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In fathers we trust
Editorial 7 months ago

In fathers we trust

Paternal presence helps children fare better academically, demonstrate enhanced problem-solving and adaptive skills and improve emotional resilience, creativity and attentiveness in the face of challenges.
Israeli soldiers’ voices, a tool for peace?
Academia 8 months ago

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Israeli soldiers’ voices, a tool for peace?

The voices of conscientious scholars and IDF members have been drowned out in the domestic and global pro-Palestine and pro-Israel public opinion war. 
From home to nation: Family foundational in Indonesia’s future
Academia 8 months ago

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From home to nation: Family foundational in Indonesia’s future

While population growth brings development potential, it also raises pressing questions about infrastructure, education, employment and resource equity.
‘Why we choose to stay’: The volunteers building a future in Asmat
Archipelago 8 months ago

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‘Why we choose to stay’: The volunteers building a future in Asmat

Three people share their experiences of choosing to do volunteer work in Agats, Asmat Regency, South Papua, leaving behind their former lives to start anew in one of the country’s most remote and underdeveloped regions.
Children of the mangroves: Keeping education, health accessible in Asmat
Archipelago 8 months ago

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Children of the mangroves: Keeping education, health accessible in Asmat

With one of the lowest road densities and highest school dropout rates in the country, Asmat’s youth struggle to access basic care and education in a swamp-filled, disconnected regency that is 37-time the size of Jakarta.
Swamps, speedboats and survival: Life in remote Asmat
Archipelago 8 months ago

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Swamps, speedboats and survival: Life in remote Asmat

A 2024 government report paints a bleak picture: only 14.8 percent of children in Asmat stay in school through primary education. Nearly a third have never attended at all.
Housing for whom?
Editorial 8 months ago

Housing for whom?

 What is missing from the housing agenda is the important conversation about design, access and equity.
Free nutritious meals: Let children grow and dream big
Academia 8 months ago

Free nutritious meals: Let children grow and dream big

The free meals program has the potential to reduce poverty rates by between 1 percent and 4 percent.
Discouraging dissent for love of the nation?
Academia 9 months ago

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Discouraging dissent for love of the nation?

Prabowo's free meals program comes packaged in the state rhetoric of love for the nation and if this is truly so, perhaps accountability should also be a key ingredient.
RI children get access to new therapy for neurofibromatosis type 1
Society 9 months ago

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RI children get access to new therapy for neurofibromatosis type 1

Indonesian children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a rare genetic condition where tumors grow on the nerves and skin, now have access to Selumetinib, the world’s first recognized therapy for NF1.
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