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GA-00856 1954-01-23 De Waarheid rel B

Illustraties uit de Pegasus-uitgave over Indonesië door Joop Wolff, 'Uit het rijk der duizend eilanden'

Illustrations from Joop Wolff's book on Indonesia: review mentions Gerwis marriage-law struggle

De Waarheid, 23 Jan 1954, p. 6: Annie Averink's review of Joop Wolff's Pegasus book 'Uit het rijk der duizend eilanden', based on a trip to Indonesia after the SOBSI congress of late 1952, with colonial-contrast views of Jakarta and kampongs. It notes that Gerwis, which organises workers' and peasants' wives, leads wom

GA-00868 1954-05-12 De Waarheid rel A

Een groot en sterk volk strijdt voor een beter leven (Rie Lips over Java)

A great and strong people fights for a better life: Rie Lips on Java

De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: opening of an interview with Rie Lips, vice-chair of the NVB, back from six weeks on Java after the Gerwis/Gerwani congress. She rejects stereotypes of Indonesians as lazy, dirty or stupid, citing women who work in factories or walk hours to attend meetings of the women's movement, 'the