States are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with multiple contemporary issues – such as climate change, pandemics, terrorism and economic inequality – due to inefficiency and corruption.
Politics
Help is on the Way follows the lives of four Indonesian women workers either already working in Taiwan or training to go there.
Many argue that Jokowi’s economy-centric foreign policy agenda has to some extent reduced Indonesia’s activism in regional and global platforms.
[AIC Backgrounder No.3/2020] On the struggles experienced by women’s groups when dealing with gender-biased policies, with a focus on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in South Sulawesi.
Why are Indonesia’s case numbers relatively low? Is the testing regime adequate? Have the government’s social restrictions regulations been successful? And what does the future hold?
There are about 70 million indigenous people across Indonesia, mostly in remote and isolated areas, and the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the inequality the have long faced.
Children and teenagers are most exposed to cigarette ads they regularly see in kiosks, sports events, music events, free samples, merchandise logos and discount offers.
The funds are to strengthen laboratories, improve collection and use of health information, and help to protect patients and health workers at health facilities.
From Ambassador Gary Quinlan: For the Indonesia-Australia relationship, COVID-19 has presented opportunities to adapt and strengthen cooperation.
The infrastructure push to jump-start the economy is coming at the expense of the country’s biodiversity, its climate commitments, and its most vulnerable communities.
Trapped between the hidden coral threatening a public health wreck and the exposed rocks of an economic disaster, the government is navigating a high-risk passage.
One of the big problems facing authorities is obtaining a reliable picture on which to base decisions.
A number of universities signed the statement, which outlines five actions to mitigate potential negative impacts of COVID-19 upon gender equality in higher education.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s approval rating remains high even as the COVID-19 outbreak leads to growing dissatisfaction with his administration and democracy in general.
Civil society groups have quickly taken action, showing not only what is possible in the Indonesian context, but also pointing a way towards reform.
International collaboration is an important part of today’s science and through our PAIR model we are actively attempting to create a level playing field.
