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TIMOR-LESTE: The slow death of family violence

Photo: Phuong Tran / Suai, 22 September 2010 (IRIN)

/ IRIN Shelters for battered women whose exact location remains confidential, Dili, capital of Timor-Leste DILI

The Government of Timor-Leste faces challenges in implementing, in a climate of skepticism, a new law that criminalizes domestic violence. Many people believe that this law goes too far and it is too early to apply.

"We are a young country "Said Maria Filomena Babo IRIN Martins, head of training and education of the State Secretariat for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI), which coordinates the implementation of the law.


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