Timor-Leste’s farmers’ movement is growing stronger! In March 2025, farmers from across Viqueque municipality came together in Uma Quic village for a historic occasion – the first-ever congress of the brand new Viqueque Farmers’ Union.

In Timor-Leste, women make up a significant portion of the workforce, but over 60% of them are trapped in informal, low-wage, and often unsafe jobs. But the Women’s Working Centre Timo-Leste (WWCTL) is leading the fight to change this. Here are five powerful ways they’re supporting women workers.

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Our partner organisations in Timor–Leste have organised and supported thousands of farmers in 299+ cooperatives. These groups have joined forces at the municipal level to form five farmers unions, with two more to be established.