Timor Leste Presentation -Asia Pacific Regional High Level Consultation

7/27/2019 Timor Leste Presentation -Asia Pacific Regional High Level Consultation

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Participation of Women in

Politics and Decision Making

Increase participation of women in politics and decision makingat all level and as managers in private sectors;

First amendment of Electoral Act in 2007 to increase thenumber of women in the National Parliament-every 4 MP, onemust be a woman;

Dissemination of the importance of women participation and

equality in leadership at all level of development.


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Participation of Women in Politics and

Decision Making- Cont

Second Amendment to Electoral Act in 2011 to increase womenparticipation in politics and decision making to 1 in between 3candidates- 25 out 65 sits are women, 38% in the National Parliament;

Female parliamentarians form a group to specifically address genderissues at all level of society;

The Portfolio of Women in Politics: specifically address the 7 prioritiesi.e. Education, Economy, Health, Culture, Media, Justice, Peace andSecurity;

Provide capacity development on leadership to woman beforeelections are taken place;

The inclusion of 40% of women in the infrastructure projects for villagedevelopment.


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Access to Justice Progress

Conduct seminars, workshops, discussions including CEDAW totribunal officials, prosecutors and layers since 2007;

Conduct national campaigns on Legal literacy in all territory;

Establish Judicial Training Centre and conduct training onHuman Rights including CEDAW to judicial authors;

Human Rights Ombudsmen to oversee cases of human rightsabuses and violations


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Violence against Women

Progress Law against domestic violence-defines as public crimes;

Dissemination of this law to all districts, local leaders, traditional leaders,community and universities as well as national TV, radios and newspapers;

National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence 2012-14 including M &E Framework and costs;


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90 % of school age enrolment at the primary school with proportion of 47%

are girls (2011);

49,5% of girls enrolled in junior high school (7-9) in 2011-2012;

50,6% enrolled in Secondary;

204,463 graduated from Literacy Program (sim eu posso) in 2011-2012 and65% are women;

School feeding program year 1-9;

Scholarship program to 658 to study abroad in 2010-13, 37% are women.

Zero Tolerant Policyin 2011 on sexual violence, corporal punishment andany other forms of violence in schools.

Education Progress


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Social Protection

Constitutional mandatory-every citizen has the right to access tohealth care and treatments in clinics and hospitals freely;

Health of mothers and children is the top priority in the National

Strategic Plan in health2011-2030; 85% of mothers have received assistance from pre-natal carein

2009-2010;

Post-natal care reached 41% in 2011;

Sexual health curriculum and reproductive for Adolescence;

Program of Bolsa da Mehas reached 14,000 beneficiaries(vulnerable families and women headed household) in 2012;

Scholarships for childrens of veterans of the war;

Pension to veterans, elderly and disability person;


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Economic Development

Provision of agriculture input subsidies;

Provision of training and distribution of livestock to womengroups;

Provision of free vaccination and treatment to livestock; Establish women groups as seed producers;

Provision of Agriculture Extension Workers in all villages;

Form women groups in horticulture-linking to market accession;

Provision of training and distribution of hand tractors and minitillers to women groups;

Training and distribution of maize storage equipment;


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Employment Progress

Labour act has just enacted in in February 2012 provides equalopportunity andtreatment to have access to jobs, vocational andprofessional trainings, work conditions, remuneration, non-discrimination in workplace and sexual harassment;

Gender policy for private sectors to guarantee cooperation andcollaboration within private sector and their partners and provideassistance to respond to thenecessity of micro and mediumentrepreneurs focus on women;

42% of women contribute to the economy through agriculturehandicrafts industry.


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Take away messages

Involvement of men or husbands in any training, workshop orgender activities to raise awareness to support womens initiatives;

Food security and nutrition (production and consumption) is amultidimensional issue and thus requires a multi-sector approach;

All entities have to make sure that programs or projects must beimplemented in participation of beneficiaries (men and women)right from the planning until graduation;

Not enough to have a good policy and plan, but beyond that we

need to have good political will to operationalize all these programsand plans.

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Timor Leste Presentation -Asia Pacific Regional High Level Consultation