GA-00263 1954-06-01 relevance B public
Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 Jun 1954)
Conditions in Indonesia (Morning Bulletin, 1 June 1954)
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), 1 June 1954, p. 9, report of Allison Dickie, Victorian president of the Union of Australian Women, on her return from an Indonesian women's conference in Jakarta (360 delegates for 60,000 women; Dutch WIDF delegates present). She describes sex equality in the provisional constitution but substandard wages, Javanese peasant women's labour, polygamy and child marriage with women demanding repeal, illiteracy cut from 90 to about 52 percent, and the coming first election. The organising body is not named.
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), 1 Juni 1954, hlm. 9, laporan Allison Dickie, ketua cabang Victoria Persatuan Wanita Australia, sepulang dari konferensi wanita Indonesia di Jakarta (360 delegasi mewakili 60.000 wanita; delegasi Belanda dari GWDS hadir). Ia menggambarkan persamaan jenis kelamin dalam UUDS tetapi upah di bawah standar, kerja wanita tani Jawa, poligami dan perkawinan anak yang ingin dicabut wanita, buta huruf turun dari 90 ke sekitar 52 persen, dan pemilu pertama. Penyelenggara tidak disebut.
“Mrs Dickie attended as Australian observer a conference of Indonesian women at Jakarta of 360 delegates representing 60,000 women; Indonesian women were leading the struggle demanding repeal of the polygamy law (p. 9).”
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