Society

Youth employment prospects and aspirations
Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects
A woman’s place
Educated urban youth continue to express gendered work–family expectations
Film review: Tanah Mama
A new documentary about a Papuan woman’s daily struggle to survive opens debate on the grave issues affecting her society
davis-dibley
The Millennium Development Goals addressed the basic development needs of Indonesia, but tackling poverty now requires a more complex strategy
suryadarma
Indonesia is on track to achieve universal primary education, but questions remain about the quality of education
zulminarni
An interview on the progress of the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on gender equality
Picture of Prabowo on a car - Vembri Waluyas
Street vendors have organised successfully at the local level, but effective national organisation has proved more elusive
Film review: Bitter Honey
Robert Lemelson’s latest documentary film takes his audience inside the lives of the women, men and children living in polygamous families in Bali
Indonesian migrant workers hone their activist sensibilities at a protest in Hong Kong - istolethetv at flickr.com
Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid
A user-generated computer game developed by Jokowi’s team asks supporters to join Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla on impromptu visits - Generasi Optimis
Social media promotes political engagement among youth, but at the expense of accurate information and real-world political effects
Faultlines and fractures
HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly because of the profound inequalities that afflict Papua
Design action
Local design thinking in Bandung