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Een groot en sterk volk strijdt voor een beter leven (Rie Lips over Java)

A great and strong people fights for a better life: Rie Lips on Java

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De Waarheid, 12 May 1954, p. 5: opening of an interview with Rie Lips, vice-chair of the NVB, back from six weeks on Java after the Gerwis/Gerwani congress. She rejects stereotypes of Indonesians as lazy, dirty or stupid, citing women who work in factories or walk hours to attend meetings of the women's movement, 'the Gerwani'. Early use of the name Gerwani in the Dutch press.

De Waarheid, 12 Mei 1954, hlm. 5: pembuka wawancara dengan Rie Lips, wakil ketua NVB, yang kembali dari enam minggu di Jawa setelah kongres Gerwis/Gerwani. Ia menolak stereotip orang Indonesia malas, kotor, atau bodoh, dengan contoh perempuan yang bekerja di pabrik atau berjalan berjam-jam menghadiri rapat gerakan perempuan, 'Gerwani'. Pemakaian awal nama Gerwani di pers Belanda.

“Relevance raised from C: eyewitness view of Gerwani meetings by a foreign congress guest.”

People

Rie Lips-Odinot

Organisations

Dutch Women's MovementIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

JavaIndonesiaNetherlands

Events

Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani

Topics

Gerwani organisationcongresses and meetingswomen's rights and emancipationWIDF and international women's movementNetherlands

Tags

interview

Details

Date
1954-05-12
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 (1954-05-12) - EEN GROOT EN STERK VOLK strijdt voor een beter leven [Delpher ddd-010369268-a0108].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.896) · 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)
Summary basis
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