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This page contains a bibliography of resources pertaining to gender in Timor-Leste. If you would like to suggest an addition to this bibliography, please email anna.trembath@rmit.edu.au with a full reference, and a weblink or PDF file where available. Additions to this bibliography in languages other than English are welcome.

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Useful Websites
    . The Alola Foundation
    An organization working for the advancement of women in Timor-Leste, the Alola Foundation's website contains a range of useful information.
    . Backdoor Newsletter on Timor-Leste
    This is a regularly produced newsletter available in Tetun, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese and English. The following links contain a range of information specific to women in Timor-Leste:
    Backdoor Newsletter's Women page
    Backdoor Newsletter's Violence Pages One and Two
    Backdoor Newsletter's Sexual Violence page
    . The East Timor and Indonesian Action Network (ETAN)
    The 'women' section of this site has a small resource of articles and reports dating back to 1998. It also has a section of links to relevant gender related websites.
    . Justice System Monitoring Programme Women's Justice Unit
    This site contains a brief history of the JSMP Women's Justice Unit and has links to relevant JSMP reports including 'Women in the Formal Justice Sector'.
    . La'o Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Evaluation
    This organisation monitors and reports on international institutions within Timor-Leste. A bulletin is released and published on the website, and there is a specific section dedicated to gender.
    . Online Women in Politics
    This site provides a small section of information on the political situation of women in Timor-Leste during occupation, and then after independence.
    . Progressio (formerly Catholic Institute for International Relations)
    This site provides regular news items about Timor-Leste and women and has an extensive archive of past articles.
    . Peace Women: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
    This site is a small yet informative resource that includes civil society and NGO reports, papers and statements, UN documents, government statements, books, journals and articles.
    . United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) Gender Affairs Unit
    UNMIT is the current United Nations mission in Timor-Leste and was established on 25 August 2006 as a response to the socio-political crisis affecting Timor-Leste since April. Information about UNMIT's Gender Affairs Unit is contained under 'UNOTIL Branches'.
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Reports
    . Aditjondro, George J., Violence by the State Against Women in East Timor: A report to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, including its causes and consequences, East Timor Human Rights Centre, Fitzroy, 1997.
    . Alfuente Tuzon, Rhian and Juliette Chinaud, A Gender Perspective of the 2007 Parliamentary Elections of Timor-Leste, Part II: Media Monitoring and Gender Perspectives, UNMIT, Dili, 9 August 2007.
    . Alola Foundation and Oxfam Australia, Traditional Crafts of Timor-Leste: A marketing overview, Alola Foundation and Oxfam Australia, Dili, 2003.
    . Amnesty International, Women in Indonesia & East Timor: Standing against repression, Amnesty International, New York, 1995.
    . The Asia Foundation, Guide to Legal Services by Civil Society Organizations, The Asia Foundation, Dili, June 2004.
    . Asian Development Bank and UNIFEM, Gender and Nation Building in Timor-Leste: Country Gender Assessment, Asian Development Bank, Manila, November 2005.
    . Blackburn, Susan, Oxfam Australia's Assistance to Women Affected by Conflict: Comparative Report on Three Case Studies, December 2006 (draft only).
    . Caron, Cathleen, Trafficking in East Timor: A look into the newest nation's sex industry 2004, Alola Foundation, Dili, 2004.
    . Centro Baucau Buka Hatene Women's Development Program, Feto Dezenvolvimentu Programa Relatorio: Treinamentu Lidership ba Konselyu Feto no Juventude Feto, Friends of Baucau, Baucau, Augusto 2005.
    . Centro Baucau Buka Hatene Women's Development Program, Kampanya 16 Dias Kontra Violensia: Violensia Hapara, Foti Direitu Feto, Halo Paz iha Familia, Kommuidade no Nasaun, Centro Baucau Buka Hatene, Baucau, 2006.
    . Chinaud, Juliette, Rhian Alfuente Tuzon and Idalina da Silva, A Gender Perspective of the 2007 Parliamentary Elections of Timor-Leste, Part I, UNMIT, Dili, 9 August 2007.
    . Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste (CAVR), Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste, CAVR, Dili, 2005, particularly Chapter 7: 'Sexual Violence'.
    . Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste (CAVR), Timor-Leste: Women and the conflict, national public hearing, April 28-29 2003, CAVR, Dili, 2005.
    . Concern Worldwide, Kebijakan Keseteraan (Equality): Central to our Being and Doing, Concern Worldwide, Desember 2005.
    . Diamond, Nancy K., Gender Assessment for USAID / Timor-Leste Country Strategy Plan FY 2004-2009, USAID, Dili, August 2004.
    . Doueihi, Angelique, 'Women Set New Ground in Timor-Leste's Parliament', in Viva Timor-Leste! Volume II, The Public Information Office of UNMISET, Dili, 2005, pp. 78-79.
    . Evans, Julie et al., Capacity Building in East Timor: an Assessment of the IRC's Gender-Based Violence Capacity-Building Program, Prepared for the International Rescue Committee, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia, 8 May 2005.
    . Feto Kiik Servisu Hamutuk, Final Report: Forum on 'The Role of Youths in Promoting Peace in Timor Leste', Submitted to Trocaire, FKSH, Dili, June 2007.
    . Feto Kiik Servisu Hamutuk, Final Report: Rural Women's Economic Empowerment and Leadership in Same District, FKSH, Dili, September 2005.
    . Foundation for Development Cooperation, Microfinance in East Timor: Relief, reconstruction and development, Draft Report of the Foundation for Development Cooperation, Brisbane, 29 October 1999.
    . Friends of Baucau, Friends of Baucau Women's Program Workshop, Northcote Library, Victoria, 16 November 2005.
    . Garrigue, Nicolas, 'Commented Review of the Desk Study titled: Traditional Structures in Local Governance', World Bank Institute's Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Learning Program, Dili, July 2004.
    . Grenfell, Damian, Anna Trembath, and Chris Scanlon (eds), Challenges and Possibilities: International Organisations and Women in Timor-Leste / Desafiu no Oportunidade: Organizasaun Internasionál no Feto iha Timor-Leste, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, October 2005 (bilingual conference report; web-based, hardcopy and two CD versions).
    . Grenfell, Damian and Anna Trembath, eds, Challenges and Possibilities: International Organizations and Women in Timor-Leste, 2nd edition, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, December 2007, ISBN 978-0-64648459. (Also available in Tetun)
    . International Alert, Gender Mainstreaming in Peace Support Operations: Moving beyond rhetoric to practice, International Alert, London, July 2002.
    . Joshi, Vijaya and M. Haerstch, Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in East Timor, International Rescue Committee, Dili, 2003.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Access to Justice for Women Victims, JSMP, Dili, July 2004.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, An Analysis of a Sexual Assault Decision from Dili District Court, JSMP, Dili, July 2004.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme and Victim Support Service, Victim Support Service Mid-Year Report 1 January - 30 June 2006, Victim Support Service, Dili, 2006.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme and Victim Support Service, Laporan Pertangahan Tahun Pelayanan Dukungan Bagi Korban (Victim Support Service) 1 Januari - 30 Juni 2006, Victim Support Service, Dili, 2006.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Analysis of Decisions in Cases Involving Women and Children Victims: June 2004-March 2005, JSMP, Dili, April 2005.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Police Treatment of Women in Timor Leste, JSMP, Dili, January 2005.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Statistics on Cases of Violence Against Women in Timor Leste, JSMP, Dili, February 2005.
    . Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Women in the Formal Justice Sector - Report on the Dili District Court, JSMP, Dili, April 2004.
    . Konferensia Hari'i Fali Timor Loro Sa'e: Analiza ba Kotuk no Perspektivas ba Futuro Relatoriu, Tibar, Timor Loro Sa'e, 30 Maio - 2 Junho 2000 (iha mos Resultado Kongresu Feto Timor Loro Sa'e Nian, Dili, Timor Loro Sa'e, 14-17 Junho 2000).
    . O'Keefe, C., Women in East Timor: Report on women and health, education, livelihood and decision-making, Office for the Promotion of Equality, UNTAET, 2003.
    . Ospina, Sofi, A Review and Evaluation of Gender-Related Activities of UN Peacekeeping Operations and their Impact on Gender Relations in Timor Leste, DPKO HQ, final revised version 15 May 2006.
    . Oxfam, A Gender Analysis of Permaculture in Timor-Leste, Oxfam, Dili, 2003.
