Dr. Sara Niner

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Industry Education
Occupation Honorary Research Associate
Location Melbourne, Australia
Introduction Dr. Sara Niner is a Researcher at Monash University, Australia. In 2010 she undertook an Endeavour Post Doctoral Fellowship in Timor-Leste researching gender politics in the post-conflict environment. She is 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). She has worked in solidarity with the Timorese community in Melbourne since 1991 and as a volunteer and consultant in Timor-Leste since 2000.