Society

Nilan and Artini
See the world and be exploited
Diaspora power
Abused maids are not the only Indonesians overseas as success stories from the Indonesia Diaspora Congress show
Café culture
The changing socio-economic status of Yogyakarta’s students threatens the survival of one of the city’s icons
Blaming Papuans
Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone
Stopping intolerance
Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities
Feeding Indonesia
Food security is an urgent policy problem in Indonesia but opinions are divided about how best to feed the poorest and most vulnerable
ajiguna resized
Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia
mccarthy resized
Despite being a middle-income country, many Indonesians still face the prospect of going hungry
Indonesia’s new anarchists
Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left
Fantasising romance overseas
Transgender Indonesian migrants are looking for romance and security in Europe, but nothing is easy 
Photo essay: Positive is negative
HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua
Reckinger Lemaire
Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic
More than a fatal attraction
Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society
On the struggle for press freedom
Former political prisoner Eko Maryadi speaks to Nikki Edwards about his incarceration during the New Order