    . Oxfam, Analisis Gender Dalam Pertanian Selaras Alam di Timor-Leste/ Oxfam, Dili, 2003.
    . Oxfam Australia, East Timor Peace Building and Gender Justice Program Evaluation UNIFEM and Oxfam Australia, Dili, 2004.
    . Oxfam Australia, Mainstreaming Women's Participation and Gender Issues in the Constitution Process: Final Report to UNIFEM, June 2001 - February 2002, Oxfam Australia, Dili, 2002.
    . Oxfam Australia, Underlying Causes of Gender Inequity in Covalima, Timor Leste, Oxfam Australia and New Zealand Aid, Dili, September 2003.
    . Oxfam Great Britain, Obstacles to the Effective Participation of Women in Adult Education Program: Focus on Socio-Cultural Factors, Oxfam Great Britain and UNESCO, Dili, August 2004.
    . Pires, Milena, 'Working Towards Women's Rights in Timor-Leste: the launch of "Women, War and Peace" and the visit to the village of Mauxiga', in Viva Timor-Leste! Volume II, The Public Information Office of UNMISET, Dili, 2005, pp. 76-77.
    . Robertson, Kathryn, Gender-Based Violence in Timor-Leste: a case study, UNFPA Women, Peace and Security Technical Division and PRADET Timor Lorosa'e, Dili, October 2005.
    . Sissons, Miranda E., From One Day to Another: Violations against women's reproductive and sexual rights in East Timor, East Timor Human Rights Centre, Melbourne, 1997.
    . Swaine, Aisling, 'The UNFPA Gender Project', in Viva Timor-Leste! Volume II, The Public Information Office of UNMISET, Dili, 2005, pp. 75-76.
    . Swaine, Aisling, Traditional Justice and Gender Based Violence, International Rescue Committee, Dili, 2003.
    . Trembath, Anna and Damian Grenfell, Mapping the Pursuit of Gender Equality: Non-Government and International Agency Activity in Timor-Leste, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, and Irish Aid, Melbourne, August 2007, ISBN 978-0-646-47770-1. (Also available in Tetun)
    . UNICEF, Timor-Leste Now and the Future: Peace Building What Women and Young People Can Do, UNICEF, Dili, January 2007.
    . UNIFEM CEDAW South East Asia Programme, Konvensaun CEDAW iha Lian 4 / Convenção CEDAW em 4 Linguas / CEDAW Convention in 4 Languages / Konvensi CEDAW dalam 4 Bahasa: Tetun, Portugês, English, Indonesia, UNIFEM CEDAW South East Asia Programme Timor Leste, Dili, 2006.
    . UNMISET, Gender Briefing Kit: Who's Who on Gender Mainstreaming within the United Nations Country Team in Timor-Leste, UNMISET, Dili.
    . United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2006 Timor-Leste: The path out of poverty, integrated rural development, UNDP, Dili, 2006.
    . Victorino-Soriano, Cecilia, Obstacles to the Effective Participation of Women in Adult Education Programs: Focus on social-cultural factors-Timor-Leste, Oxfam (UK) and UNESCO, Dili, August 2004.
    . Waterschoot, Isabelle, 'Supporting the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325: capacity building efforts for gender mainstreaming at UNMISET', in Viva Timor-Leste! Volume II, The Public Information Office of UNMISET, Dili, 2005, pp. 81-82.
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Books and Monographs
    . Cristalis, Irena and Catherine Scott, Independent Women: The story of women's activism in East Timor, CIIR, London, 2006 (see here for details and excerpts).
    . Hicks, David, A Maternal Religion: The role of women in Tetum myth and ritual, Special Report No. 22, Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1984.
    . Hicks, David, Tetum Ghosts and Kin: Fertility and gender in East Timor, 2nd edn, Waveland Press, Long Grove, 2004.
    . Fernandes, Maria Domingas, Laura Soares Abrantes, and Filomena B. Reis, Written with Blood / Hakerek ho Raan, Office for Promotion of Equality, Prime Minister's Office, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, year of publication unstated (trans. by Noeno Anuno Sarmento and Lucsendar R. Fernandes Alves).
    . Forum Komunikasi untuk Perempuan Timor Lorosa'e (FOKUPERS), Husi Eventu Inesquecivel Livru Memória: Lian Feto Faluk Durante Krize Politíka 2006, FOKUPERS no Alola Foundation, Dili, 2007.
