By Soe Tjen Marching

The Jakarta Post-Sept 29

I “will tell you as much as I can about myself, but please do not publish it,” said the woman with gray hair I met about six years ago. She had been accused of being a member of Gerwani (the women’s wing of the Indonesian Communist Party/PKI) at the end of 1965 and as a result, was imprisoned, tortured and raped repeatedly. She was not the only one. Many women still conceal their pain because of the shame and stigma, the risk of being labelled a liar, and the possible repercussions for not only themselves, but also their families.

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