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GA-01108 1951-09-01 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Onderzoekingen in Noord-Molukken (column; Trimurti's Sumatra tour)

Investigations in North Moluccas (column; Trimurti's Sumatra tour)

Brief news column, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 1 Sep 1951, p. 1. Only Gerwani-relevant item: Mrs Trimurti, chairwoman of the women's organisation 'Sedar' (Gerwis), is on an orientation tour of Sumatra, now in West Sumatra and due in Palembang at month's end. Rest concerns a North Moluccas research expedition.

GA-01145 1955-02-16 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Heronderzoek dwanghuwelijk van minderjarig meisje (Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl; Maisuri case)

Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl (Maisuri case)

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Feb 1955, p. 3: the customary court at Tanjungraja re-examines the Maisuri case, a village girl forced to marry a 45-year-old hadji who sentenced her and her chosen husband to six months. Gerwani South Sumatra delegates attend; Gerwani and other women's groups made it a national issu