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Books by Helen Hill

Research paper thumbnail of Gerakan pembebasan nasional Timor Lorosae /

Indonedesian translation of FRETILIN, the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist mov... more Indonedesian translation of FRETILIN, the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement in East Timor, MA thesis, Politics Department, Monash University, later published in English as Stirrings of Nationalism in East Timor – FRETILN 1974-78, Otford Press, Otford and Dili (2002). Translated by Nuno Rodrigues and Nug Katjasungkana of the Sahe Institute for Liberation, published by Yayasan HAK.

Research paper thumbnail of Co-operating with TImor-Leste: Options for Good Practice edited by Helen Hill and Pamela Thomas

Research paper thumbnail of Stirrings of Nationalism in East Timor: FRETILIN 1974-1978, The origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement

Research paper thumbnail of Women's economic participation in five Pacific Island countries : a study of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Tonga, (with Duncan Ironmonger).

Research paper thumbnail of The Timor Story

Published by the Timor Information Service in early 1976 this booklet was used by the Diplomatic ... more Published by the Timor Information Service in early 1976 this booklet was used by the Diplomatic Front at the United Nations in its early work to establish the right of Timor-Leste to self-determination.

Book Chapters by Helen Hill

Research paper thumbnail of How Education undermines as well as promotes development in Timor-Leste,

Chapter in Timor-Leste After Independence edited by Michael Leach and Damian Kingsbury, Monash Publishing, Clayton, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of How Timor-Leste Infllulenced my Academic Career

Response to two presentations at the Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference of 2013 by Dr Cli... more Response to two presentations at the Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference of 2013 by Dr Clinton Fernandes and Dr Michael Leach at a 'Festscrift' session on my work, in particular my 1978 MA thesis on the independence movement FRETILIN in Portuguese Timor. M

Research paper thumbnail of Gender Issues in Timor-Leste and the Pacific Islands: ‘Practical Needs’ and ‘Strategic Interests’ revisited

Chapter 32 in Peskiza foun kona ba Timor-Leste / Novas investigações sobre Timor-Leste / New research on Timor-Leste / Penelitian baru mengenai Timor-Leste

Of all the changes that took place during the twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of Timor... more Of all the changes that took place during the twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste one of the most remarkable has been the changing roles of women and changing gender relations, Global observers of gender relationships in Timor-Leste are always surprised to see that women in Timor-Leste are more numerous in the Parliament and in the Council of Ministers than in most countries of the world while those Pacific island states colonized by the British still struggle to get one or two women into their Parliament. After independence in 2002 Timorese women did not have to wait long, before their Government signed and ratified the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) without reservations, while Pacific island women in many countries waited decades, despite most Pacific island countries having sent large, high level delegations to all the UN Women's conferences. Women's rights in the Constitution in Timor-Leste are among the best in the world. The Constitution of Timor-Leste, negotiated in 2002 by the Constituent Assembly, with strong advocacy from the women's movement declares, Direct and active participation by men and women in political life is a requirement of, and a fundamental instrument for consolidating, the democratic system. -The law shall promote equality in the exercise of civil and political rights and non-discrimination on the basis of gender for access to political positions (Constitution Section 63). Principles of gender equity were incorporated into the 2002-2007 National Development Plan (Timor-Leste Planning Commission 2002b, 110) and Strategic Development Plan of 2011 contains an objective of gender equality which covers a number of portfolios (Timor-Leste, Strategic Development Plan 2011, 49-51).

Research paper thumbnail of Women and Religious Diversity

In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, as in the rest of the world, it is undeniable that women form... more In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, as in the rest of the world, it is undeniable that women form the major part of members of faith communities, yet invariably the formal organizations of these communities are predominantly run by men. How does the differing experience of men and of women in communities of faith in the region influence the growth of civil society in Asia and the Pacific? This chapter will highlight a few examples of women from a number of differing faith traditions in the region, who have made a very particular contribution to social movements through their faith. Women in Southeast Asia and the Pacific have played leading roles in building community, opposing violence, mediating in conflicts and preparing the way for improved human rights.
Asia is home to most of the world’s major faith traditions, from the Indian sub-continent with its pantheon of Hindu Gods, to East Asia with strong traditions of Buddhism to the early introduction of Islam from Arab traders and the later introduction of Christianity with European colonialism. The continent has been a meeting place of the major faith traditions. The Pacific Islands region, colonized for the most part by the Europeans, remains one of the most strongly Christian areas, yet exhibits a diversity in the extent to which Christianity both manifests internal varieties of expression on the one hand, and co-habits with indigenous beliefs on the other.

