In traditionally patriarchal Timor-Leste, raising children has long been the exclusive domain of women, limiting their ability to pursue education and work, and excluding fathers from child-rearing. But a new UNICEF-supported parenting education programme is the first of its kind to focus on the unique role fathers play in their… Read more →←
Author: UNICEF EAPRO
In remote Timor-Leste many schools remain unconnected to safe water sources. For some girls, this presents a problem: how do you manage your period hygienically without skipping class? Find out how UNICEF is supporting some of Timor-Leste’s most vulnerable girls with safe, secure facilities for managing menstrual hygiene now. … Read more →←
Since violence escalated across Myanmar’s northern townships of Rakhine State in August last year and access to health and nutrition services dropped drastically, community volunteers have become a critical safeguard against the risk of malnutrition among children. With years of experience working for international non-government… Read more →←
Nina, a 17-year-old girl in Manatuto municipality, dropped out of school in 2015 because she was pregnant. She stopped going to school until her baby was born. Life has changed a lot since then. She could not continue her study, staying home and taking care of her baby boy, while her husband Rico is continuing his study in a Senior High… Read more →←
Walking hours per day for clean, safe water was a reality for hundreds of children in remote Timor-Leste not too long ago. But now, community-led efforts have seen water piped into the centres of some of the country’s most isolated hamlets, and its children accessing good health and secure education. Find out how UNICEF is supporting a… Read more →←
Dear you, Back in the old days, around the world, your rights were completely defined by societies, traditions, cultures and religions you lived in — these conditions prevented you from realizing your true potentials and created gender imbalances. You were pushed into weakness and submission. It was a culturally accepted standard… Read more →←
I live in a society where “gender inequality” has been thoroughly discussed, learned, taught, yet, equality among genders has not yet become a reality in Cambodian society. I believe we have been, in our small but fast-paced steps, working towards women’s empowerment. We are indeed striving for political, social, economic, personal… Read more →←
Timor-Leste has one of Asia’s highest child mortality rates, but skilled birth attendants provide an answer. Find out how UNICEF is training birth attendants to prevent tragedies in some of Timor-Leste’s most rural and under-resourced villages. GLENO, TIMOR-LESTE : In the small maternity room at the back of the Gleno Community Health… Read more →←
For children trapped in conflict zones around the world, 2017 has been a ‘nightmare year’. 2017 has been a devastating year for children trapped in conflicts. They came under attack in spaces where they should be safe — in homes, schools and hospitals and on playgrounds. Children were deliberately targeted in many conflicts:… Read more →←
Community nurse Anibal Pereira (30), snaps on white rubber gloves to begin weighing children attending his team’s mobile community outreach session in the rural town of Balibo, Timor-Leste. Mothers fan the air before their babies to stave off the afternoon’s heat, and a woman works quickly under the sun to pick the leaves of the… Read more →←
