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2 itemsEvent: Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy ✕Decade: 2010s ✕
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GA-02996 2012 rel A

Dilema Gerwani Hadapi Poligami Soekarno (Merdeka.com, 2012)

Gerwani's dilemma over Sukarno's polygamy (Merdeka.com, 2012)

Merdeka.com feature (24 Sep 2012) on Gerwani's dilemma over Sukarno's polygamy: it fought for a marriage law banning polygamy from 1950 but set the issue aside when Sukarno married Hartini, Dewi and Yurike Sanger, following the PKI line. Concise account of the polygamy contradiction.

GA-02281 2016-04-18 Tempo rel B licensed

Majulah Pergerakan Wanita

Tempo, 18 April 2016: Onward the women's movement

Tempo editorial note (18 Apr 2016), recalling a 1978 Kartini Day feature on the women's movement from Aceh 1614 to the 1970s. It describes Kowani's formation (1946), Perwari's protest over Sukarno's 1954 marriage to Hartini, Perwari being squeezed as Gerwani, 'affiliated with the PKI', gained influence, and Gerwani ste