Caught Between Two Happinesses
Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry.
KATE WALTON
Ignorance that Kills
Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies.
INNA HUDAYA
Living Without A State
People in rural Papua are more interested in basic services than grand political struggles.
BOBBY ANDERSON
Whither Human Rights?
Ahmadis has been persecuted, but rights abuses between 1965-1998 remain unaddressed. Is there any hope for Papua?
IRIN
Deradicalizing Indonesia
While experts remain divided over religious extremism, 600 terrorism arrests were made, and new militants refuse to listen.
IRIN
Selling Nationalism
Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes.
STEFANI HANING SWARATI
Tweeting About Politics
Indonesian politicians want to raise their public profile but don’t want the criticism.
WAYNE PALMER
Ecological Justice For Women
As Indonesia’s rural poor are increasingly threatened by dispossession, is it time to adopt a more radical agenda for women and the environment?
REBECCA ELMHIRST
Squatters Need Not Apply
Illegal squatters in Jakarta struggle for recognition of their homes and livelihoods.
LUKAS LEY
Muslim Men Supreme
Activists work to change men’s interpretations of Islam that justify their superiority at home.
RACHMAD HIDAYAT
Baby Come Early
Pre-term births in Indonesia contribute to high infant moratality.
IRIN
Men and Masculinities
A new book sheds light on the little studied field of male heterosexuality in Southeast Asia.
PAM NILAN
The Shadow of the Ayatollah
Indonesia’s Shi’i community is struggling to find the right balance between local traditions and its fascination with Iran.
CHIARA FORMICHI
A New Frontier
East Kalimantan was once timber country, now it’s coal that rules.
KLAS LUNDSTRÖM
The Urban Poor from Below
An important documentary film sharpens our focus on the lives of Jakarta’s urban poor.
BENJAMIN HEGARTY