Understanding the lived experience of women who serve or have served in the military, will
enable a better understanding of their wishes and needs, in what is the largest growing …

This study focused on the learning process during the COVID-19 pandemic in Timor. The
research used a qualitative method and purposive sampling to select subjects such as …

Lying off the west coast of Africa, the Cape Verde archipelago consists of ten islands, nine of
which are inhabited (Figure 0.1). Santiago, together with Fogo, Maio and Brava constitute …

" What might it mean to take the dead seriously as political actors?" asks Lia Kent in this
exciting new contribution to critical human rights scholarship. In Timor-Leste, a new nation …

Research on men, masculinities, and of men's violences has multiplied recently, as have
violence-prevention initiatives, especially in conflict-affected societies. Drawing on my …

Timor Leste which emerged as a sovereign nation in 2002, is one of the most oil dependent
countries in the world but with limited oil reserves. In 2005 it set up a Petroleum Fund to …

In 1999, after 24-years of violent military occupation by Indonesian forces, the small country
of Timor-Leste became host to one of the largest UN peace operations. The operation rested …

Tackling gender gaps in political representation is a key pillar of peace building and
development interventions in conflict-affected environments, which has been addressed …

After working with women and men in Timor-Leste and conducting research on gender
issues for many years I realized enough very good research was being produced on women …

The idea of democratic state-building constituted the basis of the peace promotion
engagement of the United Nations and other international agencies in Timor-Leste. Yet, this …