Women’s Empowerment
equity and equality for women
Timor-Leste is one of the most food insecure countries in the world. The country also faces challenges with high unemployment rates and few employment opportunities outside agriculture.
Women also tend to be more illiterate and have little say in decisions made by the community. Because of this, it is difficult for the women of Timor-Leste to support their families and be active members of their communities.
Did you Know?
In communities, women have little influence in decision making and the ability to generate income independently.
Here are some of the ways that we’re helping encourage and strengthen the empowerment of women:
– Establishing women’s groups
– Trainings in cooking local foods and developing healthy recipes to promote nutrition
– Selling food products to local restaurants
– Establishing a Tempeh production franchise business concept for female entrepreneurs
– Creating programming accessible to those with low literacy rates
– Establishing savings and loans groups in remote communities
– Trainings in financial literacy and business development
Current PROJECTS
Hakbi'it Feto (Empower Women)
The Hakbi’it-Feto Project is a collaborative project between ADRA Austria, ADRA Timor-Leste and Rede Feto Timor-Leste with the key objective to empower women socially and economically through strengthening women-focused Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This project is funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency and ADRA Austria.
PAST PROJECTS
Nutritious Food Enterprises
The ‘Nutritious Food Enterprises’ project funded by ADRA International, worked with women’s groups to experiment with cooking local foods to develop healthy recipes that promote nutritious food choices and diet diversity.
Three groups in Carabalo, Luca and Uma Tolu communities were targeted to develop tempeh, a soybean cake that offers a valuable source of protein and is popular to eat. The business was expanded into a franchise where women were able to earn money and contribute to the wellbeing of their families.
NEWS
FUNDAMOR Signs Contract with ADRA Timor-Leste
On Wednesday, 26 April 2023, ADRA Timor-Leste signed an agreement with the Fundasaun Amizade tanba Amor (FUNDAMOR)
ADRA signs grants to 4 CSOs for Numeracy and Business Literacy
ADRA Timor-Leste celebrated another important event by signing a grant Agreement with Civil Society Organizations members of the Women Network, Rede Feto, to implement the Numeracy & Business Literacy Program in Four Municipalities.
International Rural Womens Day 2022
The 15th of October 2022 is the celebration of International Rural Women’s Day. In Timor-Leste, we celebrate this international day with the national theme “Promoting Value Chain to Ensure Rural Women’s Products for Sustainability of Family Economic.”
