islam in the Sukarno era (Rahmanudin, 2022)

Deden Rahmanudin, 'Gerwani Mazhab Politik Islam Era Soekarno' (Jurnal Kewarganegaraan 6:2, 2022), a literature-based article presenting Gerwani as a feminist movement and discussing it from an Islamic viewpoint (Sukarno's Sarinah, Hamka). Drawing on Wieringa and Lestariningsih, it recounts Gerwani's 1950 founding, MPs