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2 itemsTopic: women's rights and emancipation ✕Publication: De Nieuwsgier ✕Year: 1955 ✕
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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.