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GA-01028 1953-06-17 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Gerwis en het komende kabinet

Gerwis and the coming cabinet

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (17 Jun 1953, p.2): Gerwis issues a statement on the formation of a new cabinet, calling for one that repeals measures harming women and people. Its programme demands protection of working women (especially pregnant), curbing unemployment, a bigger education and culture budget, price control

GA-01046 1955-02-11 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Door vader gesloten huwelijk geldig? (de zaak Maisuri)

Marriage concluded by father valid? (the Maisuri case)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (11 Feb 1955, p.4): in a customary-court retrial in Tanjungraja, village girl Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, is defended by lawyer Mr Muwalladi provided by the women's association Gerwani. She had married Kojum, her own choice, and was sentenced with him and her