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GA-00995 1954-04-06 Gazet Van Limburg rel B

Walgelijk gedoe in Djakarta (Gerwani-congres 1954)

Foolish business in Jakarta (Gerwani congress 1954)

Gazet van Limburg editorial item (6 Apr 1954, p.1) disapproving that communist MP Rie Lips-Odinot, vice-chair of the Dutch communist women's movement, attends the Jakarta congress of 'Gewani' (Gerwani) and speaks for the 'peace-loving part' of the Dutch people supporting Indonesia's claim to New Guinea. It also objects

GA-00961 1985-03-23 De Waarheid rel B

Volksverhuizing treft Papoea's

Population movement hits Papuans

De Waarheid report (23 Mar 1985, p.3) on a Dutch parliamentary committee debate criticising Indonesia's transmigration to West Papua. CPN MP Ina Brouwer, pressing minister Schoo on freedom of organisation, states that Gerwani, 'the progressive Indonesian women's movement' that once did much for women, is banned; Schoo