books.google.co.uk - "This book tells the story of how East Timorese women activists mobilised against a patriarchal society and claimed their right to participate in their new independent and democratice nation." --Back cover....https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Independent_Women.html?id=oAWfQ7RIuHAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIndependent Women