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GA-02902 2016 rel B

Das Stigma der wilden Weiber in Indonesien (Anett Keller, 2016)

The stigma of the 'wild women' in Indonesia (Anett Keller, 2016)

Anett Keller's German briefing (March 2016, Stiftung Asienhaus) on the neglected gender dimension of 1965: Lubang Buaya slander, the film and monument, tattoo hunts, sexual torture, forced marriages of widows, Plantungan and 'State Ibuism'. Written after the IPT 1965.

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-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.