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Women Demonstrate for PKI, Affiliates Ban

Women Demonstrate for PKI, Affiliates Ban (FBIS, 8 Nov 1965)

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FBIS item from Jakarta ANTARA, 8 Nov 1965: about 30,000 housewives and girl students from some 30 women's organisations demanded dissolution of the PKI and Gerwani. They petitioned Maj. Gen. Suharto and National Front secretary-general Sudibjo, condemned Gerwani for the generals' killing, asked that Gerwani schools be put under government control, and backed Kowani's suspension of Gerwani.

Berita FBIS dari ANTARA Jakarta, 8 November 1965: sekitar 30.000 ibu rumah tangga dan pelajar putri dari sekitar 30 organisasi perempuan menuntut pembubaran PKI dan Gerwani. Mereka menyerahkan petisi kepada Mayjen Suharto dan Sekjen Front Nasional Sudibjo, mengecam Gerwani atas pembunuhan para jenderal, meminta sekolah Gerwani diawasi pemerintah, dan mendukung skorsing Gerwani oleh Kowani.

“p. 2: The demonstrators particularly condemned Gerwani for the brutal slaying of the top army officers which they said had lowered the prestige of Indonesian women; Gerwani schools should go under government control.”

People

SuhartoSudibjoPrijono

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's CongressInstitute of People's CultureBerdikari task forceMoslem Scholars Women's AssociationPerti women's associationGerakan Wanita MarhaenisAl Irsjad women

Places

Jakarta

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against GerwaniRegional bans of the PKI and its mass organisations

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathGerwani organisationpropaganda and mediaeducation and literacyarrests and detention

Tags

demonstrationrenunciation and self-dissolutionpetition

Details

Date
1965-11-08
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id 367A4A00) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report (1965-11-08) - Women Demonstrate For PKI, Affiliates Ban, Djakarta ANTARA [Readex FBIS 367A4A00].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.962) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
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