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Indonesië viert Internationale Kinderdag: op 4000 gerekend, er kwamen er 25.000

Indonesia celebrates International Children's Day: 25,000 came instead of 4,000

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De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: correspondent's report on Indonesia's first International Children's Day, held in Jakarta on 1 June 1951 with some 25,000 children instead of the expected 4,000. Initiated by the young women's organisation Gerwis, supported by Chinese groups, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI and the Peasants' Union (RTI). Secretary Kartinah read a resolution demanding lower war spending and a children's holiday.

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, hlm. 5: laporan koresponden tentang Hari Anak Internasional pertama di Indonesia, di Jakarta 1 Juni 1951, dihadiri sekitar 25.000 anak dari perkiraan 4.000. Digagas organisasi perempuan muda Gerwis, didukung kelompok Tionghoa, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI, dan Rukun Tani Indonesia. Sekretaris Kartinah membacakan resolusi yang menuntut pengurangan anggaran perang dan hari libur anak.

“Het initiatief werd genomen door de zeer jonge Indonesische vrouwenbeweging Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sadar, kortweg Gerwis (p. 5).”

People

Kartinah

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)People's YouthAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationRukun Tani Indonesia

Places

JakartaIndonesia

Topics

Gerwispeace and anti-imperialismWIDF and international women's movementwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

international children's day

Details

Date
1951-07-19
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
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 Waarheid (1951-07-19) - Indonesië viert Internationale Kinderdag Op 4000 gerekend – er kwamen er 25.000 [Delpher ddd-010852602-a0090].txt
OCR / text
Poor (0.74) · 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)
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