Invitation: Launch of Activism and Aid in East Timor by Ann Wigglesworth

Activism and Aid - Young Citizens Experiences of Development and Democracy in Timor-Leste

Launch by

Mr Savio Domingos

Political Counselor at the Embassy of Timor

"An immensely readable and insightful glimpse into the experiences, concerns and aspirations of Timor-Leste's youth, charting their course from student activists to nation builders, from the fight for national liberation to the battle for participation in governance structures and aid and development programs.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone wanting a snapshot of the principal challenges facing Timor-Leste today in its quest to build a strong, stable and equitable nation … for all citizens, young and old." Kirsty Sword-Gusmão.

About the author:

Dr Ann Wigglesworth has experience working in international development for over 25 years including seven years in Mozambique and management of development programs across south and east Asia, the Pacific, Africa and Latin America with development NGOs including Oxfam, Caritas Australia, Save the Children and International Women’s Development Agency. Ann graduated with a Master’s degree in Development Studies at Monash University in 1994. As Caritas Australia Program Manager for East Timor from 1997-2000 she visited the country regularly. In 2005 she enrolled in a PhD, graduating with the doctoral thesis ‘Becoming Citizens: Civil society activism and social change in Timor Leste’ from Victoria University in 2010.

Ann currently works as a consultant and has undertaken a number of assignments focussing on gender equality and capacity development of local NGOs in Timor-Leste as well as publishing on civil society, gender and generational perspectives of change in Timor-Leste. Previously an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, in 2016 she was been accepted as an Honorary Fellow at the College of Arts at Victoria University.

When: 6pm Tuesday May 31st

Where: Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie (adjacent to the Jamison Centre in Belconnen).

RSVP: By May 30th to Asia Bookroom on 62515191 or books@Asiabookroom.com

Admission: By gold coin donation to the YWCA Timor-Leste which works with helping and empowering the young women of Timor.