Informal Sector

Struggling for a job
Misinformation and lack of opportunity form disproportionate barriers for rural youth looking for work
Roadside medicine men
Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure
Two carts rest on a mining site path. The photo is taken at an angle where the path appears to be going down from left to right.
Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities
A mining base, with a pipe running across the foreground and some wooden structures.
Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia
A child worker in a squatting position, burning mercury amalgam while smoking a cigarette.
Improved market chain monitoring and recognition of sociocultural dynamics are important for central mercury control
A woman measures the height of a toddler under a tree, surrounded by other women and children. (Vita Febriany)
The New Order actively promoted citizenship of a particular kind for women
Design action
Local design thinking in Bandung
Dealing with social exclusion
Illegal squatters in Jakarta struggle for recognition of their homes and livelihoods
The triumph of jamu
European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time
Religious Bandung
Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character
Freedom of expression
Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely
Global fashion, remixed
Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production
€˜Go home, tourist!€™
In Kuta, a local surfer has found that it is worthwhile to share waves with tourists.
Sand rafts - a photo essay
Along the Opak River in Pundong, near Bantul, Yogyakarta, locals trade their sweat for a pile of sand.
Living like kings
Working-class Singaporeans travel to Indonesia’s Riau Islands in search of a fantasy built around sex
Sex and tea in Semarang
The peculiar relationship between sex and jasmine tea in downtown Semarang keeps both police and prostitutes in a game of cat and mouse.
Indonesian fishermen whose traditional fishing grounds are in Australian waters may have a Mabo-style claim, says CAMPBELL WATSON.

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