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Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967. South Kalimantan governor Aberani Sulaiman says mothers must 'eradicate women of the Gerwani type, the Lubang Buaya type' to realise 'true Indonesian women'; KOWANI Kartini meeting.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967. Gubernur Kalimantan Selatan Aberani Sulaiman menyatakan ibu wajib 'membasmi tipe wanita ala Gerwani yang bertipe Lubang Buaya' demi 'wanita Indonesia sejati'; pertemuan Kartini KOWANI.

People

Aberani Sulaiman

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's Congress

Places

South Kalimantan

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and mediaNew Orderwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

speech textscapegoating

Details

Date
1967-04-27
Creator
Angkatan Bersendjata
Publication
Angkatan Bersendjata
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (file Q665_Angkatan_Bersendjata_1967_04_27_Th_II_No_568_001.pdf) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, free PDF; catalogue id 887828 in file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Angkatan Bersendjata. (1967, April 27). Angkatan Bersendjata [Daily], No. 568, Th. III (Edisi Pusat), pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Jajasan Manggala Press.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-04-27) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.857) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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