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Employment
Street vendors feeling pinch of COVID- 19
Gerard Molupe Maseru , 23 April: The deadly COVID- 19 is wreaking havoc globally and impacting negatively on the world economy. Major economies are suffering while trying to save lives […]
April 30, 2020
Themes:
Economics
| Employment
| Entrepreneurship
| Poverty
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
Tanzania: Women fail to work due to fear of rape
By: Joel Headman These women have been making a living by selling small vegetable businesses they go very early in the morningand return home very where the rapists get a […]
December 20, 2019
Themes:
Employment
| GBV
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Violence
More Brilliant Careers
This publication examines the effect of career breaks on women’s employment. It is the report of a research project funded by the Women’s Research and Employment Initiative Program. The project […]
The Safe Haven Halfway Home – Mauritius
The SAFE HAVEN HALFWAY HOME (SHHH) is a temporary shelter for teenage girls who are homeless due to abuse and rejection from family members. ABOUT US September 2017, Gender Links Mauritius opened […]
October 10, 2019
Themes:
Business Unusual
| Child Abuse
| Children
| Disability
| Economic violence
| Education
| Emotional violence
| Employment
| Feminism
| GBV
| Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| Health
| HIV/AIDS
| Housing
| Human Rights
| Justice system
| Poverty
| Reproductive health
| Sex work
| Sexual violence
| Unemployment
| Young Women
| Youth
Programs:
Gender Justice
Mauritius: Story of Karina
My name is Karina and I am 27 years old. I have two lovely daughters and my daily routine revolves around them. I love doing pastries for my daughters and […]
Dr. Vasant Bunwaree – Equal Pay for Equal Work
Whether you are a man or a woman there should be equal work for equal pay was the leitmotiv of Dr. Vasant Kumar Bunwaree at the political dialogue organised by […]
Dorine Volafite – Mauritius
Elle a quitté l’école en seconde puis s’est mariée Á 14 ans Á un homme abusif et violent qui la battait. Elle a eu par la suite trois enfants. Tous ses enfants ont très bien réussi et travaillent (dont deux au Canada). Elle a cinq petits-enfants et est maintenant divorcée. Elle travaille le matin dans une boutique où elle vend des snacks et des boissons et l’après-midi elle se déplace sur toute l’île afin de donner des cours de natation Á des personnes en difficulté. Son activité lui permet de favoriser et de plaider en faveur d’une activité physique régulière et donc en faveur du bien-être et de la santé.
October 2, 2019
Themes:
Employment
| Entrepreneurship
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Entrepreneurship
Lesotho:Mampeoane Mokete
My name is Mampeoane Mokete from Qibing Council. I’m an aspiring businesswoman working on chicken layers. I started my business with 50 layers in August 2017 and had no idea […]
Mauritius – Association Pour L’Education Des Enfants Defavorisés (APEDED) ensuring economic growth of women through micro enterprise
Operating in the field of poverty alleviation, APEDED provides education and basic necessities to underprivileged children at pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary levels. It primarily works with school drop-outs. In […]
June 12, 2019
Themes:
Climate change
| Economic violence
| Employment
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Education and training
| Protocol @ work
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
#CSW63: Pushing back the push back
Spotlight on gender equality in social protection, infrastructure and public services By Sifisosami Dube New York, 13 March: The time is now to demystify “Social protection systems, access to public […]
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