Progress in legislating domestic violence and gender based violence in Timor-Leste

The present situation in Timor Leste can only be understood in the historical and cultural context of prior political subjugations. Gender violence is a domestic and community reality in Timor-Leste. It existed in Portuguese colonial times, during the invading Japanese occupation in 1942, during the...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Phyllis (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi, 2011-01.
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