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Indonesische vrouwen in de sigarettenindustrie en het Gerwis-congres (fotobijschrift)

Indonesian women in the cigarette industry and the Gerwis congress (photo caption)

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De Waarheid, 10 Mar 1954, p. 5: photo caption only, stating that Indonesian women work in the cigarette industry, often have to struggle for better working conditions, and that the Gerwis congress is also of great significance for them. Accompanies the NVB's pre-congress coverage; no further text.

De Waarheid, 10 Mar 1954, hlm. 5: hanya keterangan foto bahwa perempuan Indonesia bekerja di industri rokok, sering harus berjuang untuk syarat kerja lebih baik, dan kongres Gerwis juga sangat berarti bagi mereka. Menyertai liputan NVB menjelang kongres; tanpa teks lain.

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Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)

Places

Indonesia

Events

Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani

Topics

Gerwislabour and workerscongresses and meetings

Tags

photo reportfactorieswomen's labour rights

Details

Date
1954-03-10
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 (1954-03-10) - Indonesische vrouwen werken in de sigarettenindustrie. Vaak moeten ej strijd [Delpher ddd-010369216-a0110].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.892) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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