06/09/2025
The founder of the EcoShe Project and member of the Regional Youth Parliament for the Indian Ocean, Nancy Barisoa, participated in the 4th Intergenerational Dialogue Forum in Mauritius. Nancy facilitated a thematic session on gender-based violence that produced key recommendations for COMESA’s island states. In plenary, discussions intensified around the question of equity versus equality for women, underscored by alarming realities: according to UN Women, one woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by an intimate partner or family member, and in Madagascar, one in three women aged 15-49 has experienced gender-based violence.
References:
- Full live video by the Horn of Africa Youth Network here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17G7F2391x/
- UN Women (2024). One woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partner or family member: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/11/one-woman-or-girl-is-killed-every-10-minutes-by-their-intimate-partner-or-family-member
-Forus International. Madagascar : Bridging the gender gap: https://www.forus-international.org/en/news/madagascar-bridging-the-gender-gap