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