Nov 23, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

Society

Crisis is bad for your health

Crisis is bad for your health

Keeping up appearances

Manufacturing workers in Tangerang make a special effort to look good

Disability in Indonesia

Life is challenging for people with disabilities in Indonesia

Body-binding in Bali

Balinese dress says a lot about women’s roles

Teenage pregnancy

PIKIR is working hard to give pregnant teenagers real choices

AIDS education

The government works with waria in South Sulawesi

Solution or problem?

The regulation of traditional medicine has had unintended consequences

Jamu for the ills of modernity?

Jamu is evolving to meet modern needs

Shrinking penis disease

The mysteries of koro puzzle doctors, but dukun come to the rescue

Time honoured remedies for uncertain times

The traditional healers of contemporary East Java

Free clinic for street children

Street children learn to value their health in Yogyakarta

Surf Aid groundswell builds

Surfers rally to help the people of the Mentawai Islands

The long campaign

Malaria remains a major health policy challenge in Indonesia

From jungkies to jihad

Drug use in Indonesia is a complex issue

Writing at sexuality's margins

A novel by a Yogyakarta writer breaks new ground in discussing sexuality

Women's voices in the arts

Women’s movement activists and artists unite

NGO theatre in the post New Order

Collaboration between artists and activists is producing new initiatives

Women in trade unions

No big gains for women workers

Alliances against globalisation

New alliances are formed against the IMF and foreign debt

Twenty years of community

Inside Indonesia’s 20th anniversary celebrations go off with a bang!

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