Research paper thumbnail of Theory and practice in Pacific NGOs,

New Politics in the South Pacific, papers from Pacific Politics Conference, Cook Islands, Jan 1, 1994

Overview: NGOs 125 Theory and Practice in Pacific NGOs Helen Hill This paper provides some theore... more Overview: NGOs 125 Theory and Practice in Pacific NGOs Helen Hill This paper provides some theoretical groundwork for looking more closely at Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and their varying relations with governments, in addition to some historical description of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Peace and Security Studies in the South Pacific, Chapter 12 in Pacific, The; Peace, Security and the Nuclear Issue edited by Ranganui Walker and William Sutherland, UNU, Zed Books, 1988.

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Gender Variable in Development Policies: Was Nairobi a Turning Point?' in Three Worlds of Inequality - Race, Class and Gender, edited by Christine Jennett and Randal Stewart, Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1987, pp. 341-360.

Research paper thumbnail of The Jackson Committee and women in Australian Overseas Aid: Future Directions, edited by Philip Eldridge, Dean Forbes and Doug Porter, Croom Helm, Sydney, 1986 p.149-157

Research paper thumbnail of 'Superpower of the South Pacific: Australia and its Pacific Neighbours', in Labor Essays 1984, edited by Jill Eastwood, John Reeves and John Ryan, Drummond, Melbourne, 1984, pp. 177-200

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Impact of Development Policies on Women', Chapter 4 in Wealth, Poverty and Survival: Australia in the World, edited by John Langmore and David Peetz, Alen and Unwin, North Sydney and ALP National Secretariat, Canberra, 1983.

Research paper thumbnail of Australia and Portuguese Timor: Between Principles and Pragmatism’ in The First Thousand Days of Labor, Vol. 1, edited by Roger Scott & Jim Richardson, Canberra College of Advanced Education & Australasian Political Studies Association, Canberra. Pp. 336-356.

Paper in a book on the first Thoursad Days of the Gough Whitlam Government published after to Cab... more Paper in a book on the first Thoursad Days of the Gough Whitlam Government published after to Cabnerra Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, May 1975.

Papers by Helen Hill

Research paper thumbnail of Can Education Play a More Powerful Role in the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, not only those Related to Education?

NORRAG News, Oct 1, 2013

Summary: This article argues that more attention needs to be paid to the content of education, an... more Summary: This article argues that more attention needs to be paid to the content of education, and the context within which it teaching and learning takes place, if its impact on other development goals is to be maximized.

Research paper thumbnail of Oceanic Transformations on the Yarra

Research paper thumbnail of Tales of the Reconstuction (UNTAET period in Timor)

Arena Magazine 54, Aug 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Fretilin: the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement in East Timor

Research paper thumbnail of Gerakan pembebasan nasional Timor Lorosae /

Indonedesian translation of FRETILIN, the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist mov... more Indonedesian translation of FRETILIN, the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement in East Timor, MA thesis, Politics Department, Monash University, later published in English as Stirrings of Nationalism in East Timor – FRETILN 1974-78, Otford Press, Otford and Dili (2002). Translated by Nuno Rodrigues and Nug Katjasungkana of the Sahe Institute for Liberation, published by Yayasan HAK.

Research paper thumbnail of Co-operating with TImor-Leste: Options for Good Practice edited by Helen Hill and Pamela Thomas

Research paper thumbnail of Stirrings of Nationalism in East Timor: FRETILIN 1974-1978, The origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement

Research paper thumbnail of Women's economic participation in five Pacific Island countries : a study of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Tonga, (with Duncan Ironmonger).

Research paper thumbnail of The Timor Story

Published by the Timor Information Service in early 1976 this booklet was used by the Diplomatic ... more Published by the Timor Information Service in early 1976 this booklet was used by the Diplomatic Front at the United Nations in its early work to establish the right of Timor-Leste to self-determination.

