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GA-00829 1952-01-16 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie eist invoering van huwelijkswet

Indonesian women's organisation demands introduction of a marriage law

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 5: correspondent report from Surabaya on Gerwis's annual congress (Dec 1951), whose main resolution demands a marriage law setting minimum ages (men 20, women 17) against widespread child marriage, and giving local women's organisations the role of monitoring compliance and prosecuting viol

GA-00853 1953-11-18 De Waarheid rel A

Conferentie van Gerwis te Bandung: nieuwe huwelijkswet noodzakelijk

Gerwis conference in Bandung: new marriage law necessary

De Waarheid, 18 Nov 1953, p. 5: short report that the West Java branches of Gerwis ended a two-day conference in Bandung, adopting a resolution demanding that the government draft a new marriage law quickly and set minimum labour conditions for women workers. Same item notes a SARBUPRI strike of about 200 workers at th

GA-00630 1953-12-17 De Locomotief rel B

Rustige invasie op het gouverneurskantoor: dames-verenigingen komen op voor de rechten der vrouw (A quiet invasion of the governor's office)

A quiet invasion of the governor's office: women petition for a marriage law

De Locomotief, 17 Dec 1953: about a hundred women from seven Semarang associations, led by Perwari and including Gerwis, ride 40 becaks to the Governor's Office to petition for a marriage law securing women's legal position and for a freeze on the 1952 regulation giving pensions to second-to-fourth wives. A Gedung Rakj

GA-00864 1954-03-24 De Waarheid rel B

In het hierbij gepubliceerde verhaal wordt... (inleiding bij verhaal over strijd tegen polygamie)

Introduction to a story on the struggle against polygamy in West Java

De Waarheid, 24 Mar 1954, p. 5: editorial caption introducing a published story about a local victory against polygamy in West Java a few months earlier through united action. It says the issue is also on the agenda at the Gerwis congress that has just begun, attended by Rie Lips-Odinot. The story itself is not part of

GA-00793 1954-11-30 De Vrije Pers rel B

Kortom (In brief; Gerwani Bandung and Maisuri)

In brief: Gerwani Bandung congress sends sympathy to Maisuri

Column of short news items in De Vrije Pers (30 Nov 1954). Relevant item: a two-day Gerwani congress of the Bandung branch decided to send a message of sympathy to Maisuri, a young woman in South Sumatra who suffered a "forced marriage". Other items are unrelated world news.