by Comms APHEDA | Jun 28, 2022 | Our work
To celebrate International Domestic Workers Day on 14 June, the Working Women’s Centre Timor Leste (WWCTL) in collaboration with the NGO Forum of Timor-Leste (FONGTIL), an umbrella body for civil society organisations, hosted their third national seminar: ‘Valuing and...
by Comms APHEDA | Aug 31, 2021 | Our work
WWCTL Receives Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Advocacy In September 2011, the APHEDA Dili Office launched the Working Women’s Centre of Timor Leste (WWCTL) at an “Our Work, Our Lives” conference that brought together activists, academics and unionists from...
by Comms APHEDA | Feb 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
Since the Working Women Centre Timor Leste (WWCTL) was established in 2011, Timorese working women have achieved better working conditions, as many were living and working outside of any social protections as informal workers. Most did not have contracts, were paid...
by Comms APHEDA | Jun 29, 2023 | Our work
According to the United Nations, Timor-Leste is considered one of the world’s least developed countries. Despite great gains made since the restoration of Independence in 2002, a weak oil-dependent formal economy and low urbanisation rate have made it difficult...
by Comms APHEDA | May 31, 2023 | Our work
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA’s partner organisations celebrated May Day by joining events and rallies. Below is a round-up of how they celebrated on May 1. TIMOR LESTE Unions and workers celebrated May Day in Timor Leste with a rally and march through the streets of Dili....
