Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention  Annie Pohlman  &nbs...

The life and work of an Islamic teacher in Aceh shows that the struggle for gender equality is about much more than syariah. David Kloos ...

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price Wayne Palmer    Agents advertise their servic...

Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives Rosslyn...

Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century Terry Hull and Ninuk Widyantoro  Â...

Community facilitators improve maternal and child health in Lombok Susy K Sebayang    Information provided to pr...

Men should be more involved in maternal and newborn health care Wendy Holmes, Brad Otto, Marcia Soumokil, Sri Nopiyani Made and Sang Gede Purn...

The media portrays women who marry terrorists as victims, but the reality is far more complex Sally White       In her b...

Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised Terence H. Hull and Ninuk Widyantoro        Indon...

The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women Maria Platt       No need for ID: mos...

Drug users in Indonesia are made vulnerable by current drug laws Nick Perry    One of around 40 clients receiving daily tre...

An Indonesian film breaks new ground on the subject of teenage sexuality Ben Murtagh    Promotional poster fo...

Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry Tessa Toumbourou   White faces dominate th...

Timur Angin photo gallery Timur Angin (http://timurangin.com/ ) is an internationally published freelance photographer. Born in 1978, he grad...

Women in the Ministry of Finance face significant obstacles to advancement Paramita Muljono Women at the Minist...

KERRY BROGAN talks with two women whose husbands 'disappeared'. Kerry Brogan Between 1989 and 1993 the Indonesian Armed Forces mounted an intensi...

There are dozens of stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things for human rights in Aceh. Here is a personal account of one such person. ...

Working-class Singaporeans travel to Indonesia’s Riau Islands in search of a fantasy built around sex. Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons   ...

Would the real Indonesian Islam please stand up? Julia Suryakusuma What is Islam in Indonesia? Whenever you find an article about Islam in Indon...

Veiling has become a highly politicised practice in Indonesia. Eve Warburton Since the fall of Suharto, there’s been a serious shift in Indone...