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Artist couple maps Jakarta’s coastline in an unlikely pilgrimage

Society 1 year ago

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Artist couple maps Jakarta’s coastline in an unlikely pilgrimage

For the past six years, Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett have documented and witnessed the rapid transformation of North Jakarta, an area of dramatic contrasts and home to 1.8 million.

The disparity of gig economy and rural-urban poverty

Opinion 5 years ago

The disparity of gig economy and rural-urban poverty

The gig economy is mainly concentrated in urban areas, where people are no longer in the process of catching up — they are already there. The urban gig workers, which dominated the roughly 5 percent of total gig workers in Indonesia, were among the main recipients of negative effects of COVID-19.

Civil groups work to help low-income citizens weather COVID-19 hardship

National 5 years ago

Civil groups work to help low-income citizens weather COVID-19 hardship

Informal street vendors, factory workers and the urban poor community are particularly vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grieving families in Philippine drugs war turn to theatre for healing, therapy

SE Asia 5 years ago

Grieving families in Philippine drugs war turn to theatre for healing, therapy

Relatives of some of the thousands killed in the Philippines' war on drugs acted out their journey of loss and healing in a theatre performance in Manila on Wednesday, capping a month-long therapy program for grieving urban poor families.

Jakarta poverty rate drops to third-lowest level since ‘reformasi’

City 6 years ago

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Jakarta poverty rate drops to third-lowest level since ‘reformasi’

The poverty rate -- the ratio between the number of poor people and the total population -- in Jakarta was recorded at 3.42 percent in September last year, the third lowest since widespread reforms were introduced in 1998.

Communities join hands to rebuild Kampung Kunir

City 6 years ago

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Communities join hands to rebuild Kampung Kunir

Communities propose grants to the Jakarta administration to help rebuild the once evicted Kampung Kunir in West Jakarta.

Persistent urban poverty snapshot of economic disparities

Business 6 years ago

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Persistent urban poverty snapshot of economic disparities

Robitan’s relocation is a part of a US$74.4 million project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve living conditions of poor neighborhoods in 20 cities across Indonesia, with the help of Public Works and Housing Ministry.

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