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GA-00368 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l

GA-00369 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l

GA-02701 1976-04 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 15, April 1976

TAPOL Bulletin no. 15, April 1976. Editorial links East Timor killings to the 1965-66 massacres; the issue devotes pages to a mimeographed East Java massacre report and to translated fictional accounts (Gestapu: Indonesian Short Stories, ed. Harry Aveling). Gerwani appears incidentally: victims included members of the

GA-03648 1978-07-08 FBIS Daily Report rel A licensed

Wife of 1965 Coup Attempt Leader to be Tried (Mrs Tanty Aidit), FBIS Daily Report, 8 July 1978

FBIS Daily Report, 8 Jul 1978: Wife of 1965 coup attempt leader to be tried (Mrs Tanty Aidit)

FBIS Daily Report item (8 Jul 1978) quoting Kuala Lumpur radio: Mrs Tanty (Sutanti) Aidit, a medical doctor and widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, will soon be tried for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt, a Jakarta prosecution spokesman said. She has been in military detention since 1965. Gerwani is not mentioned.

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-01617 1989-03-21 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 21 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (67)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (67): Aidit's capture and alleged confession

Harian Neraca, 21 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 67 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Aidit's capture in Solo on 22 Nov 1965 and extracts of his alleged confession (Asahi Evening News) that Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani units were assembled from July 1965.

GA-03041 2005 rel B licensed

The Women's Movement in Indonesia, with Special Reference to the 'Aisyiyah Organization (PhD dissertation, Temple University)

The Women's Movement in Indonesia, with special reference to 'Aisyiyah (It, 2005)

Suraiya It's 2005 Temple University religion PhD dissertation on the Indonesian women's movement, with the Muhammadiyah women's section 'Aisyiyah as case study (Ch. 2 history from Kartini to the New Order; Ch. 3 religion and family law; Ch. 4-5 'Aisyiyah; Ch. 6 conclusion). Gerwani appears only in passing: Gerwis is li

GA-02885 2010 rel A

Pasang Surut Gerakan Perempuan Indonesia (Wieringa, 2010)

Ups and Downs of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Wieringa, 2010)

Ten-page digest (in Komnas Perempuan's 2010 compilation) of Wieringa's Kuntilanak Wangi, tracing Indonesian women's movements from Kartini and Poetri Mardika to Gerwani, its rivalry with Perwari, the 1965 slander and New Order corporatism (Dharma Wanita, PKK). Concise overview.

GA-02281 2016-04-18 Tempo rel B licensed

Majulah Pergerakan Wanita

Tempo, 18 April 2016: Onward the women's movement

Tempo editorial note (18 Apr 2016), recalling a 1978 Kartini Day feature on the women's movement from Aceh 1614 to the 1970s. It describes Kowani's formation (1946), Perwari's protest over Sukarno's 1954 marriage to Hartini, Perwari being squeezed as Gerwani, 'affiliated with the PKI', gained influence, and Gerwani ste

GA-02984 2020 rel B

The Treachery on YouTube: The Politics of Memory on New Media in Indonesia

The Treachery on YouTube: Politics of Memory on New Media in Indonesia (Parahita and Yulianto, 2020)

Journal article by Gilang Desti Parahita and Vissia Ita Yulianto (Archipel 99, 2020, pp. 47-73) on how YouTube reproduces the New Order's 'Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI' as monumental memory while alternative 1965 films circulate far less. Gerwani appears on p. 63: filmmaker Lexy Rambadetta, after meeting former Gerwani membe

GA-02284 2020-06-15 Tempo rel A licensed

[Fakta atau Hoaks] Benarkah Ribka Tjiptaning Sebut Ibu Jokowi Ketua Gerwani PKI?

Tempo.co fact-check, 15 June 2020: Did Ribka Tjiptaning call Jokowi's mother a Gerwani-PKI chair?

Tempo.co fact-check (15 June 2020) debunking a Facebook meme that PDI-P MP Ribka Tjiptaning said Jokowi's mother chaired Gerwani PKI. Ribka never said it (she wrote 'Aku Bangga Jadi Anak PKI', 2002) and Jokowi's mother Sudjiatmi was no Gerwani leader; a biography by Wawan Mas'udi and Ramdhon is cited. Shows Gerwani inv

GA-02292 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Gerwani, Sukarno, dan Poligami (Gerwani dan dilema semangat persaudaraan)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Gerwani, Sukarno and polygamy (Gerwani and the dilemma of brotherhood)

Tempo essay (2 Oct 2021) by I Gusti Agung Ayu Ratih on why Gerwani did not criticise Sukarno's polygamy. It recounts Kowani expelling Gerwani on 29 Oct 1965 and removing Hurustiati Subandrio in 1966, the erasure of Gerwani from women's movement history, Perwari rivalry, Gerwani members' reverence for Sukarno, and anti-

GA-02314 2026-09-21 Tempo rel B licensed

Oka Rusmini: Merekam Luka Perempuan Penyintas Peristiwa 1965

Tempo.co, 21 September 2026: Oka Rusmini - recording the wounds of women survivors of 1965

Tempo.co interview (21 Sep 2026, Yosea Arga) with Balinese writer Oka Rusmini about her poetry book 'Kembang' (28 Aug 2026), inspired by the film 'You and I' on survivors Kusdalini and Karminah. She discusses women's layered trauma, state stigma and sexual violence; one poem evokes the slander of young women prisoners