GA-00652 1955-11-30 relevance A public
De Gerwani over het huwelijk (Gerwani on marriage), full page 30 Nov 1955
Gerwani on marriage: full page with four-point marriage programme
Whole scrambled page of De Locomotief, 30 Nov 1955, with the fullest text of Gerwani's four-point marriage programme for the Constituante: no coercion, abolition of child, forced and purchase marriages and mistresses, polygamy forbidden in principle, divorce open to both sexes before a court and support for divorced women. Also a Gerwani Semarang lecture evening citing PP 19/52; other items (Bintang Timur editor trial) unrelated.
Seluruh halaman De Locomotief 30 Nov 1955 yang acak, dengan teks paling lengkap program empat butir perkawinan Gerwani bagi Konstituante: tanpa paksaan, penghapusan kawin anak, paksa, beli dan pergundikan, poligami dilarang pada prinsipnya, cerai terbuka bagi kedua pihak di pengadilan dan nafkah bagi perempuan cerai. Juga acara ceramah Gerwani Semarang tentang PP 19/52; berita lain (sidang redaktur Bintang Timur) tak terkait.
“"Divorce: dissolution of the marriage must be possible at the request of both the man and the woman... Arbitrary repudiation [must be abolished]. A divorced woman who has no source of income [must be provided for]."”
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- 1955-11-30
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- De Locomotief
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- De Locomotief
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- Western mainstream press
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- 1955–1959
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Locomotief (1955-11-30) - De Gerwani over het huwelijk In principe moet poligamie worden verboden, page image [Delpher ddd-011178688-a0046].jpg
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- Poor (0.663) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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- full text read; OCR largely unreadable
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