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The Butterfly Effect: Stealth Politics by the Reformist Women's Movement in Indonesia in the Struggle for Gender Equality (1945-Present)
The Butterfly Effect: Stealth Politics by the Reformist Women's Movement (Puspita, 2023)
PhD dissertation (Northwestern, June 2023) by Sabina Satriyani Puspita in political science on how the 'reformist' women's movement wins policy change through 'stealth politics', using the 2021 Regulation 30 on campus sexual violence. Gerwani appears in historical chapters: the 1965 stigmatisation and the sexual-dance/castration narrative, repeated in the 1965 memorial sculpture (p. 54-55); Gerwani's rise in KOWANI, its 1958 Gerakan Massa attempt, and its closeness to Sukarno and polygyny (pp. 75-78). Author used ANRI Gerwani letters and Sukarno anniversary speeches (p. 57).
Disertasi PhD (Northwestern, Juni 2023) oleh Sabina Satriyani Puspita, ilmu politik, tentang bagaimana gerakan perempuan reformis memenangkan perubahan kebijakan lewat 'stealth politics', dengan studi kasus Permendikbudristek 30/2021 tentang kekerasan seksual di kampus. Gerwani muncul di bab sejarah: stigmatisasi 1965 dan narasi tarian seksual/pemotongan alat kelamin yang diabadikan dalam patung monumen 1965 (hlm. 54-55); naiknya Gerwani di KOWANI, upaya Gerakan Massa 1958, dan kedekatannya dengan Sukarno serta soal poligami (hlm. 75-78). Penulis memakai surat Gerwani dan pidato Sukarno di ANRI (hlm. 57).
“Gerwani was 'effectively disbanded and stigmatized'; the military narrative, made visual in the 1965 Memorial sculpture, claimed Gerwani performed a sexual dance for generals before cutting their testicles (pp. 54-55, citing Wieringa 2002).”
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- 2023
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- Puspita
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- thesis (thesis / dissertation)
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- English
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- secondary
- Country
- USA
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- 1999–present
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.6 Theses and Dissertations
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- structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)
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