women's political participation at local level in timor leste
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WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AT LOCAL LEVEL IN TIMOR LESTE. Elda de Barros Alola Foundation Support district level Program coordinator. Timor Leste’s law to support women’s political participation. Constitution RDTL: Article 17: Concerning equality between women and men - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AT LOCAL LEVEL IN TIMOR LESTE
Elda de Barros
Alola Foundation
Support district level
Program coordinator
Timor Leste’s law to support women’s political participation
Constitution RDTL:Article 17: Concerning equality between women and menArticle 63: Regarding women and men political participation and
citizenshipPolitical party’s lawLei no 6/2006,artigu,12 alinea 3 partisipasaun iha lista
kandidaturaArticle 3 /2009: About community leader there are 3 seats for women in suco
councilNational Plataform of Timor LesteCEDAW Article 7: about the women’s political rights and article 14 about
rural women development
Estadu Ratifika CEDAWIha tinan 2002 tama iha Parlamentu NasionalIha Tinan 2003 ratifikaIha tinan 2008 Konsultasaun ba halo relatorio
alternativaTinan 2009 aprezenta aprezenta iha Nasoens
UnidasHetan rekomendasaun bar-barak konaba
assuntu feto nian.
WOMEN ARE KEY ELEMENT FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Women and men have the same rights. They have the same rights in political arena, in decision making area, in advocacy sphere and in development process.
Community Leader Women’s Rule in Suco Council
Women’s task in suco council:Check women and children’s problems• Find solution for women and children’s
problems• Make proposals to develop women and
children’s life• Eradicate violence against women• Help victims of domestic violence
QuantityLocal elections in 2004-2005 (Suco level)Leader of village (Suco): female 7; male 435Leader of sub-village (Aldeia): female 22; male
2200Total member: female 1326. Total suco 442Local elections in 2009 (Suco level)Leader of village (Suco): female 10; male 432Leader of sub-village (Aldeia): female 28; male
2122Total member: female 1326. Total suco 442
Capacity Building ‘s Program for Leader of Community
Alola Foundation have already covered 8 districts, 28 sub-districts and 218 villages in order to improve the community leader’s capacity and in order to empowerment them.
According to our observation, there are only 5% of women have good general knowledge and have decision making influence in suco council.
After training, they already know about their work, duties or responsibility as a community leader.
Women’s Challenge in suco councilEducation level minimumHousework Patriarchal system Limited self-confidence Women’s pole in political parties listLack of information about the law 3/2009Insufficient family’s supportInadequate capacity building’s program
Observations Less human resource and financial resource
in order to conduct women’s trainingCommunity doesn’t take in deep
consideration the women’s roleWomen don’t have self confidence and their
family and community don’t believe in their capacities
Lack information about national development Lack of courage to speak in public and in
privacy because men dominate.
RecommendationsSustainable capacity building program Advocacy to reduce women’s discrimination.Gender sensitive government's budget to
promote educational program for womenCreating jobs to promote women’s
movements and women’s participation.
Support from local Support from local authority authority
IntroductionIntroduction
From 2009 until 2011 Alola Foundation promotes community leadership training in order to analyze stereotypes.
Rol game to check the power situation
During 2007-2008 Alola Foundation takes on a new staff in District to work together with women’s groups
Motivating women’s economic independence.Supporting with Finance Ministry and
Development Ministry women’s knowledge about business
Promoting together Agriculture Ministry rural women’s groups
Supporting with Finance Ministry women’s economy in housework and in business
Sustaining local product
Atauru Group
Trainer from Belun while makes a colours mixture
Aileu Group Ermera Group
MANUFAHI GROUPMaliana group
Manufahi group
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