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Vrouwen van Indonesië (bespreking van het boekje van de Vrouwengroep Komitee Indonesië)

Women of Indonesia (review of the Komitee Indonesie women's group booklet)

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De Waarheid review (4 Mar 1981, p.8) by Joop Morriën of a Vrouwengroep Komitee Indonesië booklet 'Vrouwen van Indonesië: strijd om bestaan'. It covers women's position under colonialism, adat and Islam, rural-urban migration and prostitution after 1965, and ends with a chapter on NVB–Gerwani solidarity with recollections by Annie A. [OCR-truncated] and Heiltje de Vos.

Resensi De Waarheid (4 Mar 1981, hlm. 8) oleh Joop Morriën atas buklet Vrouwengroep Komitee Indonesië 'Vrouwen van Indonesië: strijd om bestaan'. Isinya posisi perempuan di bawah kolonialisme, adat dan Islam, urbanisasi dan pelacuran pasca-1965, serta bab penutup tentang solidaritas NVB–Gerwani dengan kenangan Annie A. (nama terpotong OCR) dan Heiltje de Vos.

“A closing chapter points to the cooperation and solidarity between the Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging (NVB) and Gerwani (p. 8).”

People

Joop MorriënKartiniHeiltje de VosSuharto

Organisations

Vrouwengroep Komitee IndonesiëIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Dutch Women's Movement

Places

IndonesiaNetherlandsAmsterdamWest Sumatra

Topics

Gerwani organisationwomen's rights and emancipationNetherlandsWIDF and international women's movementlabour and workers

Tags

reviewsolidarity

Details

Date
1981-03-04
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 (1981-03-04) - Vrouwen van Indonesië [Delpher ddd-010377327-a0137].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.853) · 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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