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Perwari, Indonesia's Largest Women's Organization, Joins Asian Women Leaders (Assail Polygamy)
Daily Worker, 13 May 1955: Perwari, Indonesia's largest women's organisation, joins Asian women leaders (assail polygamy
Page 8 of the Daily Worker (New York, 13 May 1955). A short Djakarta dispatch (12 May) reports that the central committee of Perwari, described as Indonesia's largest women's organisation, joined Pakistani women in criticising Prime Minister Mohammed Ali's second marriage, and recalls Perwari's protest the previous year against President Sukarno's second marriage. Gerwani is not named; the rest of the page is New York news.
Halaman 8 Daily Worker (New York, 13 Mei 1955). Kabar pendek dari Djakarta (12 Mei) menyebut pengurus pusat Perwari, disebut organisasi perempuan terbesar Indonesia, bergabung dengan perempuan Pakistan mengkritik pernikahan kedua Perdana Menteri Mohammed Ali, dan mengingat protes Perwari tahun sebelumnya atas pernikahan kedua Presiden Sukarno. Gerwani tidak disebut; sisa halaman berita New York.
“Perwari protested last year against the second marriage of Indonesian President Sukarno... Moslem law permits up to four wives (Djakarta dispatch, p. 8)”
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