1956 – 2008
Java-Bode, 14 August 1956, p. 2: Fatmawati Sukarno arrives in Surabaya after visiting her mother-in-law in Blitar with daughters Megawati and Sukmawati, calling it a family visit. Representatives of Gerwani's Surabaya branch handed her a resolution raising the Atamimi question; she did not answer whether she would go w
Wieringa's Nov 1996 ISS working paper, the first English version of her argument that the New Order was born from a sexualised propaganda campaign against Gerwani (Oct 1965-Mar 1967 an 'extended coup'), with an interview with a former Gerwani cadre. Early statement of the thesis.
Algemeen Dagblad (2000-05-27, Nina Eberlijn, Jakarta): Human Rights Minister Hasballah Saad discusses the near-impossibility of prosecuting Suharto-era abuses and a South African-style truth commission; Kontras cites ~16,000 missing. Sulami, jailed 20 years as a Gerwani activist, says reconciliation needs victims' test
Short Tempo news item (29 Aug 2005) that S.K. Trimurti, 93, 'journalist of three eras' and Labour Minister in 1947, is hospitalised at PGI Cikini; Social Minister gave Rp 50 million and Megawati visited. The page also carries unrelated briefs. No Gerwani content.
Tempo.co report (21 May 2008) on S.K. Trimurti's state funeral at Kalibata: Megawati says Trimurti was like a mother to her; poet Taufik Ismail, once cared for by her as a child, calls her a model fighter jailed repeatedly by the Dutch. Attendees included A.M. Fatwa, Taufiq Kiemas and Dewi Motik. No Gerwani content.