Mauritian women are mobilizing for the upcoming legislative elections, the schedule of which has not yet been announced. The women’s group FAZ, brought together women from diverse backgrounds in the city of Rose-Hill on Sunday, July 21. Their goal: to send a message to future candidates and political decision-makers.
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With our correspondent in Port-Louis, Abdoollah Earally
” Together until the horizon “, intoned the women of the Fam Ape Zwenn (FAZ) movement, a Creole acronym for ” Women meet ” The tone was political. Paula Atchia, 82, a respected social figure in‘MAURITIUScalled the women ” to vote for women candidates » to the next legislative expected in the coming months.
For her part, academic Sheila Bunwaree has called for a “rcomplete review of the Mauritian education system. »
Among the participants in the women’s gathering were three former ministers, including Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra, 75, who served as justice minister in the early 1980s. She summed up the reason for the gathering: ” What is important for us is a message that we pass on to the future elected representatives of the future Parliament after the next legislative elections. “.
Passing the baton between generations
The main leaders of the FAZ movement are over 70 years old. According to Daniella Bastien, an anthropologist and young politician, the Rose Hill gathering was a passing of the torch: ” These are mostly women who were very active socially and politically in the 1970s. They had positions of responsibility, they were ministers and everything, and today… today I feel that they are passing the baton to the new generation. »
“What is important for us is a message that we pass on to the future elected representatives of the future parliament after the legislative elections”
Mauritius: Women mobilize for legislative elections
In a booklet entitled ” Advocacy » and distributed to the audience, FAZ listed the priorities for women in Mauritius which include access to land, the fight against violence, access to the best health care and recognition of artists. The meeting ended with the tune of « Family and Zil » a sega performed in the late 1980s by the popular and late Mauritian singer Kaya.
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