Society

Strange companions in Jakarta's Jalan Jaksa

Ethnic stereotyping by local politicians in Lombok fails to please all

Searching for a new dominant ethnic identity

Taking a legal approach to fighting discrimination

Ethnicity now plays a role in local politics in South Sumatra but money still rules

Ethnic Chinese experience a ‘reawakening’ of their Chinese identity

Ien Ang returns to Indonesia and her Chinese roots

Ethnic relations in West Kalimantan are marked with blood

Taking the law into your own hands is now commonplace in urban areas in Indonesia

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

Teaching kids is about the little things

Farmers illustrate their understanding of GM

There’s more than subversion in Indonesian jokes

A multi-religious community gives thanks for the rice harvest

A voice from Aceh’s civil society movement says it’s time for self-criticism

Student initiations teach brutal lessons

It’s difficult to get human rights education into Indonesian schools