Beware the Communist Revival (Audio Lecture)
Audio item (description only, no transcript): 'Mewaspadai Kebangkitan Komunis', a 55:44 Islamic lecture by Ustadz Ayip Syafruddin, broadcast by Radio Al I'tishom (tag date 2016), from the Internet Archive collection 'Waspada! Bahaya! Komunis dll.'. It warns against a supposed communist revival; an example of post-New O
Gerwani Commemoration at Istora Senayan Attended by President Sukarno, 15 March 1965 (Khastara)
National Library reproduction of Presidential Photo Collection images (15 March 1965) catalogued as a Gerwani commemoration at Istora Senayan with Sukarno speaking; visible signboards refer to technicians, not women, so the caption may be mismatched. Visual record.
S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu S.K. Trimurti albums (Perpusnas Khastara), image 02: Ibu Dra. Ek. S.K. Trimurti giving a talk, apparently on the relationship between the labour movement and the women's movement (title truncated in the file name). No text could be read; no Gerwani link is shown.
S.K. Trimurti lecturing on the relation between the labour and women's movements (Idayu photo album)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu album (Perpusnas Khastara 575445, image 04): by its title, Ibu Dra. SK Trimurti giving a lecture on the relation between the labour movement and the women's movement. Shows Trimurti, a Gerwis founder, speaking on labour and women; no text accompanies the image.
PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with Moh. Isnaeni, S.K. Trimurti and Wilopo (Idayu photo album, c. 1977)
Undated photograph from the S.K. Trimurti albums (Perpusnas Khastara), captioned as a PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with speakers Moh. Isnaeni, Dra. SK. Trimurti and Wilopo. It shows Trimurti campaigning for the PDI under the New Order; Gerwani is not mentioned. Date unknown; description based on caption only.
PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with Moh. Isnaeni, S.K. Trimurti and Wilopo (Idayu photo album, c. 1977)
Undated photograph from the Yayasan Idayu album (Perpusnas Khastara 1113765, image 03): by its title, a PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with speakers Moh. Isnaeni, Dra. SK Trimurti and Wilopo. As the PDI was formed in 1973, it is a New Order election-era image of Trimurti, a Gerwis founder; no text accompanies i
PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with Moh. Isnaeni, S.K. Trimurti and Wilopo (Idayu photo album, c. 1977)
Undated photograph (Khastara 1113765) from the S.K. Trimurti album series: a PDI (Indonesian Democratic Party) campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, with speakers Moh. Isnaeni, Dra. S.K. Trimurti and Wilopo, per the title. OCR yields only the library stamp. The year is not stated. No Gerwani content.
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 01 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 02 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Image 03 of an album page from the Idayu Foundation photo collection (Perpusnas Khastara 296810), captioned 'SK. Trimurti sedang memangku anak thn 1939' (S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939). Background material on S.K. Trimurti; the OCR gives only the caption and no Gerwani content, and the page image was not inspecte
S.K. Trimurti holding a child, 1939 (Idayu photo album)
Photograph from the Yayasan Idayu albums of S.K. Trimurti held by Perpusnas Khastara, captioned as a group picture with Trimurti holding a child in 1939. It is a pre-1945 personal image of the labour and women's activist; it does not mention Gerwani. Description is based on the caption only; the image itself was not ex
The message to Soerio (Mansergh's ultimatum to Surabaya)
Groot Arnhem report (10 Nov 1945) on General Mansergh's ultimatum to Indonesian forces in Surabaya, demanding surrender of arms and leaders by 6 a.m., and permitting Indonesian women and children to leave the city on 9 November. Notes a communist spokesman among four leaders who broadcast defiance. Background to the Ba
Situation in the Indies: Mansergh demands weapons be laid down
Nijmeegsch Dagblad front-page report (10 Nov 1945) on Gen. Mansergh's ultimatum to the Surabaya authorities to disarm, plus the situation in Java and Pontianak. A communist party spokesman is among Indonesians broadcasting appeals not to surrender weapons. No Gerwani or women's organisation content beyond permission fo
Ultimatum of Major-General Mansergh
Ons Noorden (10 Nov 1945), Reuter/Aneta report on Maj.-Gen. Mansergh's ultimatum to Surabaya's governor Suryo to disarm, with a communist party spokesman among those broadcasting appeals not to surrender weapons. Women and children may leave the city by 9 Nov. Background to the Battle of Surabaya; no Gerwani content.
Ultimatum of Major-General Mansergh
Ons Noorden (10 Nov 1945), Reuter/Aneta report on Maj.-Gen. Mansergh's ultimatum to Surabaya's governor Suryo to disarm, with a communist party spokesman among those broadcasting appeals not to surrender weapons. Women and children may leave the city by 9 Nov. Background to the Battle of Surabaya; no Gerwani content.
Sjahrir seeks contact with Sukarno: chaotic situation in Bantam
Trouw (20 Feb 1946): Sjahrir leaves for Yogyakarta to confer with Sukarno, possibly widening communist and Islamic representation; reports looting in Batavia and chaos in Bantam, where officials were murdered or abducted and young girls taken. No Gerwani content.
