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UNFPA and SEPI Sign 2014 Annual Workplan
The Secretary of State for Promotion of Equality (SEPI) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed the 2014 Annual Workplan today to support the elimination of gender inequality in Timor-... Read more
More Than 1,800 Maps of Timor-Leste Open to Public
Seeds of Life, a programme within the Timor Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) has just made over 1,800 maps of Timor-Leste available on its website - that's over 18GB of imagery! The... Read more
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
"Despite a century of efforts to put an end to the genital mutilation of girls, , more than 125 million girls and women have been cut. 86 million young girls worldwide are likely to experience some... Read more
New Report on Law Against Domestic Violence
Timor-Leste's Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) launches report on theLaw Against Domestic Violence: Obstacles implementation three years on. On 12 December 2013 the Judicial System... Read more
Timor-Leste Launches State of World Population 2014
The State of World Population (SWOP) 2014 report, The Power of 1.8 Billion Youth, Adolescents and the Transformation of their Future, was launched on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at the Novo Turismo... Read more
UN and the Government of Timor-Leste Commemorate The Human Rights Day
The United Nations and the Government of Timor-Leste commemorated the Human Rights Day on 4th of December 2013 in a public discussion on "Strengthening Human Rights for Inclusive Development". In his... Read more
UNFPA Executice Director's Statement on the Death of Father of South Africa, Mandela
It is with deep sadness that I learned of the death of former South African President and anti-apartheid stalwart, Nelson Mandela. The world has lost a true statesman, a leader and a pragmatic... Read more
More Than A Thousand Prayed for People Living With HIV on Sunday
More than a thousand gathered in Dili Cathedral to commemorate the World AIDS Day 2013 and pray for getting to zero: Zero HIV infections, zero deaths from AIDS-related illnesses, and zero... Read more
Violence Is Not Our Culture
Violence against women and girls is a violation of their fundamental human rights, an affront to human dignity and a serious threat to their health and well-being. It impedes their civic engagement... Read more
Statistics, the Lifeblood of Good Governance
To commemorate the International Year of Statistics 2013, the Directorate General of Statistics (DGS), Ministry of Finance and UNFPA in Timor-Leste organized a series of events to highlight the... Read more