English-language news-in-brief column, Java-Bode, 20 Jul 1951, p. 2. Only the final Dutch paragraph concerns Gerwani: Gerwis (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar) recently commemorated its first anniversary at Hotel Kali-Taman in Salatiga with local organisations attending. The rest of the column is not related.
Java-Bode, 12 Sep 1952, p. 2: a Salatiga federation of local women's organisations including Perwari and Gerwis decides to found a foundation for widows of victims of the freedom struggle, to support those denied government aid; 50 such widows are recorded in Salatiga.
De Locomotief, 10 Mar 1953: International Women's Day in Salatiga was marked by a baby show with 150 babies, explained by the federation chair Mrs Hadisukotjo. Separately, Gerwis held a well-attended meeting where a Jakarta central board delegate talked about her experiences at the world congress in Vienna (the 1952 Co
De Locomotief, 29 July 1953: Salatiga branches of SOBSI, BTI, PPDI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwis jointly convene a meeting of 35 organisations and parties, which forms a national action committee and decides to send an open letter to Sukarno urging implementation of parliament's decisions and action against Darul Islam and
De Locomotief, 20 Jan 1954: Salatiga municipal council elects a new member of the executive council; Mrs Judodiprodjo of Gerwis receives 1 vote against 6 for Abdulsalam (Pemuda Demokrat) and 4 for Djojopuspito (PIR). Shows a Gerwis woman as a candidate in local government.
De Locomotief, 11 Mar 1954: Salatiga's federation of women's associations marks International Women's Day on 8 March; a Gerwis representative explains the day's origin, followed by a talk on baby care, a health-service film and children's dances. Shows Gerwis giving the political history of the day within a mixed local
De Locomotief, 23 Sept 1955, Central Java news: Salatiga campaign schedule lists Gerwani among parties with election meetings at the Gris Theatre (23 Sept afternoon), alongside Masjumi, PIR and PNI. The rest covers people's housing built in Salatiga.
Seven-page Ministry of Information file of short official biographies; only the first concerns Gerwani: parliamentary member no. 86 Umi Sardjono (b. Salatiga 1923, PKI list for East Java), with her career from Semarang telephone office to Kediri and Gerwani.