International People's Tribunal 1965: Indonesian Website Homepage
Snapshot (13 Oct 2026) of the Indonesian homepage of the IPT 1965 website, showing site structure, teasers for the hearing documents and final report, and posts including a 60th-anniversary opinion piece and a tribute to coordinator Harry Wibowo. Navigation page, little substantive content.
It began in Paris: five years of the WIDF
De Waarheid retrospective (14 Dec 1950) on five years of the WIDF, founded in Paris in Dec 1945, describing its heroines and growth to 91 million members in 59 countries, the 1946 founding of the Dutch Women's Movement, the 1949 Asian women's conference in Peking and the Stockholm Appeal. Indonesian women are only name
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1953, p. 2
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1953, hlm. 2. Masthead page with an editorial on Indonesia lagging in legislation and the CC PKI 33rd-anniversary message, which lists 'kaum wanita' among mass sectors that have organised themselves but lacked proper party leadership.
Harian Rakjat, 22 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 22 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page before the PKI's 34th anniversary: editorial '34 Tahun PKI' narrating party history; release of French nurse Genevieve de Galard; no Gerwis or Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 24 May 1954, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 24 Mei 1954, hlm. 1. Front page with D.N. Aidit's 34th-anniversary message setting two tasks of the Fifth Congress: a national united front and party building; women are not mentioned.
Harian Rakjat, 20 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 20 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page for National Awakening Day and the PKI's 35th anniversary; Kartini appears as the token woman pioneer; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 21 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page with the CC PKI anniversary message 'Perluas persatuan untuk menang dalam pemilihan umum'; women appear only in cartoons; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 26 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page reporting the PKI's 35th-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta; Aidit's speech and greetings including from 'wanita' at home.
International Women's Assembly in Copenhagen, 21-24 April 1960
Api Kartini item announcing the International Women's Assembly in Copenhagen, 21-24 April 1960, marking fifty years since International Women's Day was proclaimed there in 1910. Reviews gains and unfinished goals in women's equality, and sets the conference theme of women yesterday, today and tomorrow as a forum to exc
FBIS, 8 March 1960: Furtseva article hails Women's Day
FBIS-monitored Moscow text (8 Mar 1960) of Yekaterina Furtseva's Pravda article 'Women and the Building of Communism' for the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day: Marxist-Leninist emancipation theory, Soviet statistics on women in work, soviets and science, contrast with capitalist 'free world', peace and dis
Echoes of the Bandung Conference (1962)
Fragmentary Api Kartini (spring 1962) 'Echoes of the Bandung Conference' column marking the seventh anniversary of Bandung: a heavily garbled OCR text recalling imperialist failures in Iraq, Algeria (Evian talks), Cuba and Indonesia's own struggle, and mentioning an exhibition on 20-28 March 1962. Summary limited by OC
Seven Years of the Bandung Conference and Indonesian Women
Api Kartini (1962) page mixing an obituary for the soldier Susalit (died 17 March) with a column on the seventh anniversary of the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference, tracing African independence, Vietnamese struggle against Diem, the killing of Lumumba and imperialist attempts to stem Afro-Asian unity. Calls on Indonesian
Four Years of the Cuban Revolution
Api Kartini (early 1963) article marking four years of the Cuban Revolution, stressing Cuban women's heroism (Federation of Cuban Women head Vilma Espin) and their gains in literacy and work, then turning to the revolutionary struggle in Venezuela against Betancourt, in which women are urged to take part. Solidarity pr
Dolgozó Nő, 24 Jan 1964: from Indonesia (Kowani 35th anniversary)
Dolgozó Nő, 24 Jan 1964. Travel report by Czechoslovak delegate Mária Brencicová on the 21 Dec 1963 festive session of Kowani in Jakarta, marking 35 years of the unified women's movement and 25 years of Mothers' Day, with Sukarno present. Describes Kowani (40 organisations), poverty, and women's patriotic tasks. Gerwan
World support for Chinese detained in Brazil (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 19 June 1964, p. 4) with only headline and citation: world groups back nine Chinese arrested in Brazil. The record's tag links it to Gerwani through a Gerwani 14th-anniversary rally mentioned in the full text, GA-01932.
