The Floating School

A mobile school in South Sulawesi offers new horizons to young islanders
Two Acehnese young women hold up colourful protest signs demanding justice for past human rights violations.

Gambling with truth

Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation has an important, though delicate, mission ahead

HIV-positive mothers left behind

Married women endure the highest rate of new HIV infection in Indonesia
A sign next to a dirt road reads in Indonesian, ‘Welcome to the territory of the Kiyu customary forest under Constitutional Court Decree No. 35/PUU-X/2012. THIS IS OUR CUSTOMARY FOREST, NOT STATE FOREST.’

Comes with the territory

Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus
Garment workers working at a factory

Review: Beyond decent work

A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory 
An old woman walks down the street.

Old and poor

Indonesia’s welfare schemes are failing to support older citizens

Hope in the darkness

A Hazara fleeing persecution has dedicated her life in Indonesia to helping her fellow refugees in Bogor

A lottery love affair

On the island of Flores, a Singaporean lottery based on the Chinese zodiac is a popular pastime

Online dating apps blocked

A government crackdown on dating apps is depriving LGBT Indonesians of a crucial resource

Book extract: Sarongge

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘But that is, after all, the relationship between land and power... Whoever holds power will impose their view.’

Petikan buku: Sarongge

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘Siapa yang pegang kuasa, akan paksakan pandangannya tentang bagaimana cara mengatur aset alam itu.’

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