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Don't forget fringe parties in the election
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 02/05/2023
» A total of 70 political parties with 4,781 candidates are contesting 400 MP seats, and 1,898 candidates from 67 political parties are vying for 100 list-MP seats in the general election on May 14.
Driving Indonesia's women-led weaving recovery
Oped, Suzana Ramadhani, Published on 10/11/2021
» Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) suffered the most when the pandemic hit Indonesia in early 2020. As movement restrictions were enforced, lack of market demand and hardship in securing material supplies saw many required to halt their business operation temporarily, reduce their number of workers, or even shut down permanently.
Cyclone season shows dire need for preparation
News, Loretta Hieber Girardet, Published on 15/01/2019
» When reports of tropical storm Pabuk first emerged, there were initial concerns that it could become a repeat of tropical storm Harriet, which killed roughly 900 people in 1962, or killer Typhoon Gay which caused 833 deaths in 1989.
Disasters discriminate. Disaster response should not
Asia focus, Bharati Sadasivam in Istanbul, Published on 15/10/2018
» When landslides devastated parts of Khatlon province in Tajikistan in early 2009, the village of Baldzhuvan was better prepared than most. Bibi Rahimova, a local community organiser, had spent years alerting people to the dangers of living beneath unstable terrain. When the hillside finally gave way, all of Baldzhuvan's 35 households were evacuated safely, and no lives were lost.