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

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

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...

But her husband won’t come to the party. Anne Dickson A missed opportunity... Credit: Suwa...

The rise, fall, and re-branding of a celebrity preacher James B Hoesterey This ‘modern ulama’ co-p...

Women are challenging the stereotypes that have long defined Indonesian unionists. Elena Williams Ngadinah, un...

Making idealism work is very hard. NORI ANDRIYANI, with extraordinary honesty, tells why. Nori Andriyani In November 1995 a small women's...

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. ...

The waria community in this East Javanese city are out in the open, but misunderstanding and prejudice are still widespread. Kim Heriot-Dar...

A conference in Banda Aceh reveals divergent opinions about what model of Islamic law Aceh should adopt Jemma Parsons   Gatheri...

New anti-domestic violence law brings hope for women. Ratna Bataramunti Working and running the household makes me very tired, and as a result I...

It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women Ari Sunarijati There’s a view in Indonesia that unions are a man’s worl...

Workers with soul take their message to the kampung Bob Muntz and Helen Pausacker Teater Abu (Diverse Workers’ Theatre) was one of many worker...

Underage women in the commercial sex trade Teguh P Nugroho and Jeff Herbert It’s humid on Jalan Latuharhary in Jakarta. Just minutes down the ...

The Islamic headscarf is now compulsory in many high schools Lyn Parker After Independence was declared in 1945, schoolgirls in Indonesia were n...

Aceh’s women find themselves between an armed conflict and Islamic law Suraiya Kamaruzzaman Islamic law (syariah) is not the answer to the war...

After the brutal occupation, gender violence remains a reality Dawn Delaney Photo 1. Caption: Women gather by the well in their Caritas suppo...

Gender justice Gerry van Klinken As anti-Gus Dur demos began to hit the streets in January, I wondered if we were missing the real action by doi...

Timorese women raped by Indonesian militias need justice. So do all the other women who survived New Order abuse Galuh Wandita After the attack ...

Homophobic violence could be a by-product of the new openness Dédé Oetomo On the evening of November 11, 2000, a group of young volunteers org...