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Bernas, 8 Januari 1992: 'Pluralisme dan perempuan Indonesia'

Bernas, 8 January 1992: 'Pluralism and Indonesian women'

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Bernas (Yogyakarta), 8 Jan 1992, p. 4: essay by a UGM student on Indonesian women's organisations 1945–65, noting sharp Guided Democracy conflict between Gerwani and Kowani culminating in 1965, and criticising later homogenisation.

Bernas (Yogyakarta), 8 Januari 1992, hlm. 4: esai mahasiswa UGM tentang organisasi perempuan Indonesia 1945–65, mencatat konflik tajam Demokrasi Terpimpin antara Gerwani dan Kowani yang memuncak pada 1965, dan mengkritik penyeragaman kemudian.

People

Yuni Satya Rahayu

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's CongressFujinkaiWomen's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaPersit Kartika Chandra Kirana

Places

Yogyakarta

Topics

historiographywomen's rights and emancipationNew Order

Tags

feature articleschools and campusesrevisionist reassessment

Details

Date
1992-01-08
Creator
Bernas
Publication
Bernas
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (Yogyakarta daily, opinion page))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK (free, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), item 49491; downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Bernas. (1992, January 8). Bernas, p. 4 [Opini]. Yogyakarta.
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Later Indonesian press (1977-2021) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bernas (1992-2017) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bernas (1992-01-08) - p. 04, Gerwani hit [MPN SIDAK 49491].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.877) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Later Indonesian press (1977-2021) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bernas (1992-2017) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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