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Suti, Aktivis Gerwani, Di Rahim Ibu Semua Sama (Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)

Suti, Gerwani Activist: In a Mother's Womb We Are All the Same (Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)

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Jurnal Perempuan feature (Jan 2016) on a Jejer Wadon visit to Suti (Arjo Sutiyem), 96, in Musuk, Boyolali: her reasons for joining the women's movement, early life, chairing Gerwis Boyolali with 4,000 members from 1952. Adds biographical detail to the 2014 profile.

Fitur Jurnal Perempuan (Jan 2016) tentang kunjungan Jejer Wadon kepada Suti (Arjo Sutiyem), 96 tahun, di Musuk, Boyolali: alasannya bergabung dalam gerakan perempuan, masa kecil, memimpin Gerwis Boyolali dengan 4.000 anggota sejak 1952. Menambah rincian biografis pada profil 2014.

People

Arjo SutiyemAstuti ParengkuhWignyo

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Jejer Wadon

Places

MusukBoyolaliJatinom

Topics

biographypeasant womenGerwiswomen's rights and emancipationmemory, testimony and justice

Details

Date
2016
Creator
Parengkuh
Document type
web article (web news feature (feminist journal website; report of an interview visit by the Jejer Wadon collective to a Gerwis/Gerwani survivor))
Language
Indonesian; Javanese
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Jurnal Perempuan · source link
Access
Jurnal Perempuan website, section 'Warta Feminis', https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/warta-feminis/suti-aktivis-gerwani-di-rahim-ibu-semua-sama ; open access; retrieved 2026-10-13 and saved as a text file. Photo credit on the page: 'Dok. Elizabeth Yulianti Raharjo' (image not saved). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Parengkuh, A. (2016). Suti, aktivis Gerwani: Di rahim ibu semua sama [Suti, Gerwani activist: In the mother's womb all are equal]. Jurnal Perempuan. https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/warta-feminis/suti-aktivis-gerwani-di-rahim-ibu-semua-sama (posted 4/2/2016; day and month order not certain)
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/Parengkuh (2016) - Suti, Aktivis Gerwani, Di Rahim Ibu Semua Sama (Jurnal Perempuan).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.905) · 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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