NTB & NTT

Makassar International Writers Festival and its ripple effects

In 2015 Indonesia signed up the the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to reduce its high rate of maternal mortality. Little progress has been made.

Indonesia is blessed with considerable potential for renewable energy generation, but so far has been slow to grasp it

Pastur Kamilus menjadi panutan bagi pekerja sosial dalam upaya pembebasan korban pasung di Flores

Premarital sex must be acknowledged as unavoidable, to end a vicious cycle of lost potential

Misinformation and lack of opportunity form disproportionate barriers for rural youth looking for work

Flores youth migrate for education, but are their university degrees worth the investment?

Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities

As a number of communities in East Nusa Tenggara reject mining, tourism as a resistance strategy can be equally exploitative

Resistance is a way of defending local people’s rights in dealing with mining policy

The New Order actively promoted citizenship of a particular kind for women

Students have mixed feelings about a mandatory community service program at Indonesian universities

Why residents in Ngada district are exceptionally eager to take part in village meetings 

On the island of Flores, a Singaporean lottery based on the Chinese zodiac is a popular pastime

Farmers and would-be farmers in Lombok are fighting a land-rights battle against the tourism industry

For women giving birth in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and other rural and remote parts of Indonesia, adequate facilities and trained health workers are not easily reached

Women who survived ‘1965’ in eastern Indonesia demand state recognition

Struggling in their transition from education to work, educated young people in rural Flores are often both dependent on and critical of local social support networks

Hunger remains a problem in many Indonesian households