May 24, 2016 edition

A Voice for Women
Women in Sinjai, South Sulawesi, and Southwest Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, are receiving groundbreaking training sessions on civil rights. These are helping drive a women's rights movement.

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May 17, 2016 edition

Matchmakers
National Parks in Lampung and East Kalimantan are seeking to increase the population of critically endangered Sumatran rhinos through a captive-breeding program.

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May 10, 2016 edition

A New Wave of Enterprising Youth
Medan's education agency has created a successful training program to spur entrepreneurship among vocational school students. With the skills they have obtained, many students are now opening up businesses.

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May 3, 2016 edition

Halal Leisure in Lombok
Collaboration between communities, private enterprise and district government has made Lombok chosen as the world's best halal tourism destination. Nevertheless, it is not about promoting sharia law.

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April 26, 2016 edition

Makeshift Reading Rooms
Communities in Riau and Makassar have opened libraries to promote reading among the public. They have amassed thousands of books.

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April 19, 2016 edition

Besides its increasing numbers, violence against women is taking on a broader pattern. The National Commission Against Violence Against Women has observed this change through several of their studies. The Commission noted that violence happens in households as well as within the general public.
For example, in 2015, some 321,752 cases of violencemostly physicalagainst women were recorded in people's homes. This differed from the previous year when in addition to the physical, there was also psychological violence. In communities, sexual violence is still predominent: about 61 percent out of 5,002 cases.

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April 12, 2016 edition

Rahma Isna Saidah, 25, says she will never forget 'herding' 15 ducks down a mountain, through forests, over a lake and onto a motorbike last year on her way to the animal husbandry office in Lindu, Central Sulawesi.
"Ducks are susceptible to stress," Rahma said in Jakarta two weeks ago. "Sadly, one of them died on the arduous journey."

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