Soviet Woman, 30 Oct 1946, pp. 55-58: Nina Bondareva's article on women and children in colonial countries (India, Egypt, Indonesia, Indo-China), with Olga Khvalebnova on Albania's women. The Indonesia section, pre-Gerwani, praises the republic, notes a woman minister of social welfare, a women's congress at Madiun fed
WIDF Bulletin 1947: Indonesia, Dutch aggression and women's solidarity
WIDF Bulletin, 1947: French Friends of Peace conference, plus an 'Indonesia' item quoting a letter from the Secretariat of the Indonesian Women's Congress on the Dutch colonial war. It says all women's organisations back the Republic, women take part in the fighting, thanks Dutch women's groups for protesting, and asks
WIDF Bulletin 1947: two new requests for affiliation (Netherlands, Indonesia)
WIDF Bulletin no. 12 (1947): news digest from women's organisations worldwide. Section IV announces two requests for WIDF affiliation, from the Netherlands women's movement and from the Pan-Indonesian Women's Congress (Java, June 1946), which seeks to unite with democratic women's groups abroad. Other items cover Spain
The Indonesian parliament and Linggadjati: strengthened left wing supports Sjahrir cabinet
Long article in the Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (15 Jan 1947) by its "Indonesian collaborator" assessing support for the Linggarjati draft in the Indonesian provisional parliament: Masjumi and PNI divided or opposed, while the PKI, Partai Sosialis, Pesindo, Christian parties, Partai Buruh, Perwari and BTI back it
Balance sheet of Indonesian political parties
Nieuw Utrechtsch Dagblad, 17 January 1947, p. 2: list drawn up by the Republican paper De Patriot of Indonesian groups for and against the Linggadjati draft agreement. Perwari, PKI, Sobsi, BTI and the Partai Sosialis are listed for; Masjumi, PNI and Partai Wanita Rakjat against. Gerwani/Gerwis (founded later) does not
Criticism by Indonesian parliament of the Linggadjati accord
De Noord-Ooster report (4 Mar 1947) on the Indonesian parliament's debate on the Linggadjati accord, with a delegate of "the Indonesian women's organisation" opposing talks with the Dutch, PNI criticism of the cabinet, and comment on van Mook, Sukarno and Sjahrir. The women's delegate is not named reliably; Gerwani did
Yesterday's day...
Nieuwe Vlaardingsche Courant, 5 March 1947: Dutch commentary column on the Indies and Palestine. In one line, 'the Indonesian women's organisation' at talks in Malang is said to consider cooperation with the Dutch impossible after Linggadjati. The organisation is not named and cannot be identified as Gerwis (founded 19
The Women of Asia and Africa: Documents, Report of the Commission (WIDF, Budapest, 1948)
WIDF documents volume (Budapest, December 1948) for the Conference of the Women of Asia: the report of the WIDF commission that toured South-East Asia in February-April 1948, plus country reports (Viet Nam, India, Malaya, China, Korea, Africa, Mongolia and others). Indonesia is mentioned only in passing: the commission
WIDF 1948: country reports on women's struggles, incl. Indonesia
WIDF 1948 article describing an international exhibition of women's struggles (China, Palestine, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam, India, Indonesia). The Indonesia panel shows women fighting Dutch and Japanese colonial oppression for independence, with photographs of wartime hardship, and affirms Indonesian women's stand beside me
NAACP Papers: Indonesia, Joint Action of Netherlands Women, All Asian Peoples Conference (1948-49)
NAACP Papers, Part 14 (ProQuest): Indonesia file, January 1948 to May 1949. It holds the Action Conference on Indonesia (New York, 6 Dec 1947) papers, Walter White's cable to Nehru, Dutch Joint Action of Netherlands Women appeals on Dutch detainees and alleged forced concubinage in Republican territory, legal memoranda
Berliner Zeitung, 7 Mar 1948, p. 1: 80-million women's protest against war
Berliner Zeitung, 7 March 1948, p. 1: front-page report "80-Millionen-Frauenprotest gegen Krieg" on the WIDF (IDFF) appeal for International Women's Day, issued in the name of 80 million women from 48 countries. It denounces US imperialist war-making and calls on women to protest the war in Vietnam and Indonesia. Indon
Berliner Zeitung, 7 Mar 1948, p. 2: 80-million women's protest against war (continued)
Berliner Zeitung, 7 March 1948, p. 2: continuation of the front-page item "80-Millionen-Frauenprotest gegen Krieg". The page carries only the end of the TASS report on the CPSU Central Committee's International Women's Day appeal (Soviet women's achievements, 43% of specialists women, call to promote women). No mention
Neues Deutschland, 7 Mar 1948, p. 1: Appeal of the Women's International Democratic Federation
Neues Deutschland, 7 March 1948, p. 1: the WIDF (IDFF) appeal for International Women's Day. Gerwani is not mentioned; Indonesia appears only twice, when French, Italian and Dutch women are urged to protest the war in Vietnam and Indonesia and when 'heroic women' of Indonesia and other fighting countries are assured of
International Women's Day 1948: the courage of women
De Waarheid (8 Mar 1948) International Women's Day piece celebrating women's courage under occupation and capitalism, citing the WIDF appeal for peace, democracy and social justice. It voices Dutch women's demand that their sons be brought back from Indonesia. Concerns the Dutch communist women's movement; no Indonesia