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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-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-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.