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2 itemsTopic: Gerwis ✕Organisation: Women's Union of the Republic of Indonesia ✕Event: Marriage law campaign ✕
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GA-01440 1952-07-23 Harian Rakjat rel A

Harian Rakjat, 23 Juli 1952: Umi Sardjono, 'Peraturan no. 19 masih tetap tidak adil'

Umi Sardjono: 'Regulation no. 19 is still unjust' (Harian Rakjat, 23 July 1952)

Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 23 July 1952 (full issue; p. 3 relevant). Article by Umi Sardjono on Government Regulation 19/1952 (widows' pensions): nearly all women's organisations object, some demanding repeal, others accepting pensions but opposing polygamy. She says the rules in effect encourage polygamy, and recalls tha

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