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GA-00823 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië viert Internationale Kinderdag: op 4000 gerekend, er kwamen er 25.000

Indonesia celebrates International Children's Day: 25,000 came instead of 4,000

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: correspondent's report on Indonesia's first International Children's Day, held in Jakarta on 1 June 1951 with some 25,000 children instead of the expected 4,000. Initiated by the young women's organisation Gerwis, supported by Chinese groups, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI and the Peasants' Union

GA-00829 1952-01-16 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie eist invoering van huwelijkswet

Indonesian women's organisation demands introduction of a marriage law

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 5: correspondent report from Surabaya on Gerwis's annual congress (Dec 1951), whose main resolution demands a marriage law setting minimum ages (men 20, women 17) against widespread child marriage, and giving local women's organisations the role of monitoring compliance and prosecuting viol

GA-00851 1953-08-14 De Waarheid rel A

Dierbare zusters (NVB-groet aan Indonesische vrouwen)

Dear sisters: Dutch Women's Movement greeting to Indonesian women

De Waarheid, 14 Aug 1953, p. 3: open letter from the NVB chair G. Blokker-de Groot congratulating 'dear Indonesian sisters' on the eighth anniversary of the Republic, praising Gerwis as a sister organisation of great significance in women's struggle for equality. Recalls the Dutch and Indonesian women's meeting at the

GA-00857 1954-01-27 De Waarheid rel A

Met het congres van de Gerwis in zicht

With the Gerwis congress in sight: Jakarta feature on preparations

De Waarheid, 27 Jan 1954, p. 5: correspondent's Jakarta feature ahead of Gerwis's second congress (opening 26 March 1954), describing its literacy courses, hygiene campaigns, defence of women under customary law, wage struggles (Sampurna cigarette factory Surabaya, Kaliklatak coffee estate) with SARBUPRI, and the mass

GA-00864 1954-03-24 De Waarheid rel B

In het hierbij gepubliceerde verhaal wordt... (inleiding bij verhaal over strijd tegen polygamie)

Introduction to a story on the struggle against polygamy in West Java

De Waarheid, 24 Mar 1954, p. 5: editorial caption introducing a published story about a local victory against polygamy in West Java a few months earlier through united action. It says the issue is also on the agenda at the Gerwis congress that has just begun, attended by Rie Lips-Odinot. The story itself is not part of