Designed in consultation with public and non-governmental partners, the project seeks to identify and disseminate concrete entry points to prevent and reduce real and perceived armed violence in Timor-Leste.
The Project functions as a Dili-based repository of international and domestic data on violence trends. From 2008 to 2010, the TLAVA is to serve as a clearing house for information and analysis with specific focus on:
- the risk factors, and socioeconomic costs of armed violence in relation to population health - particularly women, children and male youth, and internally displaced people;
- the dynamics of armed violence associated with 'high-risk' groups such as gangs, specific communities in affected districts, petitioners, veterans, state institutions, and potential triggers such as elections; and
- the availability and misuse of arms as a factor contributing to armed violence and routine insecurity.
The project's objectives is to provide valid evidence-based policy options to reduce armed violence for the Timorese government, civil society, and their partners. The project draws on a combination of methods - from public health surveillance to focus group and interview-based research - to identify appropriate priorities and practical strategies.
Findings are releasesd in Tetum, Bahasa, Portuguese, and English. TLAVA Issue Briefs provide timely reports on important aspect s of armed violence in Timor-Leste, inluding the availability and distribution of small arms and carft weapons and election-realted violence.
Visit the official TLAVA website:http://www.timor-leste-violence.org
