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GA-00635 1954-08-24 De Locomotief rel B

Transmigratie naar Zuid-Sumatra (Transmigration to South Sumatra)

Transmigration to South Sumatra; Medan cooperation body resolution

De Locomotief, 24 Aug 1954: a note on 50 families transmigrating from Purwokerto to South Sumatra, and a brief item that the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional (BKN), to which PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, urged by resolution that the mayor be relieved of his post (text breaks off).

GA-00521 1954-11-30 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Congres „Gerwani”: Dwanghuwelijken dienen in modern Indonesië te worden afgeschaft (Kongres Gerwani: kawin paksa harus dihapus)

Gerwani congress: forced marriages must be abolished in modern Indonesia

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1954-11-30, p. 2): two-day congress of Gerwani's Bandung branch ('formerly Gerwis') sends sympathy to Maisoeri, a sixteen-year-old in South Sumatra jailed for refusing a forced marriage to a sixty-year-old, and calls for abolishing forced marriages. It also demands bans on 'modern dances' and

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-01226 1954-11-30 Java-Bode rel A

Congres van "Gerwani" (Gerwani congress, Bandung branch)

Gerwani congress (Bandung branch)

Java-Bode, 30 November 1954, p. 2: the Bandung branch of Gerwani (formerly Gerwis), at a two-day congress, sent sympathy to Maisuri, victim of a forced marriage in South Sumatra, and urged abolition of forced marriages. It also called for banning modern dances and immoral film imports, and backed the Ali-Arifin cabinet

GA-01227 1954-11-30 Java-Bode rel A

Java-Bode 30 November 1954, halaman: Congres van "Gerwani" (Gerwani congress; whole page)

Java-Bode 30 Nov 1954, page: Gerwani congress (whole page)

Whole-page OCR of Java-Bode, 30 November 1954, p. 2. The only Gerwani item is the Bandung branch congress: sympathy for Maisuri (forced marriage victim), call to abolish forced marriage, ban modern dances and immoral films, and support for the Ali-Arifin cabinet. Other articles cover West Irian at the UN, the Chinese a

GA-01142 1954-12-04 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Congres van Gerwani (Gerwani congress, Bandung branch)

Gerwani congress (Bandung branch)

Short item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 4 Dec 1954, p. 3: the two-day congress of the Bandung branch of Gerwani (formerly Gerwis) sends sympathy to Maisuri, a South Sumatran girl in a forced marriage, calls for abolition of forced marriage, bans on 'modern dances' and 'immoral' films, and backs the Ali-Arifin cabi

GA-01143 1954-12-04 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Congres van Gerwani (Gerwani congress; newspaper page of early December 1954)

Gerwani congress (newspaper page, early December 1954)

Whole newspaper page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, c. 1-4 Dec 1954 (columns interleaved). Gerwani-relevant item: Bandung branch congress backs Maisuri, opposes forced marriage and 'immoral' films, supports the Ali cabinet. Other articles: PRN women's congress, no-confidence motion, West Irian at the UN, Bogor confe