    . Winters, Rebecca, Buibere: Voice of East Timorese women Volume One, East Timor International Support Centre, Darwin, 1999. (Also available in Tetun)
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Book Chapters
    . Ballington, J. and D. Dahlerup, 'Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict States: East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq', in D. Dahlerup, ed., Women, Quotas and Politics, Routledge, London and New York, 2006, pp. 249-258.
    . de Araujo, Mario, '"Liberation for Everyone, Not Just Men": A case study of the Men's Association Against Violence (AMKV) in Timor Leste', in Sandy Ruxton, ed., Gender Equality and Men: Learning from practice, Oxfam, UK, 2004.
    . Dickinson, Laura A., 'The Dance of Complementarity: Relationships among domestic, international, and transnational accountability mechanisms in East Timor and Indonesia', in Jane E. Stromseth, ed., Accountability for Atrocities: National and international responses, Transnational Publishers, Ardsley, 2003.
    . dos Reis, Mericio Juvinal, 'The Involvement of Men in Solving Gender Issues in Timor Lorosa'e', in Ishii Masako and Jacqueline A. Siapno, eds, Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts (JCAS Symposium Series No. 21), Japan Centre for Area Studies, Osaka, 2004.
    . Harris Rimmer, Susan, 'Beloved Madam: Timorese Women at the Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Court', in Binchy and Aoife Nolan, eds, Timor-Leste: Issues of Justice and Human Rights, Clarus Press, Dublin, forthcoming 2007.
    . Harris Rimmer, Susan, 'East Timorese Women and the Catholic Church', in Caroline Evan and Amanda Whiting, eds, Mixed Blessing: Women, Religion and the Law in South East Asia, Brill Press, 2005.
    . Harris Rimmer, Susan, 'Orphans or Veterans? Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor', in R. Charli Carpenter, ed., Born of War, Kumarian Press, 2007.
    . Harris Rimmer, Susan, 'Untold Numbers: East Timorese Women and Transitional Justice', in Caroline Lambert and Sharon Pickering, eds, Global Issues, Women and Justice, Federation Press, 2004.
    . Lobato, Lucia, 'Legal Protection for Women in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste', in Ishii Masako and Jacqueline A. Siapno, eds, Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts (JCAS Symposium Series No. 21), Japan Centre for Area Studies, Osaka, 2004.
    . Shintaro, Fukutake, 'East Timor Feminism and Human Rights Discourse', in Ishii Masako and Jacqueline A. Siapno, eds, Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts (JCAS Symposium Series No. 21), Japan Centre for Area Studies, Osaka, 2004.
    . Siapno, Jacqueline, 'Gender, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Agency in Aceh, Indonesia, and East Timor', in Marguerite R. Waller and Jennifer Rycenga, eds, Frontline Feminisms: Women, war, and resistance, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London, 2000.
    . Tambunan Pereira, Repelita, 'Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Gender Equality in East Timor', in Ishii Masako and Jacqueline A. Siapno, eds, Between Knowledge and Commitment: Post-Conflict Peace-Building and Reconstruction in Regional Contexts (JCAS Symposium Series No. 21), Japan Centre for Area Studies, Osaka, 2004.
    . Wandita, Galuh, Karen Campbell-Nelson and Manuela Leong Pereira, 'Gender and Reparations in Timor-Leste', Executive summary of a case study in the forthcoming edited volume, Ruth Rabio-Marin, ed., Engendering Reparations: Recognizing and Compensating Women Victims of Human Rights Violations, International Center for Transitional Justice website, 2006.
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Journal Articles
    . Alldén, Susanne, 'Internalising the Culture of Human Rights: Securing Women's Rights in Post-Conflict East Timor', Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, vol. 1, pp. 1-23, 2007 (forthcoming).
    . Blackburn, Susan, 'Gender Violence and the Indonesian Political Transition', Asian Studies Review, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 433-448.
    . Carey, Peter, 'Challenging Tradition, Changing Society: The role of women in East Timor's transition to independence', Lusotopie, 2001, pp. 255-257.
    . Charlesworth, Hilary and Mary Wood, '"Mainstreaming Gender" in International Peace and Security: The case of East Timor', Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, 2001, pp. 313-317.
