“When every child has an education the entire nation prospers, and I emphasize that education for women and girls will ensure a platform for greater democratization of development,” Ameerah Haq, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, told a gathering in Dili at an event celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March.
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The number of women officers in the national police in Timor-Leste (PNTL) is among the highest percentage of police forces globally, a point emphasized at a special ceremony to celebrate International Women’s Day at PNTL headquarters in Dili.
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Dili, 26 February 2010 - The Ministry of Health, the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) and UNFPA conducted the training workshop on curriculum revision of the Midwifery School, held on 18 February at the Health Sciences Institute.
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SRSG Haq speech at the UN’s Security Council.
Timor-Leste has made “remarkable progress” since the violence that disrupted it in 2006, but the long-term goals of recovery and development may prove even more challenging, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Timor-Leste (SRSG) Ameerah Haq said in front of the Security Council which had a debate on Timor-Leste.
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Dili, 25 February 2010 - Continuing its support to Timor-Leste, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) has approved the financing of a new, three-year $4.1 million joint programme to strengthen human security in Timor-Leste and help Government efforts in the attainmen of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Dili, 23 February 2010 - IOM deployed ten trucks to support a national reforestation campaign launched as part of the government’s Dili City of Peace programme.
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Dili, 22 February 2010 - A ceremony was held at the Court of Appeal in Dili on Friday, the 19th of February 2010 to release the printed bi-lingual edition of the penal code of Timor-Leste. 1000 copies of the book were printed with the financial support of the UNDP Justice System Programme (JSP). The book contains the Timor-Leste penal code in both Portuguese and Tetum. The UNDP JSP also continues to provide technical and human resource assistance to the Court of Appeal.
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Lisapat, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Ask anyone in rural Timor-Leste what they want most and the answer is always water.
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Dili, 04 February, 2010 - Gender Resource Centre of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste -- Deputada Fernanda Borges and members of Committee A of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste held a seminar on domestic violence on 3rd February. “We need to better understand the situation of Timor-Leste in terms of domestic violence so that we can pass a law that is grounded on our reality,” she said at the seminar at the Novo Horizonte Hotel in Metiout, Dili.
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Dili, 5 February 2010 - SRSG Ameerah Haq held her first meeting with Timorese NGOs and civil society groups at the NGO Forum headquarters in Dili, this week. A group of about 60 people from member organizations discussed a range of issues related to peace, security and development.
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