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Berichten uit Tegal (Reports from Tegal)

Reports from Tegal: revived Kowani representation

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De Locomotief, 21 Nov 1953, Tegal reports: the local KOWANI representation was revived on 28 Aug under Mrs Sarwono, uniting ten women's organisations including Gerwis, Perwari-type groups, Muslimat, Aisjiah and Bhayangkari. It collected money and clothes for terror victims and planned to mark KOWANI's 25th anniversary on 22 Dec. Other items (fish auction, committee appointments) are unrelated.

De Locomotief, 21 Nov 1953, berita Tegal: perwakilan KOWANI setempat diaktifkan kembali pada 28 Agu di bawah Ibu Sarwono, menyatukan sepuluh organisasi perempuan termasuk Gerwis, Muslimat, Aisyiyah dan Bhayangkari. Mengumpulkan uang dan pakaian untuk korban teror serta merencanakan peringatan 25 tahun KOWANI pada 22 Des. Berita lain (lelang ikan, susunan panitia) tak terkait.

“"Ten women's organisations active here are united in the Representation, namely the PPI, Wanita Demokrat, ... Muslimat, Aisjiah, ... Gerwis, ..."”

People

Sarwono

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's CongressMuslimat (unspecified)AisyiyahIndonesian Christian Women's AssociationBhayangkariPersit Kartika Chandra KiranaDemocratic Women (PNI women's wing)

Places

IndonesiaTegalCentral Java

Topics

Gerwiswomen's rights and emancipationcongresses and meetings

Tags

fundraising

Details

Date
1953-11-21
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 (1953-11-21) - Berichten uit Tegal [Delpher ddd-011178121-a0073].txt
OCR / text
Poor (0.611) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
full text read; OCR largely unreadable

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