I’m a terrific child!
A home schooling project in Kendari provides a new kind of early learning experience
Review: Journey to womanhood
Eva Nourma’s novel provides us with a glimpse into the everyday lives of the Sasak community from Lombok – a group often overlooked in Indonesian literature
They are just Papuans
Recent violence shows the authorities share a disturbing mindset about the residents of Papua
Repairing the damage
Safe havens and abuser counselling helping to reduce domestic violence cases in East Nusa Tenggara
We are the blessed ones
Activists work to change men’s interpretations of Islam that justify their superiority at home
The winds of change
Men in Pekanbaru and Makassar are slowly changing their minds about domestic violence
Combating domestic violence
Government and the NGO sector are working to change attitudes towards violence against women
Review: Men and masculinities
A new book sheds light on the little studied field of male heterosexuality in Southeast Asia
Art for the people
Taring Padi takes stock of a more than a decade fighting the political establishment – with art as its weapon
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
A house for all Muslims?
The United Development Party is determined to survive as a political force
Love the mall, love the earth
Eco-friendly malls make environmentalism sleek and chic, but they might do more harm than good
Review: A view from below
An important documentary film sharpens our focus on the lives of Jakarta’s urban poor
Review: Clashing interpretations
A new book warns against a simplistic understanding of religion, something that its editor feels the Western media does much too often
Angels and demons
While a famous ‘reformer’ tries to undermine Indonesia’s local democratic institutions, the predators come to the rescue
Public works and ethnic conflict
Tarakan’s riots illustrate the risks of collusive public contracting and the continued weakness of local security responses
A new frontier
East Kalimantan was once timber country, now it’s coal that rules