1. Gender @ Work in Local Government Mauritius

2. Reach of the COE process in Mauritius
12 local authorities (7 urban, 5 rural)
60 direct beneficiaries
300 intermediary beneficiaries
3000 indirect beneficiaries.

3. Methodology - Mtintso’s framework
ACCESS
TRANSFORMATION
PARTICIPATION
Policy
Institutional
Service
delivery
Women
Individual
Men

4. BETTER POLICIES AND SERVICES PARTICIPATION
REPRESENTATION
BETTER POLICIES AND SERVICES PARTICIPATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
TRANSPARENCY
RESPONSIVENESS

5. How gender mainstreaming in local government has evolved over the years
2010
6 stage COE process
Action planning
Learning and
10 Stage COE process
IT for advocacy
Monitoring & Evaluation
Learning and
Updating action plans – link to Agenda 2030
Baseline scores coding
Backstopping of COEs
External Assessments of summits
Sunrise campaign – working with GBV survivors in local government
Roll out – COEs take ownership of the Sunrise campaign
50/50 Campaign
Summits
SRHR in local government
Community dramas on SRHR
SRHR campaigns
SRHR research
SRHR Summits

6. COE Process Original 2010 Revised 2011 Process 1
Meetings with management and political teams and adoption of COE process. 2
Undertaking a gender audit of the council. 4 3
Mobilizing meeting with council representatives and popularizing the SADC protocol on Gender and Development.  *
Inception workshop. 5
Action planning workshop 6
Adoption of the action plan. 7
Media, campaigning skills. 8
IT for advocacy. 9
Monitoring and evaluation 10
Summit
Post 2015
Updating of gender action plans in line with the Post-2015 SADC Gender Protocol
New baseline scores with colour coding from blue to green to bronze to silver to gold and platinum endorsed by UN Women
Quarterly backstopping meetings
Annual self and external assessments at the SADC summit

7. Impact
We have engaged in one of the most important revolutions of our time – gender equality where it matters most.
Extent – 6 councils, 6 districts/provinces, %percentage of councils out of total councils in country.
Movement for change, that involves women and men.
Document it – reflect on how to sustain it.

8. Next steps: Consolidation
Youth involvement in local government
Gender responsive health facilities
Youth friendly SRHR services
Gender responsive procurement
Gender disaggregation of council data
Integrating gender into council planning
Sharpening Gender Responsive Budgeting – GRB