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GA-01034 1953-10-28 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Tegen het gedwongen huwelijk (Gerwis-conferentie, oktober 1953)

Against forced marriage (Gerwis conference, October 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Oct 1953, p.2): at its 25 October conference the Jakarta women's organisation Gerwis resolved on 'Menteng 31' (supporting its return to youth but asking the government to rehouse the girls living there) and on a forced marriage of a 60-year-old man to a 14-year-old schoolgirl, expressing

GA-00853 1953-11-18 De Waarheid rel A

Conferentie van Gerwis te Bandung: nieuwe huwelijkswet noodzakelijk

Gerwis conference in Bandung: new marriage law necessary

De Waarheid, 18 Nov 1953, p. 5: short report that the West Java branches of Gerwis ended a two-day conference in Bandung, adopting a resolution demanding that the government draft a new marriage law quickly and set minimum labour conditions for women workers. Same item notes a SARBUPRI strike of about 200 workers at th