Research paper thumbnail of How Education undermines as well as promotes development in Timor-Leste,

Chapter in Timor-Leste After Independence edited by Michael Leach and Damian Kingsbury, Monash Publishing, Clayton, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of How Timor-Leste Infllulenced my Academic Career

Response to two presentations at the Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference of 2013 by Dr Cli... more Response to two presentations at the Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference of 2013 by Dr Clinton Fernandes and Dr Michael Leach at a 'Festscrift' session on my work, in particular my 1978 MA thesis on the independence movement FRETILIN in Portuguese Timor. M

Research paper thumbnail of Gender Issues in Timor-Leste and the Pacific Islands: ‘Practical Needs’ and ‘Strategic Interests’ revisited

Chapter 32 in Peskiza foun kona ba Timor-Leste / Novas investigações sobre Timor-Leste / New research on Timor-Leste / Penelitian baru mengenai Timor-Leste

Of all the changes that took place during the twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of Timor... more Of all the changes that took place during the twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste one of the most remarkable has been the changing roles of women and changing gender relations, Global observers of gender relationships in Timor-Leste are always surprised to see that women in Timor-Leste are more numerous in the Parliament and in the Council of Ministers than in most countries of the world while those Pacific island states colonized by the British still struggle to get one or two women into their Parliament. After independence in 2002 Timorese women did not have to wait long, before their Government signed and ratified the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) without reservations, while Pacific island women in many countries waited decades, despite most Pacific island countries having sent large, high level delegations to all the UN Women's conferences. Women's rights in the Constitution in Timor-Leste are among the best in the world. The Constitution of Timor-Leste, negotiated in 2002 by the Constituent Assembly, with strong advocacy from the women's movement declares, Direct and active participation by men and women in political life is a requirement of, and a fundamental instrument for consolidating, the democratic system. -The law shall promote equality in the exercise of civil and political rights and non-discrimination on the basis of gender for access to political positions (Constitution Section 63). Principles of gender equity were incorporated into the 2002-2007 National Development Plan (Timor-Leste Planning Commission 2002b, 110) and Strategic Development Plan of 2011 contains an objective of gender equality which covers a number of portfolios (Timor-Leste, Strategic Development Plan 2011, 49-51).

Research paper thumbnail of Women and Religious Diversity

In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, as in the rest of the world, it is undeniable that women form... more In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, as in the rest of the world, it is undeniable that women form the major part of members of faith communities, yet invariably the formal organizations of these communities are predominantly run by men. How does the differing experience of men and of women in communities of faith in the region influence the growth of civil society in Asia and the Pacific? This chapter will highlight a few examples of women from a number of differing faith traditions in the region, who have made a very particular contribution to social movements through their faith. Women in Southeast Asia and the Pacific have played leading roles in building community, opposing violence, mediating in conflicts and preparing the way for improved human rights.
Asia is home to most of the world’s major faith traditions, from the Indian sub-continent with its pantheon of Hindu Gods, to East Asia with strong traditions of Buddhism to the early introduction of Islam from Arab traders and the later introduction of Christianity with European colonialism. The continent has been a meeting place of the major faith traditions. The Pacific Islands region, colonized for the most part by the Europeans, remains one of the most strongly Christian areas, yet exhibits a diversity in the extent to which Christianity both manifests internal varieties of expression on the one hand, and co-habits with indigenous beliefs on the other.

Research paper thumbnail of Theory and practice in Pacific NGOs,

New Politics in the South Pacific, papers from Pacific Politics Conference, Cook Islands, Jan 1, 1994

Overview: NGOs 125 Theory and Practice in Pacific NGOs Helen Hill This paper provides some theore... more Overview: NGOs 125 Theory and Practice in Pacific NGOs Helen Hill This paper provides some theoretical groundwork for looking more closely at Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and their varying relations with governments, in addition to some historical description of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Peace and Security Studies in the South Pacific, Chapter 12 in Pacific, The; Peace, Security and the Nuclear Issue edited by Ranganui Walker and William Sutherland, UNU, Zed Books, 1988.

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Gender Variable in Development Policies: Was Nairobi a Turning Point?' in Three Worlds of Inequality - Race, Class and Gender, edited by Christine Jennett and Randal Stewart, Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1987, pp. 341-360.

Research paper thumbnail of The Jackson Committee and women in Australian Overseas Aid: Future Directions, edited by Philip Eldridge, Dean Forbes and Doug Porter, Croom Helm, Sydney, 1986 p.149-157

Research paper thumbnail of 'Superpower of the South Pacific: Australia and its Pacific Neighbours', in Labor Essays 1984, edited by Jill Eastwood, John Reeves and John Ryan, Drummond, Melbourne, 1984, pp. 177-200

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Impact of Development Policies on Women', Chapter 4 in Wealth, Poverty and Survival: Australia in the World, edited by John Langmore and David Peetz, Alen and Unwin, North Sydney and ALP National Secretariat, Canberra, 1983.

