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2007/2008 budget. The budget makes provision to close the gender gap and challenge gender stereotypes. While Mauritius has reformed its legislation and awareness, the budgets to back them up have so far missed.
For the first time in the history of Mauritius, a whole chapter in a budget speech covers breaking cultural barriers for women and challenging stereotypes. "This will help give a backbone to the organisations and individuals who are working hard to raise awareness about gender inequality," activists hope.
Over the past few years, Mauritian gender and media organisations have worked hard to achieve this goal by raising awareness. Local and regional activists such as the Mauritian Media Watch Organisation (MWO)-GEMSA have facilitated workshops on gender and such issues as violence, discrimination, the economy, and politics. Most recently, the organisation is spearheading the creation of a national action plan to end gender violence and gender discrimination.
In early June, participants of a four-day workshop, a partnership between South African based Gender Links, MWO-GEMSA and the Ministry of Local Government, came out with a draft gender strategy for local government. The key message is to mainstream gender in local government and to address the gender gaps. Some of the strategies approved by participants of the Local Government workshop are in line with the Budget Speech 2007/2008.
This includes ensuring that women have economic opportunities through gender parity in employment opportunities and training. It also includes encouraging women entrepreneurs by ensuring women suppliers are aware of opportunities to submit tenders, encouraging large companies to sub-contract to women-owned enterprises, and providing space for women to sell products.
Activists see these moves as a step in the right direction for addressing unemployment among women. The female unemployment rate in Mauritius is 15.5 percent compared to 5 percent for men, the Minister pointed out. "The higher female unemployment rate is a gender gap that we must urgently close, because it will worsen income disparities and create other gender inequalities."
There continues to be a lot of gender stereotyping when it comes to the workplace. Women engineers, pilots or truck drivers were a rarity few years ago. With the 2007/08 budget the whole scenery could change. More women may be encouraged to enter the male dominated work place.
These changing roles are now to be seen in a new photo exhibit, "Égalité des sexes face aux métiers" (gender equality through jobs) to be held on 29 June 2007 by MWO-GEMSA. The 50 pictures from the Indian Ocean Commission region - Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles and Mauritius - break stereotypes in gender roles.
Minister Sithanen said, "We must break the cultural barriers that keep women from taking jobs theirs sisters do overseas such as electricians, plumbers, tile layers, drivers, painters, metal working and gardeners. Employers also must end any prejudice against employing women in these activities."
Mr Sithanen did not speak in a vacuum, "To achieve this revolution we must first provide adequate possibilities for training women in those occupations that traditionally have gone to men only," he said. The Industrial and Vocational Training Board and the association of construction is soon to launch training programmes for women to learn various trades in the construction section.
The Minister further added, "This will redefine our approach to development with equal opportunities for women to enter the world of work in any fields they desire." Reengineering the parastatal is to bring additional benefits to women enterprises for outsourcing.
Moreover, since the Mauritian government is encouraging women entrepreneurs with the setting up of the empowerment fund, women are set to benefit from these contracts. Over and above ending prejudices, women are also to be empowered to apply for tenders in a wide variety of sectors that have remained male dominated.
The budget also mentions positive discrimination in favour of women. "Government will reserve space for women in the Villages Touristiques". Women in the Mauritian prisons too have a place in the budget. They will get training by "Kinouete", an organisation working with women inmates.
Groups that are committed to work with women and children who are victims of abuse and violence are also to get support from government. A women and children solidarity fund to the tune of rupees 25 million (euro 590,000) has been earmarked for projects that would brighten the lives of battered women and children.
MWO-GEMSA says it hopes that "the removal of duties on household appliances will not only make life easier for women but will also encourage men to do household work. This will break gender stereotypes and will give men the opportunity to show that they too can be professional home managers."
(privatehealth.co.uk)
Like Seychelles, its neighbor to the northwest, Mauritius enters the 21st century as an exotic alternative to more traditional sun-and-fun beach destinations. This Indian Ocean crossroads has seen its share of cultural collisions - Dutch, French, British, Indian, and Creole - and today those influences flavor the island's colorful mix of religious festivals, as well as its spicy cuisine.
French colonial buildings line the streets of the capital, Port Louis (where the Natural History Museum exhibits include a replica of the ill-fated, extinct dodo bird), and hikers can explore a world of trails, notably in Black River Gorges National Park.
But if you make the long journey to Mauritius, it's usually because of the stunning, white-sand beaches, and the full gamut of activities that come with them - diving, surfing, kayaking, windsurfing, deep-sea fishing (marlin and yellowfin tuna abound). Besides, how can you not love a place with a beach named Flic en Flac?
ISLAND THERAPY
Indulge in a ylang-ylang purity body treatment at Oberoi Spa by Banyan Tree on Mauritius. $137 for 90 minutes. If you choose to stay there, room rates from $878, including breakfast, oberoihotels.com. At the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Mauritius, the spa's solarium is made from the bricks of an old nearby sugar factory. Spring for a full-body treatment using essential oils such as palmarosa, ylang-ylang, lemon grass and raventsara. Room rates from $742, including breakfast and dinner, movenpick-hotels .com. Whiff!, which was once at Mövenpick, is currently closed and has no plans to reopen as of press time.
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