Timor-Leste: Burmese Women Activists Exchange Visit to Timor-Leste

AJAR supported 10 women NGO workers from Myanmar, involved in our participatory research to learn new strategies to strengthen peace and justice. As part of a capacity-building strategy, AJAR invited staff from Women’s Organization Network (WON), Karen Women Empowerment Group (KWEG) and Kachin Women Association Thailand (KWAT) to do an exchange trip to Timor-Leste to […]

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Regional: Capturing Women Survivors’ Narratives through Participatory Research

This is part of AJAR research project on gender justice in three countries, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar. After conducting documentation in Indonesia and Timor-Leste during 2013 about women victims’ violation and strategy for survival, the field researchers and facilitators gathered in January 2014 in a workshop analysis to discuss the findings, evaluate the process in […]

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Capturing women survivors’ narratives: a participatory research

This is part of AJAR research project on gender justice in three countries, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar. After conducting documentation in Indonesia and Timor-Leste during 2013 about women victims’ violation and strategy for survival, the field researchers and facilitators gathered in January 2014 in a workshop analysis to discuss the findings, evaluate the process in […]

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Lessons from Indonesia and Timor Leste: Working with survivors to prevent torture

In May 2014, AJAR conducted a workshop and panel discussion in Yangon on ‘Working with Torture Survivors: Sharing Experiences from Indonesia and Timor-Leste’. The event aimed at training local civil society groups on transitional justice, prevention of torture and strategies to empower survivors. AJAR staff talked about challenges for transitional justice in Asia, introducing the […]

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Myanmar: ‘Working with Torture Survivors: Sharing Experiences from Indonesia and Timor-Leste’ Workshop

In May 2014, AJAR conducted a workshop and panel discussion in Yangon on ‘Working with Torture Survivors: Sharing Experiences from Indonesia and Timor-Leste’. The event aimed at training local civil society groups on transitional justice, prevention of torture and strategies to empower survivors. AJAR staff talked about challenges for transitional justice in Asia, introducing the […]

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Regional: Action Research with Women Survivors of Torture and Violence

AJAR is conducting a two-year action research project, with support from IDRC, to understand how women victims in conflict/post-conflict settings experience impunity, develop strategies for survival, and find ways to empower themselves AJAR aims to uphold the rights of women victims by empowering survivors to articulate their issues through participatory action research, and develop and […]

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Action Research with Women Survivors of Torture and Violence

AJAR is conducting a two-year action research project, with support from IDRC, to understand how women victims in conflict/ post-conflict settings experience impunity, develop strategies for survival, and find ways to empower themselves AJAR aims to uphold the rights of women victims by empowering survivors to articulate their issues through participatory action research, and develop […]

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Myanmar Rule of Law TV Edu-tainment Drama Series

AJAR is providing technical assistance to the Pyoe Pin project in Myanmar, writing a script for a high quality popular TV drama, with underlying rule of law and human rights themes. The goal of the series is to reach a broad range of the population who are unlikely to access written materials or other sources […]

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Indonesia: Survivors Share their Stories at Public Hearing in Jakarta

“I was 30 years old when this happened. I prayed to God to give me strength so that one day I can testify for the truth to be known…”   These were the words of “MM” from Kupang, in West Timor.  Identified under her pseudonym, MM spoke of the horrific events of 1965 –  of her imprisonment, of […]

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