GA-01234 1955-11-29 relevance A public
Gerwani over positie van de vrouw in de huwelijkse staat (Gerwani on the position of women in marriage)
Gerwani on the position of women in marriage
Java-Bode, 29 November 1955, p. 2: Gerwani central board secretariat statement on women's position in marriage, ahead of the Konstituante elections and amid the 'first lady' issue. It says women's constitutional rights are not respected, citing the Maisuri forced-marriage case, and blames governments' failure to enact a democratic marriage law. The text ends abruptly.
Java-Bode, 29 November 1955, hlm. 2: pernyataan sekretariat pengurus pusat Gerwani tentang kedudukan perempuan dalam perkawinan menjelang pemilu Konstituante dan polemik 'ibu negara'. Hak perempuan dalam UUD belum dihormati; kasus kawin paksa Maisuri dijadikan contoh dan pemerintah dinilai gagal membuat UU perkawinan demokratis. Teks terputus.
“There is as yet no democratic marriage law that guarantees the interests of man, wife and children in married life (p. 2).”
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