Women acting for women: Gender-responsive budgeting in Timor-Leste

In the new country of Timor-Leste, women constituted in 2011 32 per cent of the parliament, a relatively high figure in the world and in the region. But to what extent has the presence of women in parliament contributed to progress towards gender equality? In this article we argue that the passage o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Costa, Monica, Sawer, M., Sharp, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57663