Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 55-64 , November 2009

Attitudes towards the legal context of unsafe abortion in Timor-Leste

  • Suzanne Belton

      Affiliations

    • Senior Research Fellow, Graduate School for Health Practice, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Andrea Whittaker

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Zulmira Fonseca

      Affiliations

    • Community based Maternal and Child Health Coordinator (Region 1), Alola Foundation, Dili, Timor-Leste
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  • Tanya Wells-Brown

      Affiliations

    • Health Specialist, World Bank, Dili, Timor-Leste
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  • Patricia Pais

      Affiliations

    • Independent lawyer and international legal adviser for development, Matosinhos, Portugal

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 55-64 , November 2009