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2 itemsTopic: Gerwani organisation ✕Place: Tanjung Raja ✕Publication: Java-Bode ✕
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GA-01230 1955-02-10 Java-Bode rel A

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

Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl

Java-Bode, 10 February 1955, p. 2: report that the customary court at Tanjungraja began re-examining the Maisuri case on appeal. Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, married her chosen partner Kojum instead and was sentenced with him and her uncle to six months. Prominent Palembang women and Sout

GA-01234 1955-11-29 Java-Bode rel A

Gerwani over positie van de vrouw in de huwelijkse staat (Gerwani on the position of women in marriage)

Gerwani on the position of women in marriage

Java-Bode, 29 November 1955, p. 2: Gerwani central board secretariat statement on women's position in marriage, ahead of the Konstituante elections and amid the 'first lady' issue. It says women's constitutional rights are not respected, citing the Maisuri forced-marriage case, and blames governments' failure to enact