As Timor-Leste looks to its presidential elections on Saturday, several female candidates are standing. Will they persuade the new generation of voters of a need for a greater voice in politics?
Next week’s election will feature more female candidates than ever, but their impact on the country’s patriarchal cultural norms remains to be seen.
By Corinne Roberts
The Timor-Leste Government is committed to improving and enriching the lives of women to
enable them to participate equally in all aspects of life. This is Timor-Leste’s first report and
Timor-Leste has made significant progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration
A Comparative Study in Five Southeast Asian Countries: Cambodia,
Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste:
It is generally recognized that women worldwide make substantial contributions towards politics, society
and the economy in their country. In newly democratic countries in Southeast Asia the role of women
In order to understand how the contest for power in newly independent Timor-Leste has played out through the constitution building process it is necessary to consider the context within whcih the constitution building process came about...
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Women in East Timor are being wooed to participate in the local council elections, likely to be held in September."I hope there will be more women participating. This is one of the rights of women now," says Paulina Lemos, 29, who intends to run in the suco (village) level polls.