Putting a face on pain: IOM Timor-Leste adopts innovative techniques in Training of Trainers Session with National Police and Immigration Services

Dili, 06 July 2016 – A young woman from Surabaya in heavy makeup and scantily dressed has been rescued from a karaoke bar where she has been forced to have sex with clients. She is 5-months pregnant and shaking from drug withdrawal. She turns angrily to face the police officer beside her: “It’s hot,” she … Read morePutting a face on pain: IOM Timor-Leste adopts innovative techniques in Training of Trainers Session with National Police and Immigration Services

Seminar on Early Warning Systems and SOPs in Timor-Leste

On 17 May 2016, IOM in collaboration with MSS conducted a seminar on Building Capacity in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Timor-Leste, and Update on Cooperation with BMKG (Badan Meteorology, Kymatology and Geology/Institute of Meteorology and Geology) from Indonesia. Timor-Leste is currently at a crossroads in the development of Emergency … Read moreSeminar on Early Warning Systems and SOPs in Timor-Leste