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We stand with victims of GBV
We stand firmly and assure the children and women of this Republic that their rights shall be protected. Portia Nkani Secretary for Gender and Women Affairs BOFEPUSU Gender Desk We stand firmlyand assure the children and women of this...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Unleash the might of the law on perpetrators of GBV
We may hold many conferences and workshops regarding the subject of GBV but if the law is not on your side, the perpetrators roaming freely on the streets then the victims lose hope and become defeated. We need the law to be fully enforced...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers
Necessary emergency responses to the pandemic have exacerbated this catastrophe, as countries, Botswana included continue to go into lockdown and introduce restrictions on movement. During these local lockdowns, many workers have found...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Government Response to GBV uninspiring - BONU
Heightened rates of GBV during the curfew should not have taken authorities off guard, because non-governmental organizations such UN Women and BONU have advocated loudly for actions to address this ‘shadow pandemic’, says BONU...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
GBV cases in Botswana have reached crisis level - BONU
In a statement issued by their gender desk, BONU says mounting evidence from the Botswana Police Services and media reports suggest that GBV is tantamount to yet another ‘public health crisis'.
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Govt urged to set up post rape care services, emergency contraception, emergency abortions for victims of abuse
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU)'s Gender Office has advised the government to improve quality and access to services such as health-care services including post-rape care, emergency contraception and abortion where legal; immediate and effective police...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Two Debswana employees perish in car accident
The accident happened at around 1400hrs. Police said the deceased were aged between 30 and 35 years. Molefhe said the accident took place on Tuesday when a Toyota RunX collided head-on with an ambulance. According to police, the car was driving...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 19 August 2020
BONU says nurses have important role to play to assist victims of abuse/violence
The chairperson of Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) gender affairs Gomolemo Sentlhaga has urged fellow nurses that they have an important role to play in their work both in hospital and community settings to assist women (and their children) who are...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
Gender based violence is now a pandemic in Botswana - BONU
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) has observed that although Gender Based Violence (GBV) has been widespread before the COVID-19 outbreak, it has, however, worsened in the last few months in Botswana. “As UN call it, a ‘shadow...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
BONU wants a commission of inquiry on GBV as a matter of urgency
“In order to inform policy makers such as parliament and assist the design and implementation of effective policies to combat GBV, it is first necessary to understand the nature and prevalence of the phenomenon. Even though we are nonpartisan...
Correspondent 19 August 2020
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