UN Women Timor-Leste Quarterly Newsletter | April - June 2020

In this edition, UN Women Timor-Leste’s newsletter covering:

• GENDER AND COVID-19
• UN WOMEN TIMOR-LESTE IS RESPONDING TO COVID-19 BY FOCUSING ON FIVE AREAS OF ACTION
• SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EQUALITY AND INCLUSION (SEII) SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UN WOMEN
• EMPOWERING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, ECONOMY AND SUSTAINING WEAVING CULTURE THROUGH WEAVERS’ NETWORK
• FROM WHERE I STAND: "HAVING MORE WOMEN IN CONFLICT MEDIATION IS POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.”
• MINISTER OF EDUCATION: “CONNECT WITH RESPECT (CWR) CAN BE A MODEL FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL."
• 10 FACILITATORS READY TO ROLL OUT A TOOLKIT ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) PREVENTION AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES
• VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF COVID-19 #MYCOVIDSTORY
• ADVOCATES IN TIMOR-LESTE BRING UP MARGINALIZED VOICES TROUGH THE EU-UN SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVE
• CAMILLE WAUTERS: “WE SEE HOW POSITIVE THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN FOR THE WHOLE SOCIETY”

RESOURCES ON COVID-19 AND GENDER EQUALITY:

• CHALLENGES FACED BY DOMESTIC WORKERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
• VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND COVID-19 MESSAGES
• VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AND COVID-19: KEY ISSUES AND ACTIONS FOR TIMOR-LESTE
• IN BRIEF: WOMEN’S NEEDS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN TIMOR-LESTE’S COVID-19 RESPONSE