Research paper thumbnail of Australia and Portuguese Timor: Between Principles and Pragmatism’ in The First Thousand Days of Labor, Vol. 1, edited by Roger Scott & Jim Richardson, Canberra College of Advanced Education & Australasian Political Studies Association, Canberra. Pp. 336-356.

Paper in a book on the first Thoursad Days of the Gough Whitlam Government published after to Cab... more Paper in a book on the first Thoursad Days of the Gough Whitlam Government published after to Cabnerra Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, May 1975.

Research paper thumbnail of Can Education Play a More Powerful Role in the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, not only those Related to Education?

NORRAG News, Oct 1, 2013

Summary: This article argues that more attention needs to be paid to the content of education, an... more Summary: This article argues that more attention needs to be paid to the content of education, and the context within which it teaching and learning takes place, if its impact on other development goals is to be maximized.

Research paper thumbnail of Oceanic Transformations on the Yarra

Research paper thumbnail of Tales of the Reconstuction (UNTAET period in Timor)

Arena Magazine 54, Aug 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Fretilin: the origins, ideologies and strategies of a nationalist movement in East Timor

Research paper thumbnail of Stand up, the real Mr Alkatiri

Ever since the August 2001 elections for the Constituent Assembly in East Timor-when the longest-... more Ever since the August 2001 elections for the Constituent Assembly in East Timor-when the longest-standing party of resistance, FRETILIN, won a convincing 57 per cent of the vote against 14 other parties-I have observed among Australian embassy employees in Dili, and most Australian journalists who write about Timor, a readiness to criticise Mari Alkatiri, East Timor's Prime Minister, on grounds that show they barely know anything about him. The Bulletin and The Australian regularly recommend his overthrow. The week before the FRETILIN congress in Dili, the ABC joined them as regular Alkatiri critics. Jim Middleton on the ABC's evening news wondered "what would happen if Alkatiri decides to resist" calls for his resignation, and uncritically put to air claims from a sacked FRETILIN central committee member alleging that 80 per cent of the central committee was against the Prime Minister. A week later, after further violent episodes in Dili, we saw Maxine McKew on Lateline trying to put words into the mouths of MPs Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Garrett: "Wouldn't you say there's not much support for Alkatiri?" How could they possibly know, if all they saw were the Australian media? Who is Mari Alkatiri and why does he arouse such hostility from Australian politicians and media presenters? While Alkatiri was being told by Australians he should resign, he was also taking phone calls from the Portuguese and other prime ministers, wishing him well and urging him not to. With Jose Ramos Horta, Alkatiri helped found FRETILIN when, back in the early 1970s, it took the form of a clandestine group of young people meeting under the nose of the Portuguese colonialists in front of the building where he now has his office. On the eve of the full-scale Indonesian invasion, Alkatiri, who had already graduated as a surveyor in Angola, was sent with Ramos Horta and Rogerio Lobato to put Timor's case at the United Nations. His exile lasted 24 years, but it was productively used; he studied law and economics at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, with South African exiles and others struggling for freedom. Mozambique had offered scholarships to any Timorese students who could qualify for admission, and it was this group, who worked in many professions on graduating and gained a great deal of experience in economic development, who now form the backbone of the public service. In Mozambique, Alkatiri learnt a great deal about international organisations and how to avoid falling into some of the traps

Research paper thumbnail of Timor-Leste - discussion on the Economy

Interiew by Gillian Doogue of Helen Hill and Jose Ramos Horta, 18th April 2006. ABC Radio, Satu... more Interiew by Gillian Doogue of Helen Hill and Jose Ramos Horta, 18th April 2006. ABC Radio, Saturday Extra.

Research paper thumbnail of Perspective, ABC Radio talk 10th May 2005

A second presentation on the ongoing dispute between the governments of Australia and Timor-Leste... more A second presentation on the ongoing dispute between the governments of Australia and Timor-Leste over the Timorese attempt to achieve Permanent Maritime boundaries.

Research paper thumbnail of Perspective, ABC Radio talk

Explanation of events leading to the dispute between Australia and Timor-Leste around the oil and... more Explanation of events leading to the dispute between Australia and Timor-Leste around the oil and gas deposits in the Timor Sea.

Research paper thumbnail of ‘Low-tech but with aspirations high‘, The Australian Higher Education Section, 20 December : 23-24.

Research paper thumbnail of Stand Up the Real Mr. Alkatiri,

Research paper thumbnail of Using Education to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: with particular reference to small island states

Paper presented at the Conference of the Oceania Comparative and International Education Society,... more Paper presented at the Conference of the Oceania Comparative and International Education Society, University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus, Port Vila, Vanuatu 5th November 2015.

