Gender in the 2010 Mauritius elections

This report provides an overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links and GEMSA in Mauritius during the 2010 elections. It was part of the region-wide campaign to increase women’s political representation and participation.

The project aimed to assist the media in understanding how gender is integral to citizenship, democracy and freedom of expression and improve media coverage of elections as well as enhance the capacity of women leaders and conduct a gender audit of the elections, including the performance of the media.

Author: Colleen Lowe Morna, Loga Virahsawmy and Kubi Rama
Publisher: Gender Links
Year of Publication: 2011