Timor Leste
Family Planning Australia has been working in Timor-Leste with Cooperativa Café Timor since 2009. Our project has focused on increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services through implementing a peer education project specifically for men, with the goal to improve maternal and child health and end gender-based violence. This project has recently expanded to incorporate women and girls.
| Population | 1,321,929 |
| Life expectancy | 70 years |
| Cervical cancer mortality rate | 8.1 per 100,000 |
| Unmet need for family planning | 25% |
| Contraception prevalence | 26% |
| Physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence | 58.8% |
| People living with disability | 4.6% |
| Maternal mortality | 215 (deaths per 100,000 live births) |
"This program has brought a good impact for the younger woman who has just given birth. Before her husband was very lazy but now after the program he has changed his behaviour towards her."
Partners:
- Cooperativa Café Timor
- Hamutuk Development Programme
