Editions - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007 2025-08-31T12:02:38+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management Leaving Indonesia 2010-04-08T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-08T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/leaving-indonesia MICHELE FORD & WAYNE PALMER amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/fordpalmer1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/fordpalmer1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple</h6> Costly inducements 2010-04-07T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-07T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/costly-inducements WAYNE PALMER amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/palmer.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/palmer.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price</h6> Passports optional 2010-04-06T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-06T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/passports-optional NURUL ILMI IDRUS amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/idrus.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/idrus.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia</h6> Token gestures 2010-04-05T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-05T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/token-gestures ALEX ONG amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/ong1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/ong1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered</h6> A matter of luck 2010-04-03T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-03T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/a-matter-of-luck ROSSLYN VON DER BORCH amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/rossi.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/rossi.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives</h6> American dreams 2010-04-04T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-04T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/american-dreams DAHLIA GRATIA SETIYAWAN amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/setiyawanphilly.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/setiyawanphilly.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia</h6> Oppressed and they know it 2010-04-02T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-02T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/oppressed-and-they-know-it ROBERT TIERNEY amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/tierney.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/tierney.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back</h6> Organising for migrant worker rights 2010-04-01T21:00:00+07:00 2010-04-01T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/organising-for-migrant-worker-rights MICHELE FORD & WAHYU SUSILO amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/fordsusilo.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/fordsusilo.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives</h6> Learning to lead 2010-03-31T21:00:00+07:00 2010-03-31T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition1007/learning-to-lead ENI LESTARI amber.au@gmail.com <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/eni1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong</h6> <p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_100/eni1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong</h6>