Articles about Francophone Office
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Sold by my own grandmother
07 December 11
Regional relevance: Mauritius
I asked myself many questions as I listened to the story of 18-year-old Rani*, a fragile young lady in her beautiful clean yellow outfit. I could not understand why there was so much sadness on her pale face until I heard her story
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Mauritius: A quota for women’s representation at long last
13 June 11
Regional relevance: Mauritius
The struggle has indeed been a long one. We have fought for more than ten years. We went to nearly every village in Mauritius using the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development as a tool to tell men and women about the importance of having women in politics. [read more]
Dad, meet the vacuum cleaner
08 September 10
Regional relevance: Mauritius
What’s happening, Mauritius? Despite articles in our Constitution which condemn all forms of discrimination, I am sad to say that a recent Central Statistics Office (CSO) report notes that discrimination against women is still well-anchored in our society.
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Mauritius records many gender firsts in elections
21 May 10
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Quantitatively Mauritius has not yet made the 30% women in parliament committed to in the 1997 SADC Declaration on Gender and Development, but qualitatively the Prime Minister seems to be doing some catching up. If this trend goes on, we have every reason to believe we will attain the 30% women target, if not more,... [read more]
Women sidelined in the 2010 General Elections
08 May 10
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Official results of Mauritius’s most recent elections released on 6 May 2010 shows a 0.5% decrease in women's representation in parliament, sliding from 17.1% to 16.6%. Unless this situation is corrected with the best loser system, Mauritius will follow the trend of gender losses in two Southern African countries... [read more]
Mauritius elections, another step back for SADC women in Parliament ?
21 April 10 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Mauritius
I have never been very good at mathematics, but when I look at the number of women fielded by the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), Mauritius’ main opposition party (know as the “alliance of the heart”) for the May 6, 2010 general elections, I think I am right. Eight out of 60 does make only slightly more... [read more]
Roadmap to Equality, Issue 2, August 2009
15 August 09
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
This edition of the Barometer precedes the SADC Heads of States meeting in the DRC from the 2-8 September 2009. It will be interesting to see what member states have done since the signing of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Develeopment in August 2008.
Gender Links is conducting an audit of where SADC member states... [read more]
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