1. SADC GENDER PROTOCOL REGIONAL SUMMIT 2014 26 - 29 May 2014
Costed National Action Plan to End
Gender-Based Violence
Mrs J. Bhunjun
Head Family Welfare and Protection Unit
Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
MAURITIUS

2. Republic of Mauritius Capital City: Port Louis
Currency: Mauritian Rupee
Economy: Since shift from low-income agriculturally based economy to a middle-income diversified economy
Population: 1,328,681 (October 2013 est.)
Male Population: 655,976
Female Population 672,706

3. Republic of Mauritius Marriage Rate 2011- 16. 3 2012- 16.1
Divorce Rate
2011 – 2.8
2012 – 3.1

4. Statistics Reported Cases of Domestic Violence at the Ministry 2011
Year
Male
Female
Both sexes
2011
195
1,622
1,817
2012
214
1,760
1,974
2013
176
1,610
1,786

5. Costed National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence 2012- 2015

6. 5 PILLARS Legislation and Prosecution
Capacity Building of Service Providers
Prevention-Awareness Raising
Media Education and Advocacy
Coordination, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

7. The Costed National Action Plan Gender-Based Violence
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Costed National Action Plan
to End
Gender-Based Violence

8. PILLAR 1 Protection from Domestic Violence Act Advisory Committee
enacted in 1997
further amendments in 2004, 2007, 2011
Advisory Committee
To make recommendations on:
policy issues and measures to be taken for the reinforcement of framework on Protection from Domestic Violence;
potential amendments to be brought to the Protection from Domestic Violence Act; and
the possibility of making the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders statutory.

9. 15 CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES
PILLAR 2
15 CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES

10. Training Manuals

11. Sensitisation Campaigns- ongoing Features
PILLAR 3
Sensitisation Campaigns- ongoing Features
Production of Clips
(I) Zero Violans Kont Fam (2011)
(II) Impact of Domestic Violence on children (2012)
(III)Violence Domestique - Voisine (2013)
(IV) ‘Mo mama princesse mo papa” (2013)

12. POSTERS

13. PILLAR 4 Media Education and Advocacy
Capacity Building on Responsible reporting on Gender-Based Violence

14. BEST PRACTICES

15. Shared Faith Belief (SFB) Programme
The Shared Faith Belief Programme was launched on 08 April 2013 and is on-going.
The SFB is committed to work for elimination gender-based violence (GBV), particularly, domestic violence.
721 Religious Leaders of 26 Religious Bodies under the Shared Faith Belief Programme trained in 2013.
Training of Trainers on Pre-Marital Counselling
114 Persons Trained in 5 from February till May 2014

16. MEN AS PARTNERS PROJECT
With a view to reach a larger number of male folk and to consolidate the platform where they can discuss freely the gender sensitive issues, increase the knowledge on all matters related to family welfare and make them become supportive partners so as to constructively share family responsibilities, the Ministry is implementing the Men as Partners Project since 2003.
The project has been implemented in 17 regions and as at date 13,125 people have been reached.

17. Building partnership with men and boys for the promotion of gender equality
Engage men and boys in the promotion of gender equality is an international commitment which was first time affirmed at the International Conference on the Population and Development in 1994
Ministry of Youth and Sports
265 men and boys reached

18. Lack of Involvement of Local Stakeholders
CHALLENGES
Lack of Involvement of Local Stakeholders

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