On 21 April — Kartini Day, Indonesia's national day of women's emancipation — the House of Representatives) passed the Domestic Workers Protection Law after a 22-year campaign led by the Jaringan Advokasi Nasional PRT (JALA PRT, National Network for Domestic Worker Advocacy) and a Civil Coalition of roughly one thousand organisations. The new law recognises domestic workers as formal labour, guarantees working hours, wages, leave, social security and vocational training, and imposes (…)

On 19 April 2026, the Aliansi Perempuan Indonesia (Indonesian Women's Alliance), a broad left feminist coalition, issued this emergency press release on the wave of sexual violence cases exposed at Indonesia's leading universities --- including the University of Indonesia, the Bandung Institute of Technology, Padjajaran University and Budi Luhur University --- with perpetrators ranging from students and lecturers to rectors. The Alliance links these cases to the deepening penetration of (…)

Analyste pakistanais et militant, Farooq Sulehria examine le rôle dévolu à Islamabad comme hôte des négociations de paix américano-iraniennes. Il soutient que cette promotion au rang de « puissance moyenne » ne doit rien à une vocation pacifiste : elle découle du caractère de garnison de l'État pakistanais, d'un clientélisme diplomatique forgé pendant la guerre froide et d'un calcul intéressé durant la guerre israélo-américaine contre l'Iran. Sulehria démonte la mise en scène médiatique du « (…)