GA-00829 1952-01-16 relevance A public
Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie eist invoering van huwelijkswet
Indonesian women's organisation demands introduction of a marriage law
De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 5: correspondent report from Surabaya on Gerwis's annual congress (Dec 1951), whose main resolution demands a marriage law setting minimum ages (men 20, women 17) against widespread child marriage, and giving local women's organisations the role of monitoring compliance and prosecuting violators. Early evidence of the marriage-law campaign central to Gerwis/Gerwani.
De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, hlm. 5: laporan koresponden dari Surabaya tentang kongres tahunan Gerwis (Des 1951); resolusi utamanya menuntut undang-undang perkawinan dengan usia minimum (pria 20, perempuan 17) untuk melawan kawin anak, serta peran organisasi perempuan setempat mengawasi dan menuntut pelanggar. Bukti awal kampanye UU perkawinan yang sentral bagi Gerwis/Gerwani.
“Relevance raised from C: substantive report on a Gerwis congress and its marriage-law demand.”
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- Date
- 1952-01-16
- 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
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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 Waarheid (1952-01-16) - Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie eist invoering van huwelijkswet [Delpher ddd-010368725-a0114].txt
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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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