On Tuesday 13 April 2021, JCI City Plus held an interactive forum with Entreprendre au Feminin Ocean Indien as part of the RISE oriented project Business Rise Up Series. The project spearheaded and presented by Lincoln Soobrayen, helped the various entrepreneurs who were present to brainstorm on the various problems they are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Violence against women is a rampant issue in Mauritius. Official data provided indicates that there were a total of 14,126 cases of violence against women reported in the year 2009. Among these figures include 745 cases of physical assault by a spouse or partner against women and 815 cases of verbal assault (ill-treatment, harassment, abuse,