Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse Building Empowerment Leadership and Engagement Using CEDAW as New Project in 2010 is Signed

23 April, 2010

Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse Building Empowerment Leadership and Engagement Using CEDAW as New Project in 2010 is Signed

This is an investment from East Timor Justice Support Service Facility, ETJSSF an AUSAID program support to Timor-Leste, trough Civil Society. The Program has approved the CFEO financing Request of a new, 12 Month of $ 43. 461thousand to support to the Socialization of the Concluding Observation of it First CEDAW State Report on 2009 in the whole Oecusse district.

The project entitled Building Empowerment Leadership and Engagement Project using CEDAW or BELE CEDAW will be implemented by Centro Feto in partnership with CEDAW Working Group Timor Leste trough REDE FE TO.
CFEO's Signed the project at ETJSSF Office on 25 March 2010 to formally start the project, the project will mainly focusing on training to the new elected suco councils compose from female and male on the importance of local leader’s rules on implementation of the CEDAW STATE Report Concluding Observation
Merita de Jesus Marques, Members of Trusted Committee highlighted the importance of the CEDAW Concluding Observation dissemination although the Oecusse Region will only cover the 1 out of 13 district in Timor Leste. The new Elected Suco Leaders and those Leader of NGO in the region should be benefit from this project, She added.

The project will target the new elected suco councils, leaders of NGO, youth, and women groups living in for different sub district in Oecusse Region. The Training and Socialization team will be tasked to develop a Module base on the Initial CEDAW State Report Concluding Observation to be translated into a local view and local action toward the implementation of the rules of Civil society Engagement in monitoring the implementation of CEDAW in Timor Leste

For More information please contact the office at Oecusse at 7609986 or sending email to centrofeto_enclaveoecusse@yahoo.com

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CFEO and Enclave Oecusse

CFEO And OECUSSI ENCLAVE District
Oecussi enclave, some 815 km2 in area, is located 80 km west of contiguous East Timor, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor, on the north shore of the island of Timor. It comprises 15% of East Timor’s territory.

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Timor in 1515 at Lifau, Oecussi. Oecussi acted as capital of Portuguese Timor until a hostile local Kingdom and the prospects of a better harbour
caused the Portuguese to shift their capital to Dili in the 1760s.

The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor was adopted on 22 March 2002 and recognizes the special status of Oecussi.

Section 5.3 - Decentralisation
“Oecussi Ambeno … shall enjoy special administrative and economic treatment.”

Section 71.2 – Administrative Organisation
“Oecussi Ambeno shall be governed by a special administrative policy and economic regime.”

CFEO Gender Issues
Oecussi, like in other parts of East Timor, has a strongly patriarchal culture and clear gender based roles. Domestic violence is commonplace, girls are less likely to receive education than boys, women are drastically under represented in the workplace, women rarely participate in public debates, there are no female traditional leaders, these are but a few indicators of the disadvantaged female populace.

The Gender Committee commenced in February 2001, comprising of women from a range of political and social interest groups. In November 2001, the Gender Committee became an independent women's NGO, Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse, and received start up funding from the Finnish Government. Centro Feto are in the process of establishing a victim support service for women and children who are victims of sexual or family violence. This includes a role in the management of the Oecusse Safe House, a secure facility to provide short term accommodation to women and children fleeing violence. Centro Feto have commenced a public information campaign on family violence, in
coordination with the men's group who are also working on this issue. Centro Feto have been the architects of creative functions to promote women's rights including:
A "tais" fashion parade.
A drama depicting the complexities of family violence.
A women's soccer match.
A traditional foods exhibition and competition

Former and Founder : Ana Paula Sequeira Pina
Former Program Coordinator 2002-2006 Liliana Hey
Former Program Coordinator 2006-2008 Sebastiana Pereira