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GA-02620 1952-05-30 rel A licensed

Analysis of Communist propaganda in Indonesia (OIR 5714.7, 1952)

Analysis of Communist Propaganda in Indonesia (OIR 5714.7, 1952)

OSS/State Department report OIR 5714.7 (30 May 1952) analysing PKI propaganda: party structure, front organisations, relations with international communism and themes. Names Gerwis under Mrs Mudigdo as the communist vehicle competing with Kowani for women, and BTI under S. Sardjono; appendices cover publishing, films,

GA-00870 1954-05-12 De Waarheid rel A

Op de plantages (Rie Lips vertelt over Indonesië)

On the plantations: Rie Lips tells about Indonesia

De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: Rie Lips's account of her Java trip: plantation workers' wages (about 3 rupiah per day), child labour on tea and rubber estates, and volunteer village schools. Quotes the Gerwani congress appeal that those who can read should teach others; Soviet delegate Alexandra Kolopowa speaks; photo

GA-01451 1957-01-16 Harian Rakjat rel A

Yu Siyem, aktivis Gerwani, oleh Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 16 Januari 1957, hlm. 3)

Yu Siyem, Gerwani activist, by Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 16 January 1957)

Harian Rakjat, 16 Jan 1957, p. 3: women's page ('Wanita') with a short story by Sulami (Gerwani) about 'Yu Siyem', a village market woman and Gerwani branch activist who recruits neighbours, tours distant villages and wins her husband's support, showing membership expansion and the Anak-Cabang structure. Also Soviet sc

GA-02194 1959-01 Suara Tani rel A

Suara Tani, Januari 1959 (Nomor Istimewa 10 Tahun): Sambutan Gerwani dan kerja sama dengan BTI

Suara Tani, January 1959 (10th anniversary issue): Gerwani greeting and cooperation with BTI

Suara Tani (BTI organ), special 10th-anniversary issue, January 1959, OCR noisy. Contains greetings from ministers, army chief Nasution and Gerwani; BTI New Year message; agrarian seminar results; BTI membership table (3.39 million); exposés of landlord exploitation in Java. On p. 5 Gerwani's national leadership (claim

GA-00004 1961 rel A

Seminar Nasional Wanita Tani, 17–20 Januari 1961

National Seminar of Women Peasants, 17-20 January 1961

Gerwani DPP brochure of the first National Seminar of Women Peasants (Jakarta, 17–20 January 1961), with the DPP working paper, a BTI paper, speeches by officials and D.N. Aidit, regional delegate reports and resolutions. Centres poor and landless women in Gerwani's class analysis of the village.

GA-02391 1965-06 rel A

Lima Belas Tahun Gerwani (Harian Rakjat, 4 Juni 1965; terjemahan JPRS 30968)

Fifteen Years of Gerwani (Harian Rakjat, 4 June 1965; JPRS 30968)

JPRS 30968 translation of the unsigned Harian Rakjat article 'Fifteen Years of Gerwani' (4 June 1965). Traces three periods: Gerwis (1950, 500 members; 74,977 by 1954 Congress), Gerwani (631,342 in 1957; 1,056,436 in 1961), and support for the women's front. Covers Melati kindergartens, peasant integration, the Kowani

GA-02322 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

Umi Sardjono, Gerwani and 30SPKI Graphic (Women Warriors)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Women warriors (Gerwani infographic)

Tempo English infographic 'Women Warriors' (4 Oct 2021, text by Hussein Abri Dongoran) summarising Gerwani: founded 1954 from Gerwis (1950), disbanded 1965 after New Order accusations. It lists the central board (Umi Sardjono chair, Mudikdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti, Sulami Djojoprawiro, Sudjinah and others), the jasmin