Gender inequality a challenge in councils

GANTSI: Last week, civic leaders from the southern part of the country met for a gender summit organised by Gender Links and the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA).

Among other things, the Gantsi summit was to identify gaps and recommendations for post 2015 and share best practices on mainstreaming gender in service delivery within the councils.

According to the deputy executive secretary of BALA Ludo Matshameko, the summit was meant to come up with measures to close the gap between men and women representation at  council level. She said the gap has seriously widened after this year’s primary elections as many women from across party lines lost.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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