Flourish, Flourish, Flourish PKI: Sukarno's Speech, 23 May 1965
PKI-press (Jajasan Pembaruan) pamphlet of Sukarno's speech at the 45th anniversary rally of the PKI (23 May 1965), prefaced by a list of his earlier public endorsements of the party. Context for Sukarno–PKI alignment shortly before 1965.
Record of Conversation between Qiao Guanhua and DPRK Ambassador Pak Se-chang, 5 Mar 1965
Chinese Foreign Ministry record of Vice Minister Qiao Guanhua's conversation with DPRK Ambassador Pak Se-chang, 5 March 1965 (Wilson Center; trans. Jeffrey Wang and Charles Kraus). They coordinate Kim Il Sung's and Zhou Enlai's planned travel to Indonesia for the 10th anniversary of Bandung (Jakarta, Bogor, Bali, 16-24
Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung, Jakarta, 16 Apr 1965
Chinese Foreign Ministry minutes of Zhou Enlai's conversation with Kim Il Sung in Jakarta, night of 16 April 1965, at Subandrio's residence (Wilson Center; trans. Caixia Lu). Kim reports on the Korea-Indonesia joint statement negotiated with Sukarno (Vietnam, Korea-Japan talks, Asian-African Conference), the push for a
Women of Asia and Africa, unite: Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao feature by Zhang Qian (14 June 1965, p. 5) on a four-member Chinese women's delegation at the Bandung 10th anniversary in Jakarta, invited by Kowani and Mrs Subandrio; truncated. Full text is GA-01976. Gerwani not named in the snippet.
Zhang Qian, 'Women of Asia and Africa, unite!': notes on the Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta
Renmin Ribao feature by Zhang Qian, member of the Chinese women's delegation (14 June 1965, p. 5), on the Bandung tenth-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta, April 1965. Hosted by Kowani and Mrs Subandrio; describes decorations, Sukarno's mass rally, Pham Van Dong reviewing 15,000 volunteers and Afro-Asian anti-imperial
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1965: 'Smiles of Victory', with letter from an Indonesian reader
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1965, p. 15: strike features (Foyle's bookshop, London; Mt Isa miners, Australia) and a letter from Indonesian reader Juli Agustini Soehodo, written for the 20th anniversary of Victory Day. She links Japanese occupation, Indonesia's 17 August anniversary and the heroine Herlina in West Irian, and c
President Speaks to Women's Association (FBIS, 17 Dec 1965)
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 17 Dec 1965) on Sukarno's speech at Perwari's 20th anniversary rally. He stressed ideas and Pantjasila, and the need for men and women together. Chaerul Saleh urged care for children of Gestapu victims or participants. Minister Rusiah Sardjono pledged Perwari loyalty. Gerwani is not named; the
Speech to Women's Group: Sukarno at Perwari Anniversary (FBIS, 17 Dec 1965)
FBIS summary of Sukarno's 17 Dec 1965 speech at the Perwari anniversary rally. He praised West Irian volunteer Herlina, discussed ideas and 'progressive' versus 'retrogressive' revolutionaries, and defended Nasakom. He ordered a tribunal for those directly involved in Gestok and said those responsible for killing innoc
Airgram A-408: Joint Weeka no. 48, 21 Dec 1965
US Embassy Joint Weeka no. 48 (airgram A-408), 21 Dec 1965: estimates 100,000 PKI deaths and 10,000 on Bali; notes Sukarno addressing the 20th anniversary of Perwari. Only women-related scene is a non-communist women's group used as a stage.
Embassy tea for 40th anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 14 January 1969)
Ottawa Citizen, 14 Jan 1969, p.31 (women's page): a one-paragraph social note that Mrs. I. Darmo Bandoro will host a tea at the Indonesian embassy residence on 21 Jan 1969 for the 40th anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Movement. The rest of the page is unrelated social and advertising copy. Gerwani is not mentioned
Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965
Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.
'No body issues, they reproach us for it': 40 years of the Dutch Women's Movement
Het Parool feature by Petra van Alten (30 Oct 1986) on the 40th anniversary of the Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging (NVB): founding in 1946 from Algemene Vrouwenbonden and resistance women, its protests against Dutch Indonesia policy and troop sailings, Cold War isolation, affiliation to the Women's International Democratic