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GA-02805 1961 Maasje Siwi rel A licensed

The dream of an Indonesian peasant woman (Seminar Nasional Wanita Tani)

The dream of an Indonesian peasant woman: National Seminar on Peasant Women (1961)

1961 article by Maasje Siwi on Gerwani's first National Seminar on Peasant Women's Problems. Describes peasant hardships (debt, child marriage, easy divorce, exclusion from village office) and demands: land reform and women's land ownership, crop-sharing law, abolition of colonial ban on women village heads. Features d

GA-01498 1965-03-27 New York Times rel A licensed

Reds, Pressing Reforms, Win Wide Peasant Support in Java (New York Times, 27 Maret 1965)

Reds, pressing reforms, win wide peasant support in Java (New York Times, 27 March 1965)

New York Times, 27 March 1965, p.55, Neil Sheehan from Klaten, Central Java: on how the PKI and affiliates win peasant support through land-reform agitation and practical projects. Mrs. Sukarni, chair of the Klaten district women's organisation (Gerwani) and district committee member, says Gerwani works to remove restr