Objectives of the Women’s Resource Centre - Women Leaders

• Provide a safe and welcoming venue for women
• Provide opportunities for women to develop their personal, technical and leadership capability, or other areas identified by the women
• Provide a focal point for the development of advocacy programs aimed at strengthening the status of women in Timor-Leste
• Develop initiatives to strengthen the voice of women in the development of Timor-Leste
• Provide a library of resources for use by women, including resources on economic development, education, gender-based violence, maternal and child health, gender and development
• Provide a focal point for program development and implementation in the Alola Foundation
• Provide a program of targeted humanitarian assistance for women

Thanks to a generous donation from the Moreland Community Health Centre in Melbourne, Alola has installed six new computers for public use in our Women’s Resource Centre (WRC). The centre provides beginner to advanced computer training and offers free access to the internet.  Members of the Women’s Committees (established in the IDP camps) are learning how to use computers for the first time. Young women, studying at university use the centre regularly for their studies. Participants are also offered Life Skills Training and information about gender and health.

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The new expanded Women's Resource Centre has been operating since April 2007 and was officially opened on 25 May 2007. The Centre provides young women with basic to advanced group and individual computer training and short courses in time management, human rights, the constution, leadership and information about health and wellbeing.

Life Skills Workshop

Currently the team is offering three, three day courses in Life Skills Training to over 70 young people. The course covers self esteem, planning for the future, personal and reproductive health, communication skills and leadership. The following photos tell the story best!

The program is supported by UNICEF who want Alola to repeat these workshops acrosss Timor-Leste in 2008 through our District Support Programs.

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