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GA-00766 1952-08-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Imperialisten en prostitutie (Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis meeting)

Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis public meeting at East Java conference

De Vrije Pers report (2 Aug 1952) on a public meeting during the Gerwis East Java conference in Surabaya. Miss Sulami explained Gerwis as anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist, opposed the widows' pension rule as promoting polygamy, blamed polygamy on the lack of a marriage law and prostitution on imperialist-caused pov

GA-00777 1953-12-31 De Vrije Pers rel C

Bloemlezing uit het nieuws (News anthology; Moestopo defends polygamy)

News anthology: Moestopo defends polygamy and pensions for four wives

News digest in De Vrije Pers (31 Dec 1953). Colonel Dr. Moestopo, for the "Corps of Fighting Women", defended polygamy and the pension rule for up to four wives, arguing withdrawal would stimulate prostitution. Gerwis is not named, but this is context for the contemporary polygamy debate.