Mauritius
Mauritius
Country summary:
| Board Members | Visit the Mauritius board page |
| Staff Members | Anushka Virahsawmy, Director GL Mauritius and Francophone Operations |
| When registered | 2008 |
| Address | L’Agrement, St Pierre, Moka, Mauritius |
| Email and phone | maumanager@genderlinks.org.za +230 4340720 |
| Alliance focal network | Media Watch Organisation |
| Government COEs | 12 councils and 134 villages View the Centres of Excellence |
| Media COEs | 4 |
| Key partners Projects |
Media Watch Organisation, LUX Resorts and Hotels, Young Queer Alliance, European Union, Australian High Commission and United States Embassy, Decentralised Cooperation Programme (DCP), CIM Finance, HSBC Bank Mauritius, SBM Bank Mauritius, National CSR Foundation & Individual Donors One of the major project for Gender Links Mauritius is the Safe Haven Halfway Home launched on the 1st September 2017 |
| Key projects European Union Co-Funded Project 2020 – 2024: Advancing Gender Equality in the Republic of Mauritius |
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Safe Haven Halfway Home  |
Kolektif Drwa Imin  |
MEDIA
World Press Freedom Day 2021 Webinar
Click here for the Mauritius country report.
Mauritius Strategy 2016 – 2020
GL Vacancy: Finance Assistant Mauritius LGBTQI Fund
Gender Links, (GL) a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg, promoting gender equality and justice, seeks the services of an experienced, skilled, highly motivated and committed Finance Assistant to […]
GL Vacancy: Project Officer LGBTQI Fund
Gender Links, (GL) a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg, promoting gender equality and justice, seeks the services of an experienced, skilled, highly motivated and committed Project Officer for […]
Maur: A human story amid environmental emergency
In 1990 the inhabitants of Mare Chicose were initially relocated when it became a landfill. At the time, the government deemed it necessary to move some families living near the […]
November 12, 2024
Themes:
Climate Change
| Emergencies
| Health
Programs:
Gender Justice
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
Mauritius: Women’s agency, voices and perspectives
Plis Ki Enn Kota (More Than a Quota): Gender Links to Host Symposium on March 30, 2024, on the Theme “Democratic Consolidation: Women’s Agency, Voices, and Perspectives” Three weeks ago, […]
Mau: Etat des lieux de la représentation des femmes en politique
Après plus d’un demi-siècle d’indépendance et 13 élections législatives, où en est la situation des femmes à Maurice en politique ? Certes la République de Maurice a fait preuve de […]
GL mourns the passing of Dev Virahsawmy
Gender Links learned with deepest sadness of the passing away on 7 November 2023 of Dev Virahsawmy, husband and partner of our former Francophone director Loga Virahsawmy; also father of […]
“I explained to my children how Safe Haven Halfway Home is allowing us to grow stronger before one day, we move out into a house of our own.”
I had a difficult childhood. My mother was the sole breadwinner and had to do everything on her own. My siblings and I did not attend kindergarten. When we went […]
August 24, 2023
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender based violence
“As I reached the other side of the river, it started raining and the God-sent water washed away all the dirt that was on my body.”
I am 25 years old and I have three daughters who are under seven years old. My life has always been full of difficulties. I did not know my father […]
August 24, 2023
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender based violence
A councillor should ensure the mental, physical as well as spiritual emancipation of inhabitants in the locality.
Dhanita Devi Ramsaran is an elected village councillor of the District Council of Flacq since the year 2020. She has known Gender Links via social media and has also previously […]
July 28, 2023
Themes:
Drivers of Change
| Education
| Local Government
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Women in Politics
Additionally, as a dedicated pastor, she takes her advocacy several steps ahead : she shares the beauty and necessity of equality between men and women with the followers of her faith.
Natacha Hossanny began her career as an officer at the Municipality of Port-Louis (MPL) in 2012. She has known Gender Links (GL) since then and has witnessed the admirable endeavour […]
July 27, 2023
Themes:
Drivers of Change
| Gender equality
| Local Government
| Politics
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Women in Politics
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