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Dear Coach, I am girl aged 19 from a small village of Lorwana and I came to the city to live with my sister who is 28-years-old. My sister has two kids, both under the age of five.

I came to the