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GA-00870 1954-05-12 De Waarheid rel A

Op de plantages (Rie Lips vertelt over Indonesië)

On the plantations: Rie Lips tells about Indonesia

De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: Rie Lips's account of her Java trip: plantation workers' wages (about 3 rupiah per day), child labour on tea and rubber estates, and volunteer village schools. Quotes the Gerwani congress appeal that those who can read should teach others; Soviet delegate Alexandra Kolopowa speaks; photo

GA-00876 1954-12-15 De Waarheid rel A

Kinderarbeid op plantages

Child labour on plantations: Pariani's Harian Rakjat article summarised

De Waarheid, 15 Dec 1954, p. 5: summary of an article by Pariani, Gerwani board member, in Harian Rakjat on child labour on Indonesian plantations. She notes laws banning it and unequal pay are not applied in practice; Dutch rubber estates use a quota system so families must bring wives and children to work. She urges