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Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 4 October 1966

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Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966. Report of a rally of some 3,500 women of KOWANI, KAWI and BPOW at Lubang Buaya (3 Oct) where, led by Ibu Tien Soeharto, they swore to 'eradicate the gerwani/pki mentality'; Ibu Soeharto says they 'practised obscenities without limit'.

Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966. Laporan rapat sekitar 3.500 perempuan KOWANI, KAWI, dan BPOW di Lubang Buaya (3 Oktober) yang dipimpin Ibu Tien Soeharto bersumpah 'memberantas mentalitas gerwani/pki'; Ibu Soeharto menyebut mereka 'melakukan kecabulan tanpa batas'.

People

Tien Suharto

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's CongressIndonesian Women's Action FrontBPOW

Places

Lubang BuayaJakarta

Events

First Hari Kesaktian PancasilaArmy press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and mediawomen's rights and emancipationNew Order

Tags

scapegoatingsexual slander

Details

Date
1966-10-04
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily), 4 pages)
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=888057) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (National Library of Indonesia digital collection, khastara.perpusnas.go.id), free PDF, catalogue id 888057 (Berita Yudha 1966 run); downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Berita Yudha. (1966, October 4). [Issue No. 231, Th. II, pp. 1–4; incl. "Ibu Soeharto: Di Lobang Buaja inilah telah terdjadi pemrosotan deradjad terhadap kaum wanita Indonesia"]. Berita Yudha (Jakarta). Perpusnas Khastara digital collection (888057).
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1966-10-04) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.854) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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