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Arjo Sutiyem, Aktivis dan Korban 65 (Jurnal Perempuan, 2014)

Arjo Sutiyem, Activist and Victim of 65 (Jurnal Perempuan, 2014)

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Jurnal Perempuan profile (10 Oct 2014) of Arjo Sutiyem, a Boyolali farmer who joined Gerwis in the early 1950s, founded the Musuk branch (2 Feb 1952), led Boyolali's organisation and ran women's literacy schools, then was handed to the army in 1965. Grassroots Gerwis/Gerwani testimony.

Profil Jurnal Perempuan (10 Okt 2014) tentang Arjo Sutiyem, petani Boyolali yang bergabung dengan Gerwis awal 1950-an, mendirikan cabang Musuk (2 Feb 1952), memimpin organisasi Boyolali dan menjalankan sekolah buta huruf perempuan, lalu diserahkan ke tentara pada 1965. Kesaksian Gerwis/Gerwani akar rumput.

People

Arjo SutiyemYuliana Paramayana

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Jejer WadonLPH YAPHI

Places

BoyolaliMusukKlatenJatinom

Topics

biographypeasant womeneducation and literacyGerwisarrests and detentionmemory, testimony and justice

Tags

oral history

Details

Date
2014
Creator
Paramayana
Document type
web article (web article (feminist journal website; testimony-based profile of a former Gerwis/Gerwani activist, written from a public discussion))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Jurnal Perempuan · source link
Access
Jurnal Perempuan website, section 'Wacana Feminis', https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/arjo-sutiyem-aktivis-dan-korban-651 ; open access; retrieved 2026-10-13 and saved as a text file. Parengkuh (2016) cites the same article at a 'blog-feminis-muda' URL, so the page may have moved between site sections. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Paramayana, Y. (2014, October 10). Arjo Sutiyem: Aktivis dan korban '65 [Arjo Sutiyem: Activist and victim of '65]. Jurnal Perempuan. https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/arjo-sutiyem-aktivis-dan-korban-651
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/Paramayana (2014) - Arjo Sutiyem, Aktivis dan Korban 65 (Jurnal Perempuan).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.946) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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