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2 itemsTopic: marriage law and polygamy ✕Place: Sumatra ✕Year: 1954 ✕
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GA-02806 1954 Monica Felton rel A licensed

Dawn Over the Equator (Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954)

Dawn Over the Equator: Monica Felton on the Second Gerwani Congress, 1954

Monica Felton (WIDF Vice-President) writes in 1954 on the Second Congress of Gerwani, which she attended: 349 delegates, 80,000 members, a meeting with President Sukarno, resolutions on West Irian, the 1955 elections, a nationwide marriage law, democratic rights and support for the government against armed gangs. She s

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