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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