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GA-00798 1948-07-24 De Waarheid rel C

Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs (Great success in Paris for Indonesians)

Great success in Paris for Indonesians at WIDF exhibition events

De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named In

GA-00612 1950-08-22 De Locomotief rel C

Zangconcours (Singing competition)

Singing competition

De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon

GA-00624 1953-04-20 De Locomotief rel B

Stadsnieuws: Morgen wordt Kartinidag gevierd (City news: Kartini Day tomorrow)

City news: Kartini Day tomorrow in Semarang

De Locomotief, 20 Apr 1953, city news: Semarang prepares Kartini Day, with a committee of women's associations chaired by Mrs Surya Hadi (Perwari), including Mrs Sri Hudarijah of Gerwis. Programme includes a commemoration meeting, a krontjong evening, a cooking competition, a dolls' exhibition and a foundation for a ho

GA-00855 1954-01-15 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië-avond van NVB

Indonesia evening of the Dutch Women's Movement announced

De Waarheid, 15 Jan 1954, p. 2: brief notice that, in view of an upcoming Gerwis congress, the NVB organises an 'Indonesia evening' on 27 January in the Doelenzaal, Amsterdam, with a speech by Annie Averink, a reading from Max Havelaar by Bep van Geel and a film on Indonesian women's lives.

GA-00858 1954-01-28 De Waarheid rel B

Toch warmte, ondanks koude op Indonesische avond

Warmth despite cold on the Indonesian evening: NVB Amsterdam event report

De Waarheid, 28 Jan 1954, p. 2: report on the NVB Amsterdam 'Indonesia evening' attended by about 200 women, with krontjong music, a reading from Multatuli, a film from the High Commission, and Annie Averink's speech on Indonesia's colonial past and on Gerwis's tens of thousands of members campaigning for a democratic

GA-00698 1954-09-30 De Nieuwsgier rel C

De Indonesische delegaties in China (Indonesian delegations in China)

Indonesian delegations in China, including a women's delegation

Short De Nieuwsgier report (30 Sept 1954, p. 2) on the arrival in Peking of an Indonesian delegation and a separate women's delegation, invited by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the All-China Democratic Women's Federation. Mrs. S. Pudjobuntoro spoke for the women's delegation; Gerwani is not name

GA-01686 1957-01-03 Pewarta Soerabaia rel A

Pewarta Soerabaia, 3 Januari 1957: 'Ulang Tahun Gerwani' (Malang)

Pewarta Soerabaia, 3 January 1957: 'Gerwani anniversary' (Malang)

Pewarta Soerabaia, 3 Jan 1957, p. 4: Malang item on Gerwani Kota Besar Malang celebrating its sixth anniversary (30–31 Dec 1956) with a history of its founding, about 100 members and a sandiwara; page damaged.

GA-01905 1963-09-30 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 30 September 1963: Rombongan wayang boneka Fujian tiba di Indonesia (我福建木偶表演团到达印度尼西亚)

Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): a Chinese Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation and is welcomed at the airport by Gerwani leaders, including Mrs Suwati (vice-chair), Mrs Mudigdio and the general secretary. Evidence of Gerwani-China cultural exchange. Full text is GA-0190

GA-01906 1963-09-30 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 30 September 1963: Rombongan wayang boneka Fujian tiba di Indonesia (我福建木偶表演团到达印度尼西亚)

Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation

Xinhua dispatch in Renmin Ribao (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe led by Zhang Fang arrived in Jakarta on 29 September to perform at Gerwani's invitation. Gerwani vice-chair Suwati, Mudigdio and the general secretary (name garbled in translation) welcomed it, with a Chinese Embassy counsellor. Show

GA-01918 1963-10-10 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 10 Oktober 1963: Rombongan wayang boneka Fujian tampil keliling Indonesia (我福建木偶表演团在印度尼西亚巡回演出)

Fujian puppet troupe tours Indonesia

Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Fujian puppet troupe, after two Jakarta shows, flew to Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain). Planned tour: Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Semarang, Cirebon and Bandung. Shows Gerwani organising Chinese cultural tour across Java.

GA-01977 1965-07-22 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 22 Juli 1965: Wakil Ketua Federasi Wanita Tiongkok menjamu tamu Indonesia (我全国妇联副主席宴请印度尼西亚客人)

Women's federation vice-chair hosts Gerwani puppet-art study delegation (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (22 July 1965, p. 4): Kang Keqing of the All-China Women's Federation hosts a banquet for a Gerwani puppet-art study delegation led by a Mrs Muljati Gondjajo (name uncertain), which arrived in Beijing on 17 July at the Federation's invitation. Full text is GA-01978.

GA-01978 1965-07-22 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 22 Juli 1965: Wakil Ketua Federasi Wanita Tiongkok menjamu tamu Indonesia (我全国妇联副主席宴请印度尼西亚客人)

Women's federation vice-chair hosts Gerwani puppet-art study delegation

Brief Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (22 July 1965, p. 4): on 19 July Kang Keqing, vice-chair of the All-China Women's Federation, gave a banquet for the Gerwani delegation studying puppet art, led by Mrs Muljati Gondjajo (name uncertain), which arrived in Beijing on 17 July as guests of the Federation. Evidence of Gerwan

GA-01389 1974-07-02 Vrije Stem Onafhankelijk Weekblad Voor Suriname rel C

Mavis Wirio miss Djawa (Mavis Wirio Miss Java)

Mavis Wirio Miss Java

Photo caption in the Surinamese weekly Vrije Stem (2 Jul 1974): the 'Miss Djawa' contest organised by Trie Djokko Moeljo, won by Mavis Wirioredjo. Concerns Javanese-Surinamese community life; nothing on Indonesia's women's movement or Gerwani.

GA-02242 2011-01-31 Tempo rel A licensed

Gerwani dalam Koreografi

Tempo, 31 January 2011: Gerwani in choreography ('Tjap Merah')

Tempo review (31 Jan 2011) of 'Tjap Merah', a dance piece by Yosep Prihantoro Sadsuitubun (grandson of K.S. Tubun) at GoetheHaus, Jakarta, closing the exhibition 'Indonesia and the World 1959-1966'. It stages the stigma on Gerwani women (Lubang Buaya dancing and castration myth, 'ET' label, Genjer-genjer); he says most

GA-02771 2016 rel C

Dialita, live di LBH Jakarta, Belok Kiri Festival, 2016

Dialita Live at LBH Jakarta, Belok Kiri Festival, 2016

Live audio (12:06), 2016, of the Dialita choir of women survivors of 1965 and relatives performing at LBH Jakarta during the Belok Kiri (Turn Left) Festival. Documents survivors' song as public memory work. Description only; no repertoire listed.

GA-02931 2025 rel A licensed

From the Men They Took Their Labor, from the Women They Took Everything (Sarbinatun, trans. Nancy Florida, 2025)

From the Men They Took Their Labor, from the Women They Took Everything (Sarbinatun, transl. Florida, 2025)

Nancy Florida's annotated English translation (Indonesia, Oct 2025) of Sarbinatun's testimony: Lekra dancer and IPPI president, married at 17 to a PKI Special Bureau man, tortured in Solo and Semarang, held at Plantungan until 1979 and accused as Gerwani though never a member.