Independence Day: sober celebration will mark this 17 August
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1953-08-14, p. 2): programme and committee for a sober 17 August celebration in Bandung (no slogans, only the Red-White flag), plus a sports programme. The committee's women treasurers include Mrs. Tata of Gerwis alongside Perwari and Parkiwa; PNI, Masyumi and PKI chair it. Much of the text is garbled.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (14-8-1953, hlm. 2): program dan panitia perayaan 17 Agustus yang sederhana di Bandung (tanpa slogan, hanya Merah-Putih), serta program olahraga. Bendahara perempuan panitia mencakup Ny. Tata dari Gerwis bersama Perwari dan Parkiwa; PNI, Masyumi dan PKI sebagai ketua. Sebagian teks kacau.
“Treasurers (women): Mrs. Kamarga (Perwari), Mrs. Ijos Wiriatmadja (Parkiwa), Mrs. Tata (Gerwis).”
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1956-08-06, p. 2): composition of the Bandung 17 August committee, chaired by the mayor, with vice-chairs from Masyumi, PNI, PKI and NU. Treasurers are Mrs. Kamarga (Perwari), Mrs. S. Sriwenda (Parkiwa) and one more Gerwani member still to be named. Also a basketball tournament anno
shared: Indonesian National Party, Masyumi, Women's Union of the Republic of Indonesia, Parkiwa
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-09-13, p. 2): installation of Bandung's transitional municipal council by Governor Sanusi Hardjadinata. A photo caption lists members, including Mrs. Rd. Moesmini of Gerwani, Miss Sari Banon Jachja (NU) and Mrs. Amartiwi Moh. Saleh (PSI); the council serves one year.
shared: Sanusi Hardjadinata, R.H. Enoch, Bandung
Sedjarah Pemerintahan Kota Djakarta, an official history of Jakarta's city government from Dutch Batavia to the end of 1957, compiled by Drs. The Liang Gie and published by the Kotapradja Djakarta Raya in 1958. It has nothing on Gerwani as such. It notes that women could vote for the Batavia council only from 1941 and
shared: Masyumi, Women's Union of the Republic of Indonesia, Sanusi Hardjadinata
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Apr 1952, p. 2: report on Kartini Day commemorations in Jakarta, Bandung, The Hague and the US. At a packed Garden Hall meeting in Jakarta organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI, the audience sang the Kartini song and observed a minute's silence.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Sanusi Hardjadinata, Bandung, Gerwis
Java-Bode, 23 Apr 1952, p. 2: Kartini Day commemoration at a packed Garden Hall in Jakarta, organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI; Miss Ainun speaks. Also notes Kartini events at the AURI wives' association and in Bandung.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Sanusi Hardjadinata, Bandung, Gerwis
De Nieuwsgier, 15 July 1952 (Sin Po): a Jakarta meeting of 34 parties and organisations forms a Freedom Day (17 August) committee led by the PKI's Greater Jakarta section by 26 votes; PNI, Parkindo, SOBSI and Gerwis sit on it, Masjumi and PSI abstain. It adopts the National Reveil joint declaration signed by 60 groups.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Indonesian National Party, Masyumi, national day celebration
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-08-20, p. 2): report of Soong Ching Ling's visit to Bandung, including the Institute for the Deaf-Mute and a dinner with Governor Sanusi. At nine in the evening a women's delegation led by Gerwani called on her, after which the evening continued with singing and dancing.
shared: Sanusi Hardjadinata, Bandung
Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad notice (1952-06-12, p. 2) that a baby-care committee, Taman Baji Sehat, has been set up in (apparently Bandung) by women's associations including Parkiwa, Perwari, Gerwis and Persatuan Wanita Kristen, to open a crèche for babies of mothers who have died, are ill or work.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Women's Union of the Republic of Indonesia, Parkiwa, Gerwis