EWER Situation Review July to August 2021

October 11, 2021

TOTAL OF VIOLENCE 177 INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN PERIOD OF July-August 2021

Belun and its EWER system, with the support from the civil society grant  under the Prime Minister Office continued to collect incident data in Baukau municipality (Baukau, Laga and Vemasse Administrative Post), Covalima Municipality (Suai, Tilomar and Zumalai Administrative Post), Dili municipality (Dom Aleixo and Cristo Rei Administrative Post) and in Likisá municipality (Likisá Vila, Bazartete and Maubara Administartive Post) for period July – August 2021. Violence incidents that took place during this period amounted 177 cases. The number of incidents gathered during this period shown that in Dili municipalities remains high where 39% occurred, 26% occurred in Likisá municipality, 21% occurred in Baukau municipality and 14% occurred in Covalima municipality from the total 177 incidents.

From the perpetrator’s sex, 157 incidents involved men,11 incidents involved women, 6 incidents involved both men and women, while 3 involved people whose gender was unknown. Concerning the victim’s gender, in 102 of the reported episodes of violence the victims were men, in 63 cases were women and in 12 cases the victims were both men and women. Kick here to Read the full Situation Review for July to August 2021