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GA-01028 1953-06-17 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Gerwis en het komende kabinet

Gerwis and the coming cabinet

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (17 Jun 1953, p.2): Gerwis issues a statement on the formation of a new cabinet, calling for one that repeals measures harming women and people. Its programme demands protection of working women (especially pregnant), curbing unemployment, a bigger education and culture budget, price control

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

GA-00532 1955-12-29 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Rechten (Hak-hak)

Rights

Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad sidebar 'Rechten' (1955-12-29, p. 3) from the Gerwani marriage-law announcement: spouses should have equal rights and freedom to choose occupation and social activity; no distinction between adopted and stepchildren; children born out of wedlock to be legally protected.

GA-00533 1955-12-29 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Voorwaarden (Syarat-syarat)

Conditions

Short Algemeen Indisch Dagblad sidebar 'Voorwaarden' (1955-12-29, p. 3) listing Gerwani's conditions for marriage: free choice of spouse, minimum ages of 18 for men and 15 for women, a ban on marriage between direct blood relatives, compulsory registration, with religious or adat ceremonies still allowed.

GA-00957 1980-05-02 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwen (lezing Mieke Lokkerbol)

Indonesian women (lecture by Mieke Lokkerbol)

De Waarheid report (2 May 1980, p.5) of a talk by Mieke Lokkerbol of Komitee Indonesië on the Indonesian women's movement from Kartini to Gerwani. It describes Gerwani's programme (marriage law, rape penalties, labour law, schooling, health, price control), claims 1.5 million members in 1963, its ban after 1965, and ma