Gerwani
Sign in to saveGerwani (, "Indonesian Women's Movement") was a women's organization founded as Gerwis (, "Conscious Wives Movement") in Semarang, Central Java, on 4 June 1950.
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- Historical context
- Gerwani
- History
- Gerwis to Gerwani
- Gerwani, feminism, and the PKI
- Feminism
- Gerwani and the PKI
- Gerwani, the G30S movement and the Lubang Buaya Accusation
- Aftermath of the Lubang Buaya accusation and the G30S
- Genjer-genjer
- Legacy
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Gerwani (, "Indonesian Women's Movement") was a women's organization founded as Gerwis (, "Conscious Wives Movement") in Semarang, Central Java, on 4 June 1950.
In 1954, Gerwis as an activist-based movement changed its name to Gerwani to signify its move towards a mass organization to appeal to communist supporters. Beginning with only 500 members in 1950, Gerwani claimed to have 1.5 million members in 1963. As one of the largest women's organizations in the 1950s, its broad membership was also a product of its close affiliation with the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) – reflected in Gerwani's concerns particularly with helping poor women workers, as well as their alliances with various labor unions. Nonetheless, Gerwani was an independent organization with both a feminist, and PKI-led wing. By 1965, Gerwani claimed to have 3 million members.
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