Parly weighs in on Gender Protocol snub

The thorny issue of Botswana’s non-signature of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Gender Protocol will come under the spotlight again this month, this time debated by Parliament.

Francistown West legislator and the first female opposition Member of Parliament, Habaudi Hobona is set to present a motion asking the House to request government to sign and ratify the Gender Protocol.

Botswana is one of only two countries within SADC that are yet to sign the protocol, seven years after its adoption by the majority of countries in the region.  

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