GA-00275 1975-07-30 relevance A public
Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 Jul 1975)
Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 July 1975)
Tharunka (UNSW student paper), 30 July 1975, p. 8, clean OCR of the article 'Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation' (same article as GA-00274). It presents Gerwani as unaffiliated with the PKI, then attacked in 1965 by press stories of 'Gerwani prostitutes', 'obscene sex-dancing' and genital mutilation of generals. It estimates 1,000 women political prisoners, Plantungan with 386, torture including sexual assault, Sri Ambar's court testimony, a first central Gerwani trial after nine years, and prisoners' wives' destitution.
Tharunka (koran mahasiswa UNSW), 30 Juli 1975, hlm. 8, OCR bersih artikel 'Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation' (artikel sama dengan GA-00274). Menyajikan Gerwani sebagai organisasi tak berafiliasi PKI, lalu diserang 1965 oleh berita pers tentang 'pelacur Gerwani', 'tarian seks cabul' dan mutilasi kelamin jenderal. Memperkirakan 1.000 tahanan politik wanita, Plantungan 386 orang, penyiksaan termasuk kekerasan seksual, kesaksian Sri Ambar di pengadilan, sidang Gerwani pusat pertama setelah sembilan tahun, dan kemiskinan istri tahanan.
“Press reports of 'Gerwani prostitutes', 'obscene sex-dancing and ritual' and 'girls mutilating the sex organs of the murdered generals' 'helped to incite the frenzy which led to the massacres' (p. 8).”
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/Tharunka (1975-07-30) - Indonesian Women [Trove 230399867].txt
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