Edition 139: Jan-Mar 2020 [English] - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Nov 24, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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Incarnation as a trans woman

Community based organisation (CBO) meeting in Surabaya. Blok M is the abbreviation of Blok Margomulyo, an area in Surabaya / Irmia

People don’t just become waria; they need to be taught and brought into being by a more senior waria

Wives and mothers and HIV

The complexity of HIV transmission / Najmah

To combat HIV in Indonesia, wives and mothers must not be idealised and considered immune

Combatting HIV online

Source/ Rappler.com

HIV prevention tactics remain inappropriate for many young men who have sex with men

HIV stigma muting progress

HIV positive prisoner in Cipinang Narcotics Prison, Jakarta / Creative Commons, DFAT

Though HIV awareness is improving, the stigma makes testing less comfortable and treatments less popular

Providing hope

Vials for blood tests at a mobile VCT clinic / Ben Hegarty

Outreach workers have much to offer in providing HIV care to men who have sex with men

Pelakor and Instagram

Lost in A Love Affair / Amanda Niekamp Creative Commons

Language around extramarital affairs on social media punishes women and lets men off the hook

Witnessing shame and punishment

This image of a public caning in Aceh featured in news outlets around the world: Image by Heri Juanda/AP

Shared images of Syariah punishment are a key strategy of social control in Aceh

Queering piety

Navigating inner conflict

There is no singular understanding of moral piety for queer Muslims

Sexual surveillance overseas

/ Angela Rutherford @Flickr Creative Commons

Distance can bring more sexual freedom for Indonesian women, but fear of judgment is still isolating

Sexual violence and women workers

Protecting women’s dignity in the workplace will improve the lives of women workers / Marsinah Radio

Indonesia’s proposed sexual violence elimination law will help protect women in the workplace

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