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Gerwani, Pelopor Gerakan Perempuan Feminis-Sosialis di Indonesia (Sundari, Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)

Gerwani, pioneer of the socialist-feminist women's movement in Indonesia (Sundari, 2016)

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Akhiriyati Sundari's second 2016 Jurnal Perempuan essay placing Gerwani in a typology of feminist theory as the most progressive socialist-feminist movement, strongest between its first and second congresses; marks 1965 and the IPT. Interpretive essay.

Esai kedua Akhiriyati Sundari 2016 di Jurnal Perempuan yang menempatkan Gerwani dalam tipologi teori feminis sebagai gerakan feminis-sosialis paling progresif, terkuat antara kongres pertama dan kedua; menandai 1965 dan IPT. Esai interpretatif.

People

Akhiriyati SundariSarwo Edhie Wibowo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)International People's Tribunal 1965

Places

The HagueIndonesia

Topics

Gerwani organisationGerwiswomen's rights and emancipationtheory and methodcongresses and meetingsmarriage law and polygamy

Tags

feminismcommentary

Details

Date
2016
Creator
Sundari
Document type
web article (web essay (feminist-theory reading of Gerwani; Jurnal Perempuan blog section "Wacana Feminis"))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Jurnal Perempuan · source link
Access
Jurnal Perempuan website, Wacana Feminis section, https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/gerwani-pelopor-gerakan-perempuan-feminis-sosialis-di-indonesia (posted 20 March 2016); open access; saved as plain text, retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Sundari, A. (2016b, March 20). Gerwani: Pelopor gerakan perempuan feminis-sosialis di Indonesia [Gerwani: Pioneer of the feminist-socialist women's movement in Indonesia]. Jurnal Perempuan, Wacana Feminis. https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/gerwani-pelopor-gerakan-perempuan-feminis-sosialis-di-indonesia
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference/Sundari (2016) - Gerwani, Pelopor Gerakan Perempuan Feminis-Sosialis di Indonesia (Jurnal Perempuan).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.954) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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