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GA-01373 1949-11-07 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Zwaar gevecht met Darul Islam-bende (Heavy fight with Darul Islam gang)

Heavy fight with Darul Islam gang

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (7 Nov 1949): a Darul Islam ambush near Brebes kills Dutch soldiers, followed by a report from Makassar that Salawati Daud, municipal councillor sought over the Masamba gang, has been arrested and the gang is broken. Colonial-press framing of her as a gang figure.

GA-00166 1951-06-09 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 9 Juni 1951, hlm. 2: Gerwis bukan organisasi politik

Abadi, 9 June 1951, p. 2: Gerwis Is Not a Political Organisation

Abadi, 9 June 1951, p. 2: Antara report of S.K. Trimurti, as Gerwis chair, at its first-anniversary event in Semarang: Gerwis is a mass organisation among women, not political; calls to end corruption and division.

GA-00621 1952-11-18 De Locomotief rel C

Advertentie: ucapan terima kasih Mulyono-Sutanti (Notice of thanks)

Notice of thanks from Mulyono and Sutanti after their wedding

De Locomotief, 18 Nov 1952: Indonesian-language thank-you notice by the Milono family and by newlyweds Mulyono and Sutanti after their wedding on 13 Nov 1952, plus a subscription form. No connection to Gerwani; the bride Sutanti is not shown to be Soetanti Aidit. False hit.

GA-02186 1965-10-27 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 27 October 1965, p. 1: Yogyakarta demands dissolution of PKI and Gerwani; Umi Sardjono

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Richest page for Gerwani in this set: state of war in Central Java; 55 Yogyakarta organisations demand dissolution of the PKI and Gerwani; a demand to dismiss Umi Sardjono from the Kotrar political bureau.

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-02392 1978-11-14 rel A

JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 November 1978): Pengadilan Tanti Aidit dan Sulami

JPRS 72231 (14 November 1978): Trial of Tanti Aidit and Sulami

JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 Nov 1978), mostly economic and military news. Two Indonesian items matter: Angkatan Bersenjata (8 Jul 1978) reports that Dr Tanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, described as a Gerwani leader, will be tried for subversion (second Gerwani case after Sulami and thre

GA-03615 1980-03-03 JPRS 75238, South and East Asia Report No. 874 rel A

JPRS 75238: South and East Asia Report No. 874, 3 March 1980 (release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit)

JPRS 75238, 3 Mar 1980: release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit and Pramoedya (Indonesian press reports)

JPRS translation volume (3 March 1980). Its Indonesia section reprints Indonesian press reports (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Dec 1979) on the release of Category B prisoners, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer. At the Jakarta ceremony 22 prisoners including Dr Sutanti Aidit were freed; she wept and said she would follow Isl

GA-03616 1980-03-03 JPRS 75238, South and East Asia Report No. 874 rel A

JPRS 75238: South and East Asia Report No. 874, 3 March 1980 (release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit)

JPRS 75238, 3 Mar 1980: release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit and Pramoedya (Indonesian press reports)

JPRS translation volume (3 March 1980). Its Indonesia section reprints Indonesian press reports (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Dec 1979) on the release of Category B prisoners, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer. At the Jakarta ceremony 22 prisoners including Dr Sutanti Aidit were freed; she wept and said she would follow Isl

GA-02720 1987-10 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 83, October 1987

TAPOL Bulletin no. 83 (London, Oct 1987) on East Timor at the UN, Kedung Ombo, labour unrest, Muslim trials and transmigration. A boxed item 'Serving 26 years for a 20-year sentence' profiles Siti Sundari, 66, a founding member of Gerwis and Gerwani, PKI candidate in 1955 and 1964 central committee candidate, jailed si

GA-03661 1989-10 TAPOL Bulletin No. 95 rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 95, October 1989: Siti Abdulrahman Sundari released

TAPOL Bulletin No. 95, Oct 1989: IPU pressure wins release of jailed MP Siti Sundari Abdulrachman

TAPOL Bulletin no. 95 (October 1989). Under 'IPU pressure wins release for jailed MP' (pp. 12-13) it reports the release on 17 August 1989 of Siti Sundari Abdulrachman, Indonesia's longest-serving woman political prisoner, then 68. A founding member of Gerwis, which became Gerwani, she sat on Gerwani's Executive Counci

GA-03596 1990-04-21 Tempo (weekly), 21 April 1990 rel A licensed

Dari politik ke kebatinan (S.K. Trimurti)

From politics to mysticism: S.K. Trimurti in her own words (Tempo, 21 Apr 1990)

Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge

GA-03664 2003-02 TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, January/February 2003

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, Jan/Feb 2003: obituary of Sulami (Gerwani deputy secretary-general)

TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrest

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-03600 2021-05-01 Tempo (edisi 1 Mei 2021) rel C licensed

