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Congres van Gerwani (Gerwani congress; newspaper page of early December 1954)

Gerwani congress (newspaper page, early December 1954)

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Whole newspaper page, Indische Courant voor Nederland, c. 1-4 Dec 1954 (columns interleaved). Gerwani-relevant item: Bandung branch congress backs Maisuri, opposes forced marriage and 'immoral' films, supports the Ali cabinet. Other articles: PRN women's congress, no-confidence motion, West Irian at the UN, Bogor conference plans.

Halaman penuh Indische Courant voor Nederland, sekitar 1-4 Des 1954 (kolom tercampur). Butir relevan Gerwani: kongres cabang Bandung mendukung Maisuri, menentang kawin paksa dan film 'tak senonoh', mendukung kabinet Ali. Artikel lain: kongres wanita PRN, mosi tidak percaya, Irian Barat di PBB, rencana konferensi Bogor.

“'The Bandung branch of the Gerwani put itself behind the Ali-Arifin cabinet, mainly because of the security policy of the present cabinet.' (p.3)”

People

MaisuriSukarnoAli SastroamidjojoDjody GondokusumoSunaryo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Wanita NasionalNational People's PartyCommunist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationMasyumiIndonesian Socialist Party

Places

BandungSouth SumatraJakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)Bogor

Topics

Gerwani organisationmarriage law and polygamycongresses and meetingsWest Irian campaignelections and parliament

Tags

regional conferencefull-page scanmorality campaigns

Details

Date
1954-12-04
Creator
Indische Courant Voor Nederland
Publication
Indische Courant Voor Nederland
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (image))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream 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)/Indische Courant Voor Nederland (1954-12-04) - Congres van Gerwani, page image [Delpher MMKB19-000293042-a00047].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.853) · proof-reading: key passages (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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