GEOG20012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Victim Support, Adat, United Nations Transitional Administration In East Timor
28 Jul 2018
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Women in timor - leste are honoured and awarded status and power in local cosmologes (feto maromak) and muc social organisation can be described as matrifocal or centred on the mother. Need to reflect on varied understandings of gender and the imposition of new or foreign values on those living according to customary practices. Local gender" roles and relations are often misrepresented or not understood accurately in development sector (da silva & simiao) > ineffective programs. Relatively new western word-concept for most timorese: varied levels of appreciation. Associated with international aid and development programs post 1999 > pro - women. Indonesian university programs: women"s or family studies centres as handmaiden of the indonesian state" = collecting and description of gender - disaggregated data for the government > no social or political analysis. Describing aspects of gender relations accurately and understanding dimensions of inequality across various domains in tl is an important task.
