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GA-00766 1952-08-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Imperialisten en prostitutie (Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis meeting)

Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis public meeting at East Java conference

De Vrije Pers report (2 Aug 1952) on a public meeting during the Gerwis East Java conference in Surabaya. Miss Sulami explained Gerwis as anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist, opposed the widows' pension rule as promoting polygamy, blamed polygamy on the lack of a marriage law and prostitution on imperialist-caused pov

GA-00784 1954-06-01 De Vrije Pers rel A

GERWANI (Gerwani conference, Surabaya)

Gerwani conference in Surabaya: renewing programme and board

De Vrije Pers item (1 Jun 1954) on a Gerwani conference in Surabaya: renewing programme and board, aiming to raise membership two- to fourfold with sub-branches in all wards, endorsing the Jakarta congress decisions (marriage law, democratic rights, H-bomb), demanding dissolution of the city council, backing peasants i

GA-00789 1954-08-31 De Vrije Pers rel A

Aan de Zoute Rivier: Gerwani (Gerwani East Java conference)

Gerwani East Java conference ends with reception and performance

De Vrije Pers note (31 Aug 1954) on the Gerwani East Java conference, which ended with a reception and artistic performance at the Stadstuin in Surabaya. Topics discussed included the draft marriage law, the multi-wife pension regulation, the elections, food prices and pornographic reading matter and films.