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Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon, Wetangterah and Campbell-Nelson, 2015)

Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon et al., 2015)

English translation (Monash, 2015) of Memori-memori terlarang, research by women pastors and theologians of the JPIT network on women survivors, witnesses and perpetrators across East Nusa Tenggara (Sabu, Kupang, Timor, Alor, Sumba). Regional women's testimony on 1965.

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Janda PKI: Stigma and Sexual Violence against Communist Widows following the 1965-1966 Massacres (Pohlman, 2015)

Janda PKI: stigma and sexual violence against communist widows (Pohlman, 2015)

Pohlman (2015) on 'janda PKI': women widowed in 1965-66 were doubly stigmatised as widows and as 'PKI' women demonised by Gerwani propaganda; four testimonies show sexual violence and exploitation. Gendered stigma analysis.

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Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Annie Pohlman, 2015)

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Pohlman, 2015)

Annie Pohlman's 2015 monograph, the first book-length study of gendered violence in 1965-66, based on about 150 women survivors: patterns of arrest, torture, rape, sexualised mutilation, strip searches for the 'Gerwani mark', sexual slavery and 'wife-taking'. Key scholarly source.