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Gerakan Wanita Indonesia (Wikipedia Indonesia, diakses 2026-10-13)

Gerakan Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)

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Indonesian Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) with a short institutional history of Gerwani: founding 4 June 1950 from six regional organisations, Tris Metty as first chair, membership growth to 3 million in 1965, PKI influence and dissolution on 12 March 1966. Encyclopedic summary.

Artikel Wikipedia Indonesia (diakses 13 Okt 2026) berisi sejarah institusional singkat Gerwani: berdiri 4 Juni 1950 dari enam organisasi daerah, Tris Metty sebagai ketua pertama, pertumbuhan anggota hingga 3 juta pada 1965, pengaruh PKI dan pembubaran 12 Maret 1966. Ringkasan ensiklopedis.

People

Tris MettyChalisah

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Communist Party of IndonesiaRupindoPersatuan Wanita SedarGerwindo

Places

SemarangSurabayaBandungKediri

Events

Founding of Gerwis

Topics

Gerwani organisationGerwisPKIwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

reference entrymembership figures

Details

Date
2026
Creator
Wikipedia
Publication
Document type
web article (encyclopedia entry (Indonesian Wikipedia article, crowd-authored))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Other
Source role
reference
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Wikipedia · source link
Access
Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerakan_Wanita_Indonesia, open access (CC BY-SA), retrieved 2026-10-13. Saved as plain text in Nath's Gerwani folder. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Gerakan Wanita Indonesia [Indonesian Women's Movement]. (2026). In Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerakan_Wanita_Indonesia
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Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
Summary basis
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