Women and Reconciliation: Citizenship Politics, Welfare, and Human Rights in the Banyuwangi Witchcraft Violence

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10.2991/978-2-38476-525-6_54How to use a DOI?

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Women; Reconciliation; Citizenship; Human Rights; Collective Memory

Abstract

The study asks how women negotiated vulnerability while simultaneously crafting pathways toward social repair. Methodologically, it draws on social history and collective-memory approaches, combining oral histories, local cultural texts, community archives, and policy documents to trace how narratives of violence and survival were produced, circulated, and contested over time. The analysis shows that women were not merely passive victims but active agents of reconciliation: they offered testimony that named harms and restored dignity; mobilized cultural practices and religious gatherings as safe spaces for mourning, dialogue, and ethical reflection; and organized community solidarity to address stigma, livelihoods, and everyday security. These initiatives helped reopen the civic sphere for women to renegotiate citizenship, articulate welfare demands, and claim a voice in local transitional-justice debates. The article argues that reconciliation in Banyuwangi is best understood not only as the mending of fractured social ties but as a deeply political process aimed at restoring women’s dignity and equal rights as citizens, transforming memory into action through community-level institutions. By centering women’s agency, the study contributes to scholarship on gendered violence, memory politics, and post-authoritarian recovery in Indonesia, and suggests policy pathways that link cultural reconciliation with reparative and participatory rights frameworks.

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AU  - Latif Kusairi
AU  - Dhanang Respati Puguh
AU  - Yety Rochwulaningsih
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/31
TI  - Women and Reconciliation: Citizenship Politics, Welfare, and Human Rights in the Banyuwangi Witchcraft Violence
BT  - Proceedings of International Conference on Neuroscience and Learning Technology (ICONSATIN 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 606
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-525-6_54
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