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GA-02919 2015 rel A licensed

Janda PKI: Stigma and Sexual Violence against Communist Widows following the 1965-1966 Massacres (Pohlman, 2015)

Janda PKI: stigma and sexual violence against communist widows (Pohlman, 2015)

Pohlman (2015) on 'janda PKI': women widowed in 1965-66 were doubly stigmatised as widows and as 'PKI' women demonised by Gerwani propaganda; four testimonies show sexual violence and exploitation. Gendered stigma analysis.

GA-02948 2015 rel A

Sexual Slander Revealed: The Story of Jamilah-Jemilah and The Act of Killing (Wieringa, 2015)

Sexual Slander Revealed: the story of Jamilah-Jemilah and The Act of Killing (Wieringa, 2015)

Wieringa (Indonesian Feminist Journal, Aug 2015): the 'confession' of 'Jamilah, Srikandi of Lubang Buaya' printed identically in four army papers on 5-7 Nov 1965, and the real Jemilah (arrested by mistake for Gerwani leader Atikah, tortured, lost her baby), from Juki Ardi's Aku bukan Jamilah.

GA-02986 2015 rel B

Saskia Wieringa, The Crocodile Hole Mengungkap Genosida 1965 (Poerba, Jurnal Perempuan, 2015)

Saskia Wieringa, The Crocodile Hole reveals the 1965 genocide (Poerba, 2015)

Jurnal Perempuan report (28 Oct 2015) on the Jakarta launch of Saskia Wieringa's novel The Crocodile Hole, where she explains arriving in the late 1970s to find only 'domesticated' women's groups and being shocked at Gerwani's disappearance after New Order propaganda. Launch report.