Woman in Politics

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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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