Penyair Misterius, Pendukung Sastra Anak (Sugiarti Siswadi)

Mysterious poet and supporter of children's literature: Sugiarti Siswadi (Tempo, 1 May 2021)

Tempo article, 1 May 2021, by Isma Savitri and Hardian Putra Pratama, on Lekra writer Sugiarti Siswadi: Lekra central leadership member from 1959, children's-literature advocate, author of the banned Sorga Dibumi, and editor of Api Kartini. Researchers cannot trace her life; one suspects she was jailed in Semarang in 1

GA-02315 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

End of the Road (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: End of the Road (Umi Sardjono)

English-edition Tempo cover story 'End of the Road' (4 Oct 2021, Retno Sulistyowati), a translation from the Umi Sardjono special report. It traces Umi's formation in Pathuk Youth, Pesindo, BBW with S.K. Trimurti, Madiun 1948 arrest, founding of Gerwis (Semarang, 3-6 Jun 1950), Gerwani growth from 80,000 to 650,000 (19

GA-02316 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

From A Civil Servant's Daughter to An Underground Activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: From a civil servant's daughter to an underground activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English cover story (4 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri) on Umi Sardjono's early life, drawing on Ruth Indiah Rahayu and Lilik H.S. Born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga in 1923 to a civil servant, she was shaped by Kartini, Parindra and Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, was tortured by the Japanese in

GA-02299 2022-08-20 Tempo rel C licensed

Memoar Ketiga Mia Bustam (Belajar Hidup Tak Dendam dari Mia Bustam)

Tempo, 20 August 2022: Mia Bustam's third memoir (learning not to hold grudges)

Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the launch of Mia Bustam's third memoir, 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan'. It recounts her arrest in Yogyakarta on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention without trial (Vredeburg, Wirogunan, Plantungan, Bulu) for Lekra membership, release in 1978, and her later

GA-03601 2022-08-20 Tempo (Majalah Tempo, edisi 20 Agustus 2022) rel B licensed

Lukisan-lukisan dan Sulaman Mia (Mia Bustam)

Mia Bustam's paintings and embroidery (Tempo, 20 Aug 2022)

Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022) by Seno Joko Suyono and Nurdin Kalim on the paintings and embroidery of Mia Bustam, former wife of the painter S. Sudjojono. Her children recall her Lekra activity, the loss of a self-portrait when the Lekra secretariat was raided in 1965, and works made in Wirogunan prison (1966-71) and at

GA-02302 2023-05-22 Tempo rel C licensed

SK Trimurti, Menteri Tenaga Kerja Pertama Indonesia dan Perjalanan Politiknya

Tempo.co, 22 May 2023: S.K. Trimurti, Indonesia's first labour minister, and her political journey

Tempo.co profile (22 May 2023, Febyana Siagian and S. Dian Andryanto) of SK Trimurti, journalist and Indonesia's first labour minister. It covers her birth in Boyolali (1912), teacher training, Rukun Wanita, Partindo in Bandung, press work, witnessing the BPUPKI and the 1945 proclamation push, KNIP membership, and the

GA-02304 2024-12-10 Tempo rel C licensed

Memoar Keempat Mia Bustam: Gambaran Perempuan Tangguh

Tempo.co, 10 December 2024: Mia Bustam's fourth memoir, portrait of a resilient woman

Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on the launch of Mia Bustam's fourth memoir, 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu' (Ultimus, 7 Dec 2024), completing her tetralogy. It gives her biography, arrest on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention (including Plantungan) as a Lekra member, and her children's acc

GA-02305 2024-12-10 Tempo rel C licensed

Mutiara Tetralogi Mia Bustam: Cinta Pertama, Perceraian, dan Penjara

Tempo.co, 10 December 2024: Pearls of Mia Bustam's tetralogy - first love, divorce and prison

Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on Mia Bustam's four memoirs: 'Sudjojono dan Aku' (written from 1985, on her marriage and divorce, edited by Hersri Setiawan), 'Dari Kamp ke Kamp' (13 years' detention), 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan' and 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu'. Her children explain

GA-02312 2025-11-16 Tempo rel C licensed

Arsip Langka Seniman Lekra Mia Bustam (Pameran Tunggal Biennale Jogja)

Tempo, 16 November 2025: Rare archive of Lekra artist Mia Bustam (Biennale Jogja solo exhibition)

Tempo magazine report (16 Nov 2025, Shinta Maharani and Iwan Kurniawan) on the Biennale Jogja solo exhibition of Lekra artist Mia Bustam at Benteng Vredeburg (opened 6 Oct 2025), based on Astrid Reza's thesis. It covers her arrest, nearly 14 years' detention (Plantungan gardener), embroidery, paintings, Api Kartini mag