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Black River COE

Black River COE

Black River COE

Black River has always been a gender sensitive Council with the Acting Chief Executive a woman and the first woman to be holding this responsibility. It was also the first District Council to have more women Councillors.

Black River COE

Introduction

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Black River is found in the Western Coast of Mauritius and has an area of 259 sqaure kilometers. Black River is also the third largest district in Mauritius and consist of 13 villages.

Black River District Council was among the first Councils to become a Centre Of Excellence (COE). It has since gotten the Action Plan approved, and has approved a budget for gender based activities.

Fact file
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Province:
Black River
Population:
76,630
Joined COE programme:
2010
# Councillors:
117 (36 female; 81 male)
Sunrise Campaign:
Yes
Latest Summit:
2015
Latest Gender Score:
60%
Black River COE

Stories of change

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