East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa on Sunday called for stronger protection, empowerment and advancement of women, ...

The coast of Demak district, the site of the first Islamic sultanate on the island of Java, has been inundated by the sea over decades owing to groundwater extraction and development. The erosion of ...

The ancient thanksgiving rituals of the Kasada have been part of the lives of Indonesia’s Tenggerese people for centuries. Today, the increasingly unpredictable weather has made seeking divine ...

Over the past two decades, women and girls in Indonesia have faced unprecedented legal and social demands to wear clothing deemed Islamic as part of broader efforts to impose the rules of Sharia, or ...

Violence against women in Indonesia rose sharply by nearly 50 percent last year, according to the National Commission on Violence against Women. In its annual report issued on March 8 to coincide with ...