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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Sara Niner is an interdisciplinary researcher and lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University.She is an expert in the field of gender and international development with a particular interest in those issues in the post-conflict environment of Timor-Leste and is widely published in this field. As a regional gender expert, Dr Niner has analysed and reported on gender issues in S. E. Asia for local and international development agencies such as UNDP, UN Women, Oxfam and International Women’s Development Agency. Prior to becoming a critical development scholar she spent a decade working with the East Timorese diaspora in Australia followed by many years working and researching in Timor-Leste after the nation became independent post-1999.
Dr Niner has disseminated research findings internationally in high quality academic journals. She edited Women and the politics of gender in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste, Women in Asia Series, published in 2017 with Routledge in the UK. She is also the editor of To Resist is to Win: the Autobiography of Xanana Gusmão with selected letters and speeches (Aurora Books, Melbourne, 2000) and author of Xanana: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste (Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2009) which was translated into Portuguese as Xanana: Líder da luta pela independência de Timor-Leste (Don Quixote Publishing: Lisbon 2011).
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Global dementias: Examining structural vulnerability and dementia outcomes
Warren, N., Barton, C., Ayton, D., Niner, S., Mohan, D., Brijnath, B. & Reidpath, D.
19/12/20 → 18/12/23
Project: Research
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WSR: Substantive Representation of Women Parliamentarians and Gender Equality in Asia - A Comparative Study
18/02/21 → 15/07/21
Project: Research
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Public Perceptions of Women as Leaders Research (Timor Leste)
International Women's Development Agency
1/10/18 → 30/04/19
Project: Research
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AAAWTL: Development Program for Australia-Award Alumni Women in Timor-Leste
Palladium International Pty Ltd
16/08/18 → 31/10/18
Project: Research
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WEMAP: Women’s empowerment, microfinance and aid in the Asia Pacific: a workshop of policy relevant findings and innovative methods
Niner, S. & Dyer, M.
1/08/17 → 30/09/17
Project: Research
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How the persistence of patriarchy undermines the financial empowerment of women microfinance borrowers? Evidence from a southern sub-district of Bangladesh
Shohel, T. A., Niner, S. & Gunawardana, S., 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 4, 21 p., e0250000.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Women’s political participation in post-conflict settings: The case of Timor-Leste
Niner, S., Cummins, D., Sahin, S. B., Mulder, S. & Morrison, E., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Asian Studies Review. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Veterans and heroes: the militarised male elite in Timor-Leste
Niner, S., 29 Jan 2020, In: The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. 21, 2, p. 117-139 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Human value, human rights and gender equality in Timor-Leste
Niner, S., 2019, Melbourne Vic Australia : International Institute for Asian Studies.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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Mane ho feto kompleta malu: gender relations in contemporary Timor-Leste
Niner, S., 2019, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste. McWilliam, A. & Leach, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 226-240 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Press / Media
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Tracing the impacts of the COVID pandemic on Australia’s fastest-growing migrant group
Sara Niner & Rosi Aryal Lees
1/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest
1/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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