Browse · Gerwani Archive

GA-01112 1952-04-30 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Indonesië herdacht geboortedag van Raden Adjeng Kartini (Indonesia commemorates Kartini's birthday)

Indonesia commemorates Kartini's birthday

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Apr 1952, p. 2: report on Kartini Day commemorations in Jakarta, Bandung, The Hague and the US. At a packed Garden Hall meeting in Jakarta organised by women's and girls' associations including Gerwis and PPI, the audience sang the Kartini song and observed a minute's silence.

GA-01148 1955-12-03 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Gerwani over positie van de vrouw in de huwelijkse staat (Gerwani on the position of women in marriage)

Gerwani on the position of women in marriage

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 3 Dec 1955, p. 3: statement by the Gerwani central board secretariat, citing the Maisuri case, that women's constitutional rights are not respected without a democratic marriage law. Urges women to take part in Konstituante elections and rejects the 'first lady' debate as divisive and a