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2 itemsTopic: women's rights and emancipation ✕Place: East Java ✕Language: Dutch ✕
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GA-00766 1952-08-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Imperialisten en prostitutie (Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis meeting)

Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis public meeting at East Java conference

De Vrije Pers report (2 Aug 1952) on a public meeting during the Gerwis East Java conference in Surabaya. Miss Sulami explained Gerwis as anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist, opposed the widows' pension rule as promoting polygamy, blamed polygamy on the lack of a marriage law and prostitution on imperialist-caused pov

GA-00648 1955-09-07 De Locomotief rel A

Kinderbewaarplaats (Childcare centre, Jombang)

Childcare centre planned for election day by Gerwani in Jombang

De Locomotief, 7 Sept 1955: the Gerwani branch in Jombang forms a committee, led by a Mrs Kenrati (uncertain), to set up a children's care centre during the coming general elections so mothers can vote calmly. Evidence of Gerwani's practical electoral support for women and childcare.