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GA-03018 2020 rel A

Narasi Sulami versus Narasi Orde Baru (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2020)

Sulami's narrative versus the New Order narrative (Rahayu, 2020)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2020 essay introducing Sulami's unpublished two-volume prison novel Menanti Rembulan Ndadari, written in the 1970s, with Sulami's biography (arrested 6 Oct 1967) and the conditions of writing in Bukit Duri and Tangerang, set against New Order narratives.

GA-03019 2020 rel C

Tonggak-tonggak Gerakan Perempuan Indonesia (Historia, 2020)

Milestones of the Indonesian women's movement (Historia, 2020)

Historia report (22 Dec 2020) on an online dialogue with Ita Fatia Nadia and Tunggal Pawestri sketching milestones of the Indonesian women's movement from Kartini and early organisations through the 1928 congress. Short popular summary.

GA-02989 2021 rel B

Bentuk Perlawanan Perempuan melalui Penulisan dalam Album Dunia Milik Kita dan Salam Harapan (Saraswati dan Subono, 2021)

Women's resistance through writing in the albums Dunia Milik Kita and Salam Harapan (Saraswati and Subono, 2021)

2021 article by Saraswati and supervisors on Dialita's albums Dunia Milik Kita (2016) and Salam Harapan (2019), arguing songs by women prisoners are 'penulisan perempuan' and a form of resistance, with an account of Dialita's origins. Companion to the 2022 thesis summary.

GA-03030 2021 rel B

Potret Pahit Penyintas 1965 dalam You and I (Historia, 2021)

A bitter portrait of 1965 survivors in You and I (Historia, 2021)

Historia review (5 May 2021) of Fanny Chotimah's documentary You and I, following two elderly Solo survivors, Kaminah and Sri Kusdalini, former choir members under Pemuda Rakyat held as political prisoners; Kaminah's bond began in Gerwis/Gerwani's women's field. Film review.

GA-02988 2022 rel B

Suara Perempuan dalam Lagu Paduan Suara Dialita (Saraswati, 2022)

Women's voices in the songs of the Dialita choir (Saraswati, 2022)

2022 Universitas Indonesia gender-studies thesis summary analysing five Dialita songs (Lagu untuk Anakku, Ibu, Salam Harapan, Tetap Senyum Menjelang Fajar, Ujian), written by women prisoners at Ambarawa, Bukit Duri and Plantungan, as feminine writing in Cixous's sense. Lyric analysis.

GA-03706 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl

GA-03707 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl

GA-03011 2024 rel B

Ogah Dipaksa Kawin, Maisuri Kawin Lari Berujung Dibui (Historia, 2024)

Refusing forced marriage, Maisuri eloped and was jailed (Historia, 2024)

Historia article (24 July 2024) on the 1954-55 Maisuri case in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra: a girl forced into marriage to an elderly man with three wives fled, eloped and was jailed by an adat court. A forced-marriage case later taken up in Gerwani's campaigns.

GA-02899 2025 rel C

I Don't Want to Die for Nothing in Prison: A Life Experience of a Former 1965-1966 Political Prisoner in Indonesia (Hidayat, 2025)

I Don't Want to Die for Nothing in Prison: life of a former 1965-66 political prisoner (Hidayat, 2025)

2025 single-case phenomenological study of an 86-year-old male former political prisoner (interviews via KontraS, 2024): union worker, arrest in 1966, torture, forced labour at Tangerang, Nusakambangan and Buru, later Aksi Kamisan activism. Male testimony; context only.

GA-02904 2025 rel B

Marriages between Political Prisoners' Wives and Army Officers: Victimization of Women (Kochi Kaoru, 2025)

Marriages between political prisoners' wives and army officers (Kochi Kaoru, 2025)

Kochi Kaoru's 2025 article using second-hand-market documents to show that wives and widows of leftist men, including former Gerwani members, married or became concubines of officers and soldiers, and the army banned the practice; also covers 'bersih diri' certificates and disenfranchisement.

GA-03711 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women

GA-03712 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women