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.
Domestication vs revolutionisation of women's politics before G30S (Rahayu, 2017)
Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2017 essay contrasting pre-G30S state instructions on women's organisations: the Army's domestication ('koncowingking', Panca Dharma Wanita) versus radicalisation tied to revolution, locating Gerwani's politics against the militarist model. Interpretive essay.
Women suppressed, women resisting (Historia, 2018)
Historia feature (2018) on how the New Order subordinated the women's movement after 1965, branding politically minded women 'like Gerwani' and portraying Gerwani as beautiful but cruel, and how independent organising revived from the 1980s. Draws on Suryakusuma and Murniati.
Tempo, 2 October 2022: Memory of sewing machines and smuggled paper (political prisoners at Plantungan and Buru)
Tempo report (2 Oct 2022, Dini Pramita and Dody Hidayat) on forced labour and memory of 1965 political prisoners. Yosephina Endang Lestari recalls Plantungan women's camp (sewing unit, Santiaji Pancasila, poor health); Ita F. Nadia describes its five aims including re-domestication of women. Hersri Setiawan (Buru) and