Indonesia

Enhancing education for vulnerable and intersectional communities in Indonesia

This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. Effective societal development requires a …

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Bridging the Divide: AI Governance in ASEAN

This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. The rapid pace of technological …

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The Forest Fire Response Potential of Social Forestry

This op-ed is part of AASYP’s Digital Dialogues 2021, which is a programme that aims to provide a platform and forum for future leaders from across the region to contribute to the policymaking and diplomacy sphere by engaging in issues relating to Gender and Diversity, Green Recovery, and Emerging Economies. The image of choking columns …

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Walking on Thin Ice: How Indonesia’s Job Creation Bill Poses Risks of Fuelling Modern Slavery

This article is part of AASYP’s “Break the Chain” programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labour. On 5 November 2020, the Indonesian government enacted the contentious job creation bill (the “Omnibus Law”) into law. The Omnibus Law is an attempt by the Jokowi administration to improve economic activity by enhancing Indonesia’s …

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Call me a Worker, not a Slave: Domestic Servitude in Indonesia as a reflection on modern slavery

This article is part of AASYP’s first-ever “Break the Chain” programme which highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human-trafficking and forced labour. In ancient times, slaves worked for the interests of their masters who were generally landowners. They were forced to work and had no authority over themselves, or to even be sold or offered …

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Are expectations for the IA-CEPA too high?

There is hope the newly implemented Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) will dramatically shift economic relations, paving the way for a stronger, long lasting bilateral relationship. But first, there are challenges to overcome.  Earlier this year, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrisson stated that Australia and Indonesia are “not just close neighbours, but great friends”. …

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Tackling Poverty Amidst COVID-19 in Indonesia

During the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Indonesia like many other countries, experienced an economic shock, making it a challenge to alleviate poverty. Indonesia’s Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) takes surveys on poverty twice a year-in March and September respectively. Before COVID-19, the surveys recorded the poverty rate at 9.22 percent on September 2019, 0.44 percent lower …

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Virus or Bullets: A glimpse of COVID-19 in Rakhine, West Papua, and Bangsamoro

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, conditions are particularly serious in conflict and humanitarian settings, as abuses to vulnerable communities continue. A case in point is the continuing violent conflict in Palestine where coronavirus testing centres in Palestinian security checkpoints in the West Bank were reportedly demolished by Israeli soldiers. A lesson learned from the Ebola …

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