    . Charlesworth, Hilary and Mary Wood, 'Women and Human Rights in the Rebuilding of East Timor', Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 71, no. 2, 2002, pp. 325-348.
    . Franks, Emma, 'Women and Resistance in East Timor: "The centre, as they say, knows itself by the margins"', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 19, nos. 1-2, 1996, pp. 155-168.
    . Harris Rimmer, Susan, 'Orphans or Veterans? Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor', Texas International Law Journal, vol. 42, no. 3, June 2007.
    . Hicks, David, 'Literary Masks and Metaphysical Truths: Intimations from Timor', American Anthropologist, vol. 90, no. 4, 1988, pp. 807-817.
    . Hynes, Michelle et. al., 'A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence among Conflict-Affected Populations in East Timor', Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 297-321.
    . Mason, Christine, 'Women, Violence and Non-Violent Resistance in East Timor', Journal of Peace Research, London, vol. 42, No. 6, 2005, pg. 737-749.
    . Myrttinen, Henri, 'Masculinities, Violence and Power in Timor Leste', Lusotopie, vol. 12, nos. 1-2, 2005, pp. 233-244.
    . Pride, Natali, 'Weaving the Country Together: Identities and traditions in East Timor', East Timor Law Journal, 2006.
    . Rees, Susan, 'East Timorese Women Asylum Seekers in Australia: Extrapolating a case for resettlement services', Australian Social Work, vol. 57, No. 3, September 2004, pp. 259- 272.
    . Wandita, Galuh, 'The Tears have not Stopped, the Violence has not Ended: Political upheaval, ethnicity, and violence against women in Indonesia', Gender and Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 1998, pp. 34-41.
    . Whittington, Sherill, 'Gender and Peacekeeping: The United Nations transitional administration in East Timor', Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 28, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1283-1288.
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Other Articles and Research Materials
    . Alldén, Susanne, 'Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Women's Security - Analyzing Political Outputs in East Timor', Umeå Working Papers in Peace and Conflict Studies, no. 1, Umeå, 16 April 2007.
    . Alola Foundation Update, regular organizational update.
    . Bere, Maria Agnes, 'Women and Justice in East Timor', Development Bulletin, No. 68: Cooperating with Timor-Leste, October 2005, pp. 55-57.
    . Boudre, Sophie, 'A Cruel History for East-Timorese Women', Voices Unabridged: The E-Magazine on Women and Human Rights Worldwide, January 2001.
    . Caucus Feto iha Politika, regular newsletter.
    . Children of the Crocodile, documentary film by Marsha Emerman, Australia, 2001, 52 minutes, Tetum/Portuguese, subtitled.
    . da Silva, Mira Martins et al., 'Fatin Hakmatek: The Safe Room Project in East Timor', Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse Newsletter, no. 23, January 2006, pp. 11-13.
    . de Sousa, Andrew and Mericio Juvenal, 'The East Timorese Association of Men Against Violence', Timor Post, 1 July 2002.
    . de Sousa, Rosa, 'Women of Timor-Leste: Seeking freedom in a free nation', Development Bulletin, No. 68: Cooperating with Timor-Leste, October 2005, pp. 34-35.
    . Delaney, Dawn, 'Echoes of War', Eureka Street, September 2004, pp. 22-24.
    . Delaney, Dawn, 'Threads of Hope', Craft Culture, 7 May 2003.
    . Dewi, Sinta, 'Staying Together No Matter What: Domestic violence and power relations in East Timor', Human Rights Tribune, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2002.
    . Farkas, Suzanne, 'East Timor-Lessons for Women, Constitution and Peace-building: An interview with Dr. Milena Pires', Women & Environments International Magazine, Issue 58/59, September 2004, pp. 9-12.
    . Farsetta, Diane, 'Independence and Beyond', Z Magazine, vol. 15, no. 8, September 2002.
    . Jude, 'Together against Violations of Women Mai Hamutuk Halakon Violasaun ba Feto', Posting to ETAN, 8 December 1998.
    . La'o Hamutuk Bulletin, regular bulletin, see particularly vol. 2, no. 5, August 2001: Women and the Reconstruction of East Timor.
