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Salatiga: Gerwis-vergadering over arbeidsbescherming (Salatiga: Gerwis meeting on labour protection)

Salatiga: Gerwis meeting on labour protection

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De Locomotief, 23 Nov 1950: Salatiga news column. A well-attended Gerwis (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar) meeting with local women's organisations, addressed by central board members on the 1948 Labour Ordinance, adopts a motion urging the government to enforce article 13 on protection of women workers, which employers ignore. Other items are local.

De Locomotief, 23 Nov 1950: kolom berita Salatiga. Rapat Gerwis (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar) yang ramai dihadiri bersama organisasi perempuan setempat, dengan pembicara pengurus pusat tentang Undang-Undang Kerja 1948, mengesahkan mosi yang mendesak pemerintah menerapkan pasal 13 tentang perlindungan buruh perempuan yang diabaikan majikan. Berita lain bersifat lokal.

“"By means of a motion the Gerwis urged the Government to apply article 13 concerning the protection of women workers, since in Gerwis's opinion this provision is simply being ignored by the employers."”

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)

Places

IndonesiaSalatigaCentral Java

Topics

Gerwislabour and workerswomen's rights and emancipationcongresses and meetings

Tags

women's labour rights

Details

Date
1950-11-23
Creator
De Locomotief
Publication
De Locomotief
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Locomotief (1950-11-23) - Salatiga [Delpher ddd-010862790-a0050].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.89) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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