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U N D E R R E P R E S EN T A T IO N O FM A U R IT IA N W O M E N INP O L I T I C S
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
EVOLUTION OF WOMAN
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN MAURITIUS
NUMBER OF WOMAN POLITICIAN IN MAURITIUS
WHY WOMEN ARE NOT READY TO PARTICIPATE INELECTION
WHY SHOULD THERE BE WOMEN IN POLITICS
ORGANISATION ENCOURAGING WOMEN IN SOCIALWORK
CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
The Mauritian population is 1.7 million out of which52% of it are women
Man although being lesser than women do occupymost seats in assembly.
Only 5.6% of women are in our national assembly upto 2005
Mauritius is considered to be the lowest ranking
among the SADC countries Women are considered to be the secondary members
of society
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EVOLUTION OF WOMEN INMAURITIUS
Women long ago were considered as a weakervessel.
They did not have access to education
They used to remain at home and do thehousehold chores while men was evolving
They did not have the right to vote either
Later, Mauritius adopted theMillenniumMillenniumDevelopment GoalDevelopment Goal among which one goal isstated to be
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THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM INMAURITIUS
There are in all 100 seats in our National Assembly
- 62 seats for the First Past the Post
- 8 seats for the Best Loser
- 30 seats for Proportional representation There are in all 20 constituents in Mauritius and one in
rodrigues each consisting of 3 deputees
Out of the 100 seats only 13 seats are for the womenwhich makes only 10% of women of the totalpopulation
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Number of politician women inmauritius
In 2010 mauritius went through election with a target of30% at first and then it increase to 50% by 2015
Mauritius counts only 10% of women population in politics
After election 2005 the representation came from 5.6% to17% however mauritius is among the lowest inrepresentation of women among SADC
In the report from The Commission on Consttutional andElectoral Reform ALBIIE SACHS wrote:-
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WHY WOMEN ARE NOT READY TOPARTICIPATE IN POLITICS
Due to financial problem (3 million neede to geta seat)
Family responsibilities
(children,husband,house) Personal attacks
Gender violence
Religion and ethics
False beliefs on woman (stereotypes).
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WHY SHOULD THERE BEWOMEN IN POLITICS
To increase women representation in the NationalAssembly and is necessary to achieve gender parity
The terms 'democracy' demands that there should beparity of representation; whereby women should begiven some positions of power
Efficient use of human resources
Women are more aware of the children's
problem,family problems thus they can tackle it moreefficiently compared to men
Having both genders would imply the yielding ofdifferent ideas values styles and behaviors
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Organisation encouraging women
WIN emerged in May 2006 with the objectiveof empowering women inspired by the article 1of the universal declaration of human rights
WIN brings together:-
1. Soroptimist International
2.Junior Chamber International Mauritius
3.The Association Mauricienne des Femmes Chefsd'entreprise
The WIN purpose is to continue to develop and
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The WIN purpose is to continue to develop andexpand a framework of corporation between thefounding members in order to further its missionof empowering women through networking and
capacity building programmes and projectsThe network will be a database of future womenleaders,resource people to achieve objective and
they are:--to develop women leaders who can influencedecision making
-to strengthen and expand the network in quantityand quality
-to spearhead the transformation of politics inMauritius to lead to doubling the number of womwn in
parliament-promote equality for man and woman in all sphere
of life
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conclusion
However today women are being more sensitisedabout their place in society, in public sector 30%of woman are at head although being in special
ministries. Although the participation of woman is
still very low but still Mauritius is encouragingwomen to participate
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