Gender

What if there were not just two genders, but five? In Indonesia, there are

Between girl power and the mother image, young urban women struggle for identity

Poor kampung women double their income through their own micro-credit scheme

Manufacturing workers in Tangerang make a special effort to look good

Balinese dress says a lot about women’s roles

The government works with waria in South Sulawesi

Women’s movement activists and artists unite

No big gains for women workers

A Jakarta NGO is building alternatives to prostitution

Aceh’s women find themselves between an armed conflict and Islamic law

Three women authors take the Indonesian literary world by storm

The Islamic headscarf is now compulsory in many high schools

This man’s message is simple — four wives are better for business than one

Women are now on both sides of the camera

Confidence crisis for Bali’s women mask dancers

In Bali, a new all-female dance-drama troupe is flouting traditional gender roles

Women and marginalised groups seize new opportunities in the arts

Portraits of Islamic women from different centuries and different organisations

Djenar Maesa Ayu – one of Indonesia’s exciting new female authors