Strengthened national capacity to promote gender equality and prevent gender base violence through improved policies and the enforcment of laws.

 activities planned under this project include lobby for the promulgation of the Law Against Domestic Violence, conduct a national campaign to raise awareness and inform the general public about the law once it has been promulgated and training of the police, prosecutors, judiciary, suco chiefs, key partners in the referral network of support services and other stakeholders on the use and application of the law

 Law Against Domestic Violence has been approved and promulgated in 2010, training on GBV/LADV was conducted to 159 police (PNTL and UNPOL) in 2011, NAP on GBV approved by council of ministries in May 2012,  GBV Investigations Training Course  was delivered to a total of 250 new police cadets.Directory of Assistance for Survivors of SGBV and Human Trafficking was updated and 1500 copies of the second edition of the Directory and corresponding poster were reprinted in English and Tetum and distributed to Government, civil society, law enforcement and other members of referral networks