PHOTOGRAPHING Indonesia for almost 25 years, I’ve always asked on each journey: “Is Indonesia’s natural beauty and the population’s hospitality directly proportional to its welfare?” I asked the same question when I visited Lingsar village, some 30 kilometers from Senggigi Beach on Lombok Island.

At Lingsar, I wanted to observe local women’s struggle to get out of poverty. Their story has earned the admiration of local and internatio