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Indonesische vrouwen (lezing Mieke Lokkerbol)

Indonesian women (lecture by Mieke Lokkerbol)

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De Waarheid report (2 May 1980, p.5) of a talk by Mieke Lokkerbol of Komitee Indonesië on the Indonesian women's movement from Kartini to Gerwani. It describes Gerwani's programme (marriage law, rape penalties, labour law, schooling, health, price control), claims 1.5 million members in 1963, its ban after 1965, and mass arrest, rape and killing of members.

Laporan De Waarheid (2 Mei 1980, hlm. 5) tentang ceramah Mieke Lokkerbol dari Komitee Indonesië mengenai gerakan perempuan Indonesia dari Kartini hingga Gerwani. Dipaparkan program Gerwani (UU perkawinan, hukuman pemerkosaan, hukum perburuhan, wajib belajar, kesehatan, kontrol harga), klaim 1,5 juta anggota pada 1963, pelarangan pasca-1965, serta penangkapan, pemerkosaan, dan pembunuhan anggota.

“In 1963 Gerwani already counted one and a half million members... After 1965 Gerwani was banned. Thousands of members were arrested, raped and killed (p. 5).”

People

Mieke LokkerbolKartini

Organisations

Komitee IndonesiëIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

IndonesiaNetherlands

Topics

Gerwani organisationwomen's rights and emancipationmarriage law and polygamy1965 coup and aftermatharrests and detentionkillings 1965–66

Tags

speech textseminarstatutes and programmekartini day

Details

Date
1980-05-02
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
1980–1998
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 (1980-05-02) - Indonesische vrouwen [Delpher ddd-010376998-a0071].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.804) · 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)
Summary basis
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