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GA-02896 2018 rel B licensed

Between Citizenship and Human Rights: The Struggle for Justice after Indonesia's 1965 Violence (Hearman, 2018)

Between Citizenship and Human Rights: the struggle for justice after the 1965 violence (Hearman, 2018)

Hearman's 2018 article on how 1965 survivors and NGOs shifted from an inclusive citizenship strategy (1998-2004) to a 'boomerang' appeal to international norms, with stalled domestic justice. Context on the post-1998 struggle for justice.

GA-02956 2018 rel B licensed

The Global Left-Feminist 1960s: From Copenhagen to Moscow and New York (de Haan, 2018)

Francisca de Haan's 2018 chapter proposing a 'global left-feminist 1960s' led by the WIDF network, from the 1953 Copenhagen Congress (whose declaration reached Indonesia) to the 1963 Moscow congress. Frames WIDF transnationalism relevant to Gerwani.

GA-02958 2019 rel B licensed

Women's International Democratic Federation, the Third World and the Global Cold War (Gradskova, 2019)

WIDF, the Third World and the Global Cold War (Gradskova, 2019)

Yulia Gradskova's 2019 article, from Soviet WIDF archives (GARF), on how far the WIDF's anti-colonial stance gave women from Africa, Asia and Latin America real voice in the late 1950s-mid 1960s; internal documents show a Europe- and Soviet-dominated agenda. Context for Gerwani's WIDF role.