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GA-00857 1954-01-27 De Waarheid rel A

Met het congres van de Gerwis in zicht

With the Gerwis congress in sight: Jakarta feature on preparations

De Waarheid, 27 Jan 1954, p. 5: correspondent's Jakarta feature ahead of Gerwis's second congress (opening 26 March 1954), describing its literacy courses, hygiene campaigns, defence of women under customary law, wage struggles (Sampurna cigarette factory Surabaya, Kaliklatak coffee estate) with SARBUPRI, and the mass

GA-00858 1954-01-28 De Waarheid rel B

Toch warmte, ondanks koude op Indonesische avond

Warmth despite cold on the Indonesian evening: NVB Amsterdam event report

De Waarheid, 28 Jan 1954, p. 2: report on the NVB Amsterdam 'Indonesia evening' attended by about 200 women, with krontjong music, a reading from Multatuli, a film from the High Commission, and Annie Averink's speech on Indonesia's colonial past and on Gerwis's tens of thousands of members campaigning for a democratic

GA-00870 1954-05-12 De Waarheid rel A

Op de plantages (Rie Lips vertelt over Indonesië)

On the plantations: Rie Lips tells about Indonesia

De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: Rie Lips's account of her Java trip: plantation workers' wages (about 3 rupiah per day), child labour on tea and rubber estates, and volunteer village schools. Quotes the Gerwani congress appeal that those who can read should teach others; Soviet delegate Alexandra Kolopowa speaks; photo

GA-00874 1954-09-29 De Waarheid rel A

Damai, vrede (Sowjet-vrouwen op bezoek in Indonesië)

Peace: Soviet women visit Indonesia (account by Soviet delegates)

De Waarheid, 29 Sep 1954, p. 5: Dutch printing of an account from Soviet Woman by Soviet delegates Alexandra Cholopowa and Jekaterina Sjeweljowa on their three-week visit to Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation. They describe the word 'damai' (peace), women workers' and plantation conditions in East Java and Bandung, the

GA-00876 1954-12-15 De Waarheid rel A

Kinderarbeid op plantages

Child labour on plantations: Pariani's Harian Rakjat article summarised

De Waarheid, 15 Dec 1954, p. 5: summary of an article by Pariani, Gerwani board member, in Harian Rakjat on child labour on Indonesian plantations. She notes laws banning it and unequal pay are not applied in practice; Dutch rubber estates use a quota system so families must bring wives and children to work. She urges