    . La'o Hamutuk, 'Feto no Mane no Konstrusaun Social', Surat Popular La'o Hamutuk, La'o Hamutuk, Dili.
    . Levine, Corey, 'Gender and Transitional Justice: A case study of East Timor', Canadian Consortium on Human Security Fellow Paper, September 2004.
    . Lian Tatoli, regular bulletin, Asosiasaun Mane Kontra Violensia.
    . Lusia: Fatululik nia Oan-Feto (Lusia: A Daughter of Fatululik), documentary film, produced and directed by Angela Smith and Ruth Streicher, edited by Jono van Hest, Peripheral Vision Films, 2006.
    . Molnar, Andrea K., 'Film Review: Children of the Crocodile, directed by Marsha Emerman', Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 21, nos. 1-2, 2005, pp. 163-164.
    . Niner, Sara, 'Strong Cloth: East Timor's tais', Craft Culture, 2 September 2003.
    . Organização Popular da Mulher Timor (OPMT), 'Response to Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão's opinion in The Australian of 7 July 2006', 8 July 2006.
    . O'Kane, Maggie, 'Return of the Revolutionaries: The conflict may be over, but for the women of East Timor there is another battle to be won', The Guardian, 15 January 2001.
    . 'Plataform Politika ba Feto husi Organisasaun Feto Nia iha Partidus Politikus ba Eleisaun Parlementar 2007', Deklarasaun husi Partidus Politikus, Dili, 2007.
    . 'Plea for Peace', The Daily Telegraph, 2 June 2006.
    . Salurik Unidade na Diversidade, regular Rede Feto bulletin.
    . Salvagno, Deb, 'Women's Day 2005 - East Timor', New Matilda, 23 March 2005.
    . Sword Gusmao, Kirsty, 'Women Suffering in Silence', The Australian, 7 July 2006.
    . Tabia, Ruby C., 'Review: Children of the Crocodile, a film by Marsha Emerman', NWSA Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 2004, pp. 222-223.
    . Todd, Helen, 'Moris Rasik: Reflections from the Field in Timor', Development Bulletin, no. 57, February 2002, pp. 115-116.
    . Trembath, Anna and Damian Grenfell, 'Oan Kiak: Women and Independence in Timor-Leste', Arena Magazine, Issue 83, June-July 2006, pp. 10-12.
    . Trembath, Anna, 'Review of Independent Women: the Story of Women's Activism in East Timor', International Journal of Feminist Politics, forthcoming 2008.
    . UNDP, 'Project Fact Sheet: Rural Women's Leadership (PERWL)', UNDP, Dili, April 2006.
    . Utomo, Iwu Dwisetyani, 'Fertility and Reproductive Health of Women in Timor-Leste: Results from the 2003 Demographic and Health Survey', Development Bulletin, No. 68: Cooperating with Timor-Leste, October 2005, pp. 87-89.
    . Whittington, Sherrill, 'The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor: Gender affairs', Development Bulletin, no. 53, 2000, pp. 74-76.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
    . Alves, Maria Domingas Fernandes, 'Gender and Peacekeeping Missions', Keynote Address to International Symposium United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in the Post-Conflict Period in Timor-Leste: Successes and Lessons Learned, 29 April 2005.
    . Alves, Maria Domingas Fernandes, 'National Women's Machinery as a Mechanism to Ensure a Culture of Equality Between Women and Men in Timor-Leste', Presentation to International Symposium United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in the Post-Conflict Period in Timor-Leste: Successes and Lessons Learned, 29 April 2005.
    . Caritas Australia Human Rights Law and Justice Program Team, Presentasaun ba Desafiu no Oportunidade: Organizasaun Internasionál no Feto iha Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 11 Setembru 2005.
    . da Silva, Mira Martins and Susan Kendall, 'Issues for Women in East Timor: The aftermath of occupation', Expanding our Horizons: Understanding the complexities of violence against women, University of Sydney, 18-22 February, 2002.
    . de Araujo, Mario, 'Ingualidade Senia Problema?', Presentasaun ba Workshop ba Jornalista, 13 Dezembru 2004.
    . de Araujo, Mario, 'Kerekasan dalam Rumah Tangga dan dampak terhadap Keluarga, Masyarakat dan Negara', Dipersiapkan untuk pelatihan bagi staf Care di Timor-Leste, Dili, 11 April 2005.
