Activists: Indonesia’s Palm Oil Industry Needs a Makeover

... local economies, indigenous communities and Indonesia’s delicate network of biodiversity ... the RRI report concluded. Grassroots activists like Setra say that industrialists ... “Indigenous peoples, subsistence farmers, and women were the most vulnerable groups ...

Commentary: Women Have Come a Long Way Since 1995, but We're Not There Yet

... 000 participants and 30,000 activists arrived in Beijing for ... I was in Indonesia and privileged to meet women who benefit ... and social empowerment of women and girls in Indonesia — and elsewhere ... and socially complex as Indonesia requires a lot of ...

Use of Virginity Tests Must End, Activists Tell Joko

... Jakarta. Human rights activists have called on President ... sparked an outcry from activists the country over, who ... condemned virginity testing in Indonesia, following news reports that ... on Violence Against Women, Kunthi Tridewiyanti, said Indonesia should not ...

HK Woman Found Guilty in Indonesian Maid Abuse Case

... met with cheers by activists and supporters of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih ... and said her native Indonesia must not shirk its ... Southeast Asian countries — predominantly Indonesia and the Philippines — and ... by thousands of Indonesian women who work as domestic ...

Vietnamese Drug Convict Awaiting Execution Expresses One Final Wish

... an event at the Bulu Women's Penitentiary in Semarang, ... for a presidential pardon. Rights activists In a controversial move, ... lacked a prison facility for women. "We have not yet ... national could harm relations with Indonesia. "At the international level ...