Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-66

Debate on The army and the Indonesian genocide: Mechanics of mass murder, by Jess Melvin, with Jess Melvin, Ratna Saptari, Ken MacLean, Annie Pohlman

“…Furthermore, scholarly works on other cases of genocide show that sexual violence and rape are often used as weapons of war and genocide. It is interesting to note that neither in these documents obtained by Melvin nor in the narratives of the perpetrators or victims is there any mention of the sexual dimensions of the violence, an issue that other scholars have brought up for the Indonesian case (Wieringa 2011;Pohlman 2015). This raises the question of whether Aceh is an anomaly in this respect.…”

Purifying Indonesia, Purifying Women: The National Commission for Women's Rights and the 1965–1968 anti‐Communist violence

“…The accusations that Communist women had acted with sexual license and sadistic violence placed women and women's bodies at the center of the 1965–1966 violence. It resulted in widespread sexual violence against women of all ages accused of being related to the PKI (Pohlman and Saleh , , :201). The stories gathered by Komnas Perempuan, Pohlman, and others show that in some cases women remained subjected to such violence for decades.…”

“…Normally, we'd be worth 100%, but things turned a complete 180 degrees. We weren't valuable to other people any more (Pohlman and Saleh : 70–71).…”

“…These ideas and activities created a growing cohort of scholar activists who realized the importance of exposing the gender aspects of the anti‐Communist atrocities. It was impossible to understand “the violence itself and its legacy for Indonesia,” without taking into account the role of sex and gender (Pohlman and Saleh , : 205).…”

Qual o efeito da violência contra a mulher brasileira na autopercepção da saúde?

“…As consequências da violência perpetrada por parceiro íntimo são discutidas por Ellsberg et al 1 , Campbell 2 , Pinheiro et al 3 e Abramsky et al 4 . Enquanto Polman 5 , Ellsberg et al 1 e Abramsky et al 4 se dedicam a analisar as consequências para a saúde ou percepção da saúde, bem como de estudar outras formas de violência contra as mulheres, tais como: a violência cometida por homens sejam eles parentes, patrões, amigos ou estranhos. Outros autores investigaram o perfil da morbidade autodeclarada e concluíram que maiores níveis socioeconômicos conduzem a uma melhor autodeclaração da saúde [6][7][8][9] .…”