USAID/East Timor's programs focus on benefiting families, including both men and women. Activities with a more explicitly stated gender component support economic growth by strengthening women-owned micro-enterprises and providing both women and men with technical assistance and training in agriculture; improving the health of the Timorese people, especially women and children at greatest risk; drafting legislation that gives women equal rights in the land reform process and informing them of their legal rights; increasing female participation in strengthening and improving governance; increasing women's literacy; and supporting efforts to strengthen civil society, build an independent media, enforce the rule of law, and improve women's human rights.

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