Filomena Barros Dos Reis | |
Nationality: | Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
Occupation: | justice activist |
Known For: | N-Peace Award recipient |
Filomena Barros Dos Reis is an East Timorese social justice activist and recipient of the N-Peace Award in 2011.
Reis was an early member of the women's human rights organization Forum Komunikasaun ba Feto Timor (FOKUPERS) which was founded in 1997. Growing out of a women's health workshop, the group has a mission to advocate for women's rights as well as women's health.[1] She went on to join the East Timor Action Network (ETAN) where she speaks internationally to raise awareness of violence to East Timorese women.[2] She has also served as is the project coordinator for peace-building development with the Asia Pacific Support Collective in Timor-Leste.
In 2011 Reis was one of the inaugural recipients of the N-Peace Award.[3]