Research paper thumbnail of Rescuing Australian Civil Society from Obscurity in a Globalizing World: A top priority for Third Sector Researchers,

Paper at Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Association Conference, November 1998, Melbourne. , 1998

Research paper thumbnail of Using Education to address multiple MDGs; the case of conflict-affected and small island states - UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development Education & Development Post 2015: Reflecting, Reviewing, Re-visioning. Oxford, 10 – 12 September 2013

This paper looks at how educational strategies can be applied to all the MDGs, not only the educa... more This paper looks at how educational strategies can be applied to all the MDGs, not only the education ones and the role which aid could play to facilitate this, using as a case study the new nation of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia. Timor-Leste spent 24 years as a 'province' of Indonesia, a very large country, now as a small country it needs to think differently about developing and conserving its human resources. The paper will explore innovative ways of using education, some of it inspired by its small neighbours in the Pacific Islands,

Research paper thumbnail of Researching the Voluntary Sector in Australia: Towards a Framework

Paper to conference of CACOM (Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management), Deakin University, Toorak Campus, November 1998., 1998

Research paper thumbnail of Australian Capitalism and the Politics of the Early 1970s

Invited paper at the 2002 One-Day Symposium ‘From Australian Capitalism to Global Capitalism: A retrospective on Playford and Kirsner (eds) Australian Capitalism (1972), The Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Deakin University.

Paper to a Conference at Deakin University on the 30th Anniversary of the publication of 'Austral... more Paper to a Conference at Deakin University on the 30th Anniversary of the publication of 'Australian Capitalism' by John Playford and Douglas Kirsner.

Research paper thumbnail of FRETILIN and the struggle for independence in East Timor

Race & Class, 1976

On the other hand, FRETILIN supporters in Europe were guardedly optimistic, predicting the develo... more On the other hand, FRETILIN supporters in Europe were guardedly optimistic, predicting the development of protracted guerrilla warfare. Australian activists, who were better informed about developments within East Timor and about FRETILIN'S organization, projects and effectiveness, appreciated the devastation that Indonesia would not hesitate to perpetrate, but were confident that FRETILIN wou!d mount a full-scale and effective resistance. By January the situation bore out the latter prediction. After two months of full-scale invasion, the use of up to 30,000 land troops, aerial bombing, naval blockades, etc., Indonesia had not managed to control even formally any territory beyond Dili, the capital, and various strips along the coast -less than one-third of the territory.

Research paper thumbnail of 'The NGOs and East Timor'

East Timor Today, special issue of Development Dossier, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, Canberra , 1980

Research paper thumbnail of FRETILIN and the struggle for independence in East Timor

Race & Class, Jan 1, 1976

On the other hand, FRETILIN supporters in Europe were guardedly optimistic, predicting the develo... more On the other hand, FRETILIN supporters in Europe were guardedly optimistic, predicting the development of protracted guerrilla warfare. Australian activists, who were better informed about developments within East Timor and about FRETILIN'S organization, projects and effectiveness, appreciated the devastation that Indonesia would not hesitate to perpetrate, but were confident that FRETILIN wou!d mount a full-scale and effective resistance. By January the situation bore out the latter prediction. After two months of full-scale invasion, the use of up to 30,000 land troops, aerial bombing, naval blockades, etc., Indonesia had not managed to control even formally any territory beyond Dili, the capital, and various strips along the coast -less than one-third of the territory.

Research paper thumbnail of 'Peripheral Capitalism', Beyond'Dependency'and'Modernisation'

Journal of Sociology, Jan 1, 1975

Research paper thumbnail of Timor - the Politics of Conscience

Research paper thumbnail of Horseless Carriage and Cracked Mirror: the Electronic Media in the Pacific Islands

Media Information Australia, Feb 1982

Research paper thumbnail of A Timor Settlement: Can it be Acheived before 2000?

Arena Magazine 41, Jun 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Dispelling the Myths of Timor 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Non-formal Education as an Important Strategy for Youth Empowerment

Research paper thumbnail of The Contribution of Education to Development: Some Issues for Timor-Leste

Research paper thumbnail of Locating Democracy: Representation, Election and Governance in Timor-Leste

Asian Studies Review, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Skills for All as Timor-Leste’s initial response to SDG4

Article in NORRAG NEWS January 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Women’s Economic Participation in Five Pacific Island Countries: A study of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Tonga

Monograph series on Economics, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Canberra., 1999