    . de Araujo, Mario, 'Knar Mane atu Prebene Violensia Domestika', Presentasaun ba Kongresu Segundu Feto Timor-Leste, 2004.
    . de Araujo, Mario, 'Oxfam and Partners in East Timor: Creating a Voice for Women, and Carving a Space for that Voice', Keynote Address to Challenges and Possibilities: International Organisations and Women in Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 9 September 2005.
    . de Araujo, Mario, 'Oxfam no Parseiru sira iha Timor-Leste - Hamoris Lian ba Feto sira no Loke Fatin ida ba Lian ne'e', Presentasaun ba Desafiu no Oportunidade: Organizasaun Internasionál no Feto iha Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 9 Setembru 2005.
    . de Fatima Pinto, Maria, 'Mobilising Women for the Sustainable Rebuilding of East Timor', Presentation to Sustaining our Communities, Adelaide, 3-6 March 2002.
    . Godinho-Adams, Natercia, 'Arria Formula' Meeting on the Implementation of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, transcript of remarks to the United Nations Security Council, 30 October 2001.
    . Leong Pereira, Manuela, 'Bergandengan Tangan Dalam Mengejar Ketertinggalan', Keynote Address to Challenges and Possibilities: International Organisations and Women in Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 9 September 2005.
    . Leong Pereira, Manuela, 'Hand-in-Hand towards Progress', Keynote Address to Challenges and Possibilities: International Organisations and Women in Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 9 September 2005.
    . Niner, Sara, '"Feto no Labarik Hakarak Dame iha Nasaun Timor-Leste": Gender and Security in Timor-Leste, June 2006', CAPSTRANS Winter Workshop on Gender and Border Security in the Asia-Pacific, 30 June-1 July 2006.
    . Organização de Mulher Timor, 'A Chronology of East Timorese Women's Lives', Presentation to the National Conference of FRETILIN, Sydney, 14-20 August 1998.
    . Pires, Milena, 'East Timor and the Debate on Quotas', Regional Workshop on the Implementation of Quotas, International IDEA, Jakarta, September 2002.
    . Pires, Milena, 'Enhancing Women's Participation in Electoral Processes in Post Conflict Countries: Experiences from East Timor', Enhancing Women's Participation in Electoral Process in Post-Conflict Countries Expert Group Meeting, United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Glen Cove, 19-22 January 2004.
    . Roynestad, Emily, 'Are Women Included or Excluded in Post-Conflict Reconstruction? A case study from Timor Leste', United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) Expert Group Meeting on Peace Agreements as a Means for Promoting Gender Equality and Ensuring Participation of Women - A Framework of Model Provisions, 9 November 2003.
    . Sword Gusmao, Kirsty, 'Still Fighting to be Free: East Timorese women, survivors of violence', Seeking Solutions Conference: Inaugural domestic violence and sexual assault conference, Gold Coast, 5 September 2001.
    . Trembath, Anna, 'Gender and Security in Timor-Leste', Presentation to Globalism Institute Seminar Series 2006, RMIT University, Melbourne, 24 May 2006.
    . Trembath, Anna, 'Gender Dynamics in Timor-Leste's Security Crisis', Second Oceanic Conference on International Studies, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 7 July 2006.
    . Trindade, Zelia, 'Major Needs and Challenges for Achieving Gender Justice in Timor Leste', Peace Needs Women and Women Need Justice: Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations, New York, 15-17 September 2004.
    . Verdial, Alita, 'Working Together: Restoring Dignity, Building Bridges of Understanding and Support', Keynote Address to Challenges and Possibilities: International Organisations and Women in Timor-Leste, RMIT University, Melbourne, 9 September 2005. (Tetun version also available.)
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    . Hovde Bye, Hanne, The Fight Against Domestic Violence in East Timor: Forgetting the perpetrators, Unpublished Masters Thesis, University of Tromso, 2005.
    . Joshi, Vijaya, Building Opportunities: Women's organizing, militarism and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Clark University, Massachusetts, 2005.
    . Richards, Esther Joy, 'First I Cry, then I Fight': Documenting Sexual Violence in Occupied East Timor and Evaluating the Response of Representatives of the Timorese Catholic Church, Unpublished Masters Thesis, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, the University of Leeds, August 2005.
 



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