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2 itemsTopic: marriage law and polygamy ✕Publication: De Nieuwsgier ✕Year: 1956 ✕
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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.