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GA-00673 1952-04-17 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Gerwis protesteert (Gerwis protests)

Gerwis protests Egyptian ban on women voting

De Nieuwsgier, 17 Apr 1952: Gerwis hands a letter to the Egyptian consulate protesting the Cairo governor's decision that women may not take part in Egyptian elections, and urges Egypt to withdraw it. Early example of Gerwis's international women's-rights solidarity.

GA-00682 1953-03-31 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Vrouwencongres in Djakarta (Women's congress in Jakarta)

Women's congress in Jakarta initiated by Gerwis

De Nieuwsgier, 31 Mar 1953: on Gerwis's initiative a conference of women's organisation representatives from across Indonesia will meet in Jakarta on 2-3 April to collect data on Indonesian women's social, economic and political struggle, discuss the WIDF world women's congress in Denmark in June and consider sending a

GA-00704 1955-11-28 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Konstituante en huwelijkswetgeving: Verklaring van de Gerwani (Constituent Assembly and marriage legislation: Gerwani statement)

Constituent Assembly and marriage legislation: Gerwani statement

De Nieuwsgier item (28 Nov 1955) reporting a Gerwani central board statement: speaking of the president's household while ignoring the fight for a democratic marriage law is pointless. It urges women to vote so the Konstituante secures women's rights per the UN Declaration, citing the forced marriage of Maisuri of Tanj

GA-00705 1955-11-30 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Protest tegen schoonheidswedstrijd (Protest against beauty contest)

Protest against beauty contest: Gerwani condemns 'Bunga Indonesia' contest

Short De Nieuwsgier item (30 Nov 1955): Gerwani, via board member Maria Ulfa Santoso, publicly condemned a planned "Bunga Indonesia" beauty contest by Gadjah Mada University students in Yogyakarta; student representatives were to travel to Jakarta to talk with the Gerwani board.

GA-00708 1956-01-05 De Nieuwsgier rel A

De Gerwani en mevrouw Fatmawati (Gerwani and Mrs. Fatmawati)

Gerwani and Mrs Fatmawati: statement on a private divorce matter

De Nieuwsgier item (5 Jan 1956) on a Gerwani statement about Fatmawati Sukarno's divorce request: Gerwani calls it a private matter, defends free democratic marriage, regrets that certain parties exploited it to undermine national unity and the president's name, and uses it to demand a democratic marriage law.

GA-00713 1956-04-17 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Mevr. Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Umi Sardjono in parliament)

Mrs Umi Sardjono in parliament pleads for national marriage legislation

Short De Nieuwsgier parliamentary note (17 Apr 1956): Umi Sardjono (listed as Pembangunan faction) spoke on the fate of Indonesian women, still unprotected by marriage legislation, and pleaded for national marriage legislation.