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2 itemsEvent: Marriage law campaign ✕Source archive: Perpusnas Khastara (National Library of Indonesia) ✕
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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-01444 1955-01-26 Harian Rakjat rel A

Maisuri simbol perlawanan terhadap kawin paksa (Harian Rakjat, 26 Januari 1955, hlm. 3)

Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage (Harian Rakjat, 26 January 1955)

Harian Rakjat, 26 Jan 1955, p. 3: women's-page feature 'Maisuri, symbol of resistance to forced marriage', signed Ny. Suwarti (DPP Gerwani). Maisuri refused a marriage imposed by her family to an older man (Kyai Ahmad) who already had wives; the piece uses the case to argue against forced marriage and for a marriage la