One important mission of ACbit is to disseminate the Chega! Report from the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation, commonly known by its Portuques acronym CAVR to communities in order …
Read More »Graciana de Araujo Cardoso – From Survivor to Community Counselor
Graciana is a survivor of sexual violence during the Setembro Negro Massacre in 1999. She was captured by militia and taken for interrogation at the Kodim military post. There, she …
Read More »Community Organizing – Strengthening Survivor Group Activities at the Grassroots Level
Survivor groups have been established as safe spaces where survivors can empower each other and engage in small-scale business activities (micro-enterprises) to support their families economically. With ongoing support from …
Read More »ACbit Commemorates 45 Years of the Levantamento Marabia with Mural and Reflection
On June 9, ACbit, together with Dinamizadora, survivors, youth, students, and the community of Lakoto-Balibar, commemorated the 45th anniversary of the Levantamento Marabia – a strategic operation that showed …
Read More »ACbit provides training to Dinamizadora on the “Basic Concepts of Women’s Land Rights”
The patriarchal structure that prioritises males over women makes it difficult for many women survivors to claim land or property from their families, making land concerns a divisive topic in …
Read More »Relatoriu Peskiza Asaun Partisipatoriu 2020-2022
Asosiasaun Chega Ba Ita (ACbit) is working closely with the focal point of Victim Association and local facilitator or animators have conducted a participatory action research with 163 women survivors …
Read More »Strengthening Women Survivors of Violence in Timor-Leste Through Participatory Action Research (PAR)
We are happy to share about our report on Participatory Action Research conducted in 2015-2016 This research brought together both survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) from Timor-Leste’s past conflict (1975-1999), …
Read More »Relatóriu Anuál ACbit 2020
Ami kontente hodi bele aprezenta ba ita hotu kona ba Relatóriu Anuál ACbit nian ba tinan 2020. Iha dokumentu ida ne’e sei akumula dokumentasaun sira husi eventu no programa sira …
Read More »Relatóriu Anuál 2021
Ho haksolok ami aprezenta Relatóriu Anuál ACbit nian ba tinan 2021. Ne’e inklui dokumentasaun sira husi eventu no programa sira ne ‘ ebé realiza iha periodu tinan ida tomak, maske …
Read More »ACbit Screened Short-Films on Women Economic and Social Inclusion in Baucau
Why is it important to support the economic development and social inclusion of women survivors and victims of past conflict and gender-based violence? ACbit worked to raise public awareness on …
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ACbit – Chega! Ba Ita Learning from the Past, for A Better Future