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GA-02255 2012-10-01 Tempo rel A licensed

Gulag Tepi Sungai Lampir (Kamp Plantungan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Gulag on the bank of the Lampir river (Plantungan camp)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Plantungan camp (Kendal) for women Group B political prisoners, opened 1971 in a former leprosarium. Names Gerwani activists and others held there: Sumiyarsi Siwirini ('Lubang Buaya doctor'), Siti Suratih, Mia Bustam, Pujiati, C.H. Sumarmiyati, Mujiati. Covers conditions, 'santi aji' in

GA-02995 2013 rel A

Gerwani dan Perjuangan Politik Perempuan (Rio Apinino, IndoPROGRESS, 2013)

Gerwani and women's political struggle (Rio Apinino, IndoPROGRESS, 2013)

Rio Apinino's 2013 IndoPROGRESS review essay of the Indonesian edition of Wieringa's Gerwani study: the film's Lubang Buaya scenes, Gerwis's founding in Semarang on 4 June 1950, PKI influence and the persistent 'whore' stigma. Chapter-by-chapter summary.

GA-03007 2013 rel A

Sejarah Gerwis dan Munculnya Gerwani (detikNews, 2013)

History of Gerwis and the emergence of Gerwani (detikNews, 2013)

detikNews feature (2013) on Gerwis's founding on 4 June 1950 by six organisations (Rupindo, Persatuan Wanita Sedar, Istri Sedar, Gerwindo, Wanita Madura, PPRI) and founders Trimurti, Salawati Daud, Umi Sardjono, Tris Metty and Sri Panggihan, with I.G.A.A. Ratih. Concise account of origins.

GA-01589 2015-02-02 Batam Pos rel A

Batam Pos, 2 Februari 2015: 'Kamus Dunia: Gerwani'

Batam Pos, 2 February 2015: 'World Dictionary: Gerwani'

Batam Pos, 2 Feb 2015, p. 2: reference box 'Gerwani' (from Kamus Sejarah Lengkap) defining Gerwani as a PKI-affiliated women's organisation, recounting Gerwis's founding at Semarang on 4 June 1950 from six groups, with an archival photo of a marriage-law rally.

GA-03652 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03653 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

GA-03654 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara), October 2015 rel A

Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (English edition)

Free English-language magazine issue edited by Soe Tjen Marching (Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), October 2015, of victim testimonies. Ex-women prisoners Hartiti, Maria Goretti Sumilah and Theresia Kadmiyanti describe Gerwani-related interrogation: nude-dance and genital-mutilation accusations, searches for a 'Gerwani m

GA-03655 2015-10 Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara), October 2015 rel A