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2 itemsTopic: marriage law and polygamy ✕Theme: Transnational connections ✕Event: Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani ✕
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GA-02806 1954 Monica Felton rel A licensed

Dawn Over the Equator (Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954)

Dawn Over the Equator: Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954

Monica Felton (WIDF Vice-President) writes in 1954 on the Second Congress of Gerwani, which she attended: 349 delegates, 80,000 members, a meeting with President Sukarno, resolutions on West Irian, the 1955 elections, a nationwide marriage law, democratic rights and support for the government against armed gangs. She s

GA-00862 1954-03-10 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwen Indonesië bereiden hun congres voor!

Women of Indonesia prepare their congress: Umi Sardjono excerpts from Harian Rakjat

De Waarheid, 10 Mar 1954, p. 5: excerpts from an article by Umi (Sardjono), Gerwis board member, in Harian Rakjat preparing Gerwis's second congress. She lists invitations to women's groups in the USSR, China, Netherlands, India and WIDF, and stresses plantation and factory women, mass dismissals driving women into pro