The Women’s Collective Experience of Violence Victim of Military Operation Area in East Aceh

Abstract

The experience of women in the period of Military Operation Area (Daerah OperasiMiliter/DOM) implementation in Aceh was a bad experience as a very painful social practice. This is not only felt by victims but also by families who witnessed the suffering. All forms of violence have arisen the attitude of women victims of DOM, namely a sense of same fate, deep physical and mental injury. This is not only experienced personally, but rather becomes a collective experience. This collective experience is a memory of the suffering felt by all women victims of DOM in East Aceh. This is a real form of collective experience between victims of violence. This can be seen in the form of violence categorized in the realm, namely physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence.