Muslim Pohan's 2018 short article on the sexual politics and slander against women's organisations in the shift to the New Order, relying on Wieringa; includes the army's takeover of the army-wives' organisation Persit and Kowani dropping 8 March. Secondary synthesis.
Francisca de Haan's 2018 chapter proposing a 'global left-feminist 1960s' led by the WIDF network, from the 1953 Copenhagen Congress (whose declaration reached Indonesia) to the 1963 Moscow congress. Frames WIDF transnationalism relevant to Gerwani.
Historia article (2018, preview only) on why 8 March was not commemorated under Suharto, noting that Gerwani pioneered Women's Day commemoration from the 1950s and made Clara Zetkin compulsory reading. Partial text, drawing on Martyn.
Historia feature (2018) on how the New Order subordinated the women's movement after 1965, branding politically minded women 'like Gerwani' and portraying Gerwani as beautiful but cruel, and how independent organising revived from the 1980s. Draws on Suryakusuma and Murniati.
Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 16 Aug 2018 essay on women's narratives of the Indonesian Revolution, arguing 17 Aug 1945 is one occurrence in a complex event and that male-authored histories centre elites. Historiographical essay; Gerwani peripheral.