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GA-00793 1954-11-30 De Vrije Pers rel B

Kortom (In brief; Gerwani Bandung and Maisuri)

In brief: Gerwani Bandung congress sends sympathy to Maisuri

Column of short news items in De Vrije Pers (30 Nov 1954). Relevant item: a two-day Gerwani congress of the Bandung branch decided to send a message of sympathy to Maisuri, a young woman in South Sumatra who suffered a "forced marriage". Other items are unrelated world news.

GA-03011 2024 rel B

Ogah Dipaksa Kawin, Maisuri Kawin Lari Berujung Dibui (Historia, 2024)

Refusing forced marriage, Maisuri eloped and was jailed (Historia, 2024)

Historia article (24 July 2024) on the 1954-55 Maisuri case in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra: a girl forced into marriage to an elderly man with three wives fled, eloped and was jailed by an adat court. A forced-marriage case later taken up in Gerwani's campaigns.