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GA-02917 2013 rel B

Child-raising, Childbirth and Abortion In Extremis: Women's Stories of Caring for and Losing Children, 1965-1966 (Pohlman, 2013)

Child-raising, Childbirth and Abortion In Extremis: women's stories 1965-1966 (Pohlman, 2013)

Pohlman's 2013 article, from about 150 interviews, on women's stories of pregnancy, childbirth, raising, losing and aborting children during 1965-66 and detention, including cooperative childcare and a former Gerwani leader (Ibu Astuti). Gendered history of survival.

GA-02858 2020 rel A

Zulbainar, Perempuan Pejuang Masyarakat Marjinal sebagai Aktivis Gerwani (1961-1977)

Zulbainar, a woman fighter for marginal communities as Gerwani activist (1961-1977)

Journal article (2020) by Agustina and Fatimah, a biography of Zulbainar (b. 1939, West Sumatra), who joined Gerwani c. 1954, became treasurer of Gerwani Padang Pariaman, lost her husband to a mob in 1965 and was held 12 years without trial until 1977. Regional Gerwani life history.

GA-02924 2022 rel B

Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970 (Pohlman, 2022)

Pohlman's chapter on the interrogation and torture centres ('devil's houses') in the army's 1965-70 detention system, opening with Sudjinah's account of capture with Sulami in Feb 1967 and torture at Gunung Sahari. Evidence from a handful of survivor testimonies.