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GA-00695 1954-07-08 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Comité 17 Augustus (17 August committee)

17 August committee in Jakarta with Gerwani in secretariat

De Nieuwsgier, 8 July 1954: Jakarta forms a committee to celebrate 17 August for national unity, abolition of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union and the return of West Irian; its secretariat, at the Balai Kota, is run by Gerwani, SOBSI and FPI. No Soetanti Aidit; Gerwani appears only as a secretariat organiser.

GA-00696 1954-08-07 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Ekaterina op Java (Ekaterina in Java)

Ekaterina in Java: Soviet delegates and the Gerwani congress

De Nieuwsgier, 7 Aug 1954: a Dutch-Indonesian paper recounts that Russian delegates invited to the Gerwani congress arrived after it ended but toured Java with organisers. Ekaterina Sheveleva's Izvestia report praises roads built by colonisers, laments farmers' primitive tools and notes a women's union meeting at a rai

GA-00699 1954-11-15 De Nieuwsgier rel B

De situatie in Atjeh (The situation in Aceh; includes Gerwani Lampung resolution)

The situation in Aceh; Gerwani Lampung anti-pornography resolution

De Nieuwsgier news roundup (15 Nov 1954, p. 2) mostly on Aceh security incidents. One item reports that Gerwani of Lampung, at its first congress in Tanjung Karang, resolved to ask the government to ban pornographic reading matter, indecent advertisements and films, and urged other women's and democratic organisations

GA-00700 1954-12-06 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Massademonstratie op Medan Merdeka voor Irian (Mass demonstration for West Irian)

Mass demonstration on Medan Merdeka for West Irian

De Nieuwsgier front-page report (6 Dec 1954) on a mass demonstration at Medan Merdeka, Jakarta, organised by the West Irian liberation committee with women's organisations, demanding incorporation of Irian and rupture with the Netherlands. Speakers included Mrs. Sudarman Hadikusumo, Mrs. Kartowijono (Perwari) and Mrs.

GA-00703 1955-05-31 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Andere sprekers (Other speakers at the PKI meeting)

Other speakers at the PKI meeting: Umi Sardjono explains choosing PKI

De Nieuwsgier report (31 May 1955, p. 2) on a PKI anniversary/election rally in Jakarta where Aidit spoke. Mrs. Oemi Sartono (Umi Sardjono), described as a non-party Gerwani member, said she chose the PKI because it is a choice of being for or against the people; non-party candidate Astrawinata also spoke.

GA-00704 1955-11-28 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Konstituante en huwelijkswetgeving: Verklaring van de Gerwani (Constituent Assembly and marriage legislation: Gerwani statement)

Constituent Assembly and marriage legislation: Gerwani statement

De Nieuwsgier item (28 Nov 1955) reporting a Gerwani central board statement: speaking of the president's household while ignoring the fight for a democratic marriage law is pointless. It urges women to vote so the Konstituante secures women's rights per the UN Declaration, citing the forced marriage of Maisuri of Tanj

GA-00705 1955-11-30 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Protest tegen schoonheidswedstrijd (Protest against beauty contest)

Protest against beauty contest: Gerwani condemns 'Bunga Indonesia' contest

Short De Nieuwsgier item (30 Nov 1955): Gerwani, via board member Maria Ulfa Santoso, publicly condemned a planned "Bunga Indonesia" beauty contest by Gadjah Mada University students in Yogyakarta; student representatives were to travel to Jakarta to talk with the Gerwani board.

GA-00708 1956-01-05 De Nieuwsgier rel A

De Gerwani en mevrouw Fatmawati (Gerwani and Mrs. Fatmawati)

Gerwani and Mrs Fatmawati: statement on a private divorce matter

De Nieuwsgier item (5 Jan 1956) on a Gerwani statement about Fatmawati Sukarno's divorce request: Gerwani calls it a private matter, defends free democratic marriage, regrets that certain parties exploited it to undermine national unity and the president's name, and uses it to demand a democratic marriage law.

GA-00715 1956-08-07 De Nieuwsgier rel A

In Djember staken de spoorwegmannen weer (In Jember the railwaymen strike again)

In Jember the railwaymen strike again; Gerwani feeds the strikers

De Nieuwsgier item (7 Aug 1956): railway union SBKA strike in Jember halted two goods trains; the local Gerwani branch voluntarily supplied food to the strikers, and railway management's attempt to register absentees was withdrawn after worker reaction. An example of Gerwani solidarity with labour.

GA-00716 1956-08-11 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Van her en der en overal: Binnenland (Domestic news roundup)

Domestic news roundup: Buleleng Gerwani protests bail in rape-murder case

Domestic news roundup in De Nieuwsgier (11 Aug 1956). One item: the Buleleng branch of Gerwani protested to the government against the release on bail (Rp 400,000) of S. Atamimi, suspected of rape and murder, demanding re-arrest and heavy punishment. Other items concern military operations and Fatmawati Sukarno.