Action against widows' pensions continues
De Locomotief, 14 Oct 1952, city news: a Semarang meeting of the committee rejecting Government Regulation 19/52 on widows' pensions for civil servants with multiple wives draws great interest from women's organisations. Twelve bodies including SOBSI, Lekra, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwis reject the law and decide to continue the action. Links Gerwis to the polygamy campaign.
De Locomotief, 14 Okt 1952, berita kota: rapat panitia penolak Peraturan Pemerintah 19/52 tentang pensiun janda pegawai negeri dengan lebih dari satu istri di Semarang menarik minat besar organisasi perempuan. Dua belas badan termasuk SOBSI, Lekra, Pemuda Rakjat dan Gerwis menolak peraturan itu dan memutuskan melanjutkan aksi. Mengaitkan Gerwis dengan kampanye antipoligami.
“"12 representatives of parties and organisations, among them Sobsi, Lekra, ... Pemuda Rakjat, ... Gerwis and PSII, rejected the law in question and decided to continue the action."”
Historia article (2018) on the 1953 women's campaign against Government Regulation 19/1952 giving civil-service pensions to all widows of polygynous officials, including the 17 Dec 1953 mass meeting at Deca Park attended by Gerwani and others. Context on the anti-polygamy movement.
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De Nieuwsgier, 28 Aug 1952: Minister Suroso meets representatives of about a dozen women's organisations, including Gerwis, Wanita Demokrat Indonesia, Muslimat and PPI, about Government Regulation 19 on pensions for civil servants' widows (with plural wives). Several associations urge withdrawal. Shows Gerwis among the
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Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 23 July 1952 (full issue; p. 3 relevant). Article by Umi Sardjono on Government Regulation 19/1952 (widows' pensions): nearly all women's organisations object, some demanding repeal, others accepting pensions but opposing polygamy. She says the rules in effect encourage polygamy, and recalls tha
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De Locomotief, 17 Dec 1953: about a hundred women from seven Semarang associations, led by Perwari and including Gerwis, ride 40 becaks to the Governor's Office to petition for a marriage law securing women's legal position and for a freeze on the 1952 regulation giving pensions to second-to-fourth wives. A Gedung Rakj
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Indische Courant voor Nederland, 23 Dec 1953, p. 3: over 2,000 women led by Perwari march in Jakarta against the amendment of Government Regulation 19 on marriage conditions and demand a marriage law; in Semarang, seven women's groups including Gerwis petition the Central Java governor.
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De Locomotief, 30 Nov 1955: Gerwani Semarang held an evening of lectures by board members on women's rights and the inequality kept in force by Government Regulation 19 (1952 pensions for plural wives). Speakers recalled the organisation's help in vote counting and childcare centres during the elections. Text partly ga
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Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 7 July 1952 (full issue; pp. 2, 4 relevant). Ny. Mudigdo (Mudigdio), MP, questions the government about a secret Attorney-General circular of 1 February 1952 ordering tough action against 'press crimes'. P. 4 prints a resolution of Wanita Demokrat Indonesia opposing Government Regulation 19/1952
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Java-Bode, 18 December 1953, p. 2: news column reporting that a hundred women from seven Semarang women's associations, led by Perwari and joined by Gerwis, presented a petition to Central Java governor Budiono supporting a Perwari central board motion. Other snippets (hospital openings, Davao vice-consulate) are unrel
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