Quatre Bornes Municipal Council
Date: June 13, 2019
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| Name of good practice | Quatre Bornes Municipal Council: Inclusion of women at the decision-making level to achieve gender equality | ||||||
| Country | Mauritius | ||||||
| Name of good practice | Quatre Bornes Municipal Council: Inclusion of women at the decision-making level to achieve gender equality | ||||||
| Category | LG COE Urban Council | ||||||
| PRESENTATION OF THE GOOD PRACTISE | |||||||
| Title | Inclusion of women at the decision-making level to achieve gender equality | ||||||
| Result Statement | The council serves a population of 75, 884, in which 37, 306 male and 38, 578 female. 35 % of concillors in Quatre Bornes are women. Thus they occupy a lot of the seats in the decision making process leading to a diversion from the stereotypical Patriarchal Society.
The positions occupied by the women in Quatre Bornes are the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairperson Executive Committee, Chairperson Ethics Committee, Chairperson Permits and Business Monitoring Committee, Vice Chairperson Welfare Committee, Vice Chairperson Public Health Committee. |
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| Context | The council of Quatre Bornes consists of 14 % of women in this particular department, 42% of female in the management department and 15.50 % of overall female council staff members. Quatre Bornes has their gender Champion Mrs Soolekha Jepaul – Raddhoa who has inspired a lot women.
Most of the meetings of the Council are chaired by female again ensuring equality in terms of decision making. The administrative team consists of about 42 % female. Quatre Bornes has a high female participation percentage in terms of council decision making. |
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| Key Actions | The Quatre Bornes Municipal Council, together with the Ministry of Local Government and Outer Islands have worked on a Gender Policy Document and participated in a validation workshop organised in July 2018.
Women Councillors have also participated in many workshops and training programs. The latest being training at the Independent Commission against Corruption and Dialogue on the promotion of Women’s Participation in politics . Officers of this Council have also been given training on observatory on parenthood and other validation workshops such as Consultative Meeting on the Gender Equality Bill.
In terms of climate Change and Sustainability, the Council has through other organisations included youth involvement in the preservation of the environment.
The Council puts its collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Quality of life to promote SRHR. Women, men, people living with disability have access to Municipal Centres Youth are encouraged to participate in activities. Ecole de foot, ecole de badminton, karate classes, etc to prevent youngsters from being entangled in drug addiction and other illicit activities. |
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| Partners | The Ministry of Local Government | ||||||
| Strategies | The Council is taken several actions towards the prevention of violence through the creation of public awareness for the right of children, on SRHR and PWD. | ||||||
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| Please explain who the donor/partner was and what they contributed in relation to the in kind contributions you mentioned above. | N/A | ||||||
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| Long term Impact | The various facilities put in place including the infrastructure will be used in a sustainable manner to promote gender equality and mainstream gender in all the activities of the council | ||||||
| Learning and how this will be applied | Continue the advocacy for more women at the decision-making level to bring forward gender on the agenda. Also including male councilors and getting their buy-in | ||||||
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