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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.

GA-01232 1955-09-08 Java-Bode rel A

Voorbereiding details der verkiezingen (Preparation of election details)

Preparation of election details

Java-Bode, 8 September 1955, p. 2: news column. The Gerwani branch Djomblang (Jombang) formed a committee to run a child day-care centre during the elections so mothers can vote calmly. Other items concern Surabaya mobilising students as polling-station order helpers and Colonel Simbolon's visit to Sukarno.

GA-00652 1955-11-30 De Locomotief rel A

De Gerwani over het huwelijk (Gerwani on marriage), full page 30 Nov 1955

Gerwani on marriage: full page with four-point marriage programme

Whole scrambled page of De Locomotief, 30 Nov 1955, with the fullest text of Gerwani's four-point marriage programme for the Constituante: no coercion, abolition of child, forced and purchase marriages and mistresses, polygamy forbidden in principle, divorce open to both sexes before a court and support for divorced wo