GA-00682 1953-03-31 relevance A public
Vrouwencongres in Djakarta (Women's congress in Jakarta)
Women's congress in Jakarta initiated by Gerwis
De Nieuwsgier, 31 Mar 1953: on Gerwis's initiative a conference of women's organisation representatives from across Indonesia will meet in Jakarta on 2-3 April to collect data on Indonesian women's social, economic and political struggle, discuss the WIDF world women's congress in Denmark in June and consider sending a delegation.
De Nieuwsgier, 31 Mar 1953: atas prakarsa Gerwis, konferensi wakil organisasi perempuan se-Indonesia akan diadakan di Jakarta 2-3 April untuk mengumpulkan data perjuangan sosial, ekonomi dan politik perempuan Indonesia, membahas kongres perempuan sedunia WIDF di Denmark pada Juni, dan mempertimbangkan pengiriman delegasi.
“"On the initiative of the Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sadar (Gerwis), a conference of representatives of women's organisations from all over Indonesia will be held in Djakarta on 2 and 3 April next."”
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- Date
- 1953-03-31
- Creator
- De Nieuwsgier
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- De Nieuwsgier
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- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1950–1954
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- Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Nieuwsgier (1953-03-31) - Vrouwencongres in Djakarta [Delpher ddd-010477188-a0067].txt
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- Good (0.931) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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