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GA-00592 1955-09-27 Arnhemsche Courant rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday

Arnhemsche Courant, 27 Sept 1955: preview of Indonesia's first general elections (29 Sept), expecting a communist-Masjumi contest and noting that women have emerged as a political force within existing parties. Gerwani is not named; useful context for the 1955 elections.

GA-01328 1955-09-27 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel C

Stemmen in het oerwoud: Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië (Votes in the jungle: elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Votes in the jungle: elections in Indonesia on Thursday

Nijmeegsch Dagblad (27 Sep 1955) pre-election report on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, expected Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Notes women emerging as a political force within parties, citing a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani is not named.

GA-01337 1955-09-27 Ons Noorden rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië: Ongeveer de helft der kiezers bij de stembus verwacht (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday: about half of voters expected at the polls

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Mentions women's political activity within parties via a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani not named.

GA-01343 1955-09-27 Overijsselsch Dagblad rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië: Ongeveer de helft der kiezers bij de stembus verwacht (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday: about half of voters expected at the polls

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Mentions women's political activity within parties via a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani not named. Same text as the Ons Noorden item, here in Overijssels

GA-01393 1955-09-27 Zutphens Dagblad rel C

Na heftige verkiezingscampagne gaan donderdag 43 miljoen Indonesiërs ter stembus (After fierce campaign 43 million Indonesians vote Thursday)

After fierce campaign 43 million Indonesians vote Thursday

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Women emerge as a political force within parties; Gerwani is not named. Version in Zutphens Dagblad also quotes a Masyumi women's rally of about 1,000 wh

GA-01268 1967-05-24 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Achter het nieuws (Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia)

Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia

Leeuwarder Courant, 24 May 1967, p. 1: front-page background column on the persecution of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia after 1965, citing camps in Medan, roundups in Borneo, closed Chinese schools in East Java, and the mass killings of communists and suspects in which Chinese families died. The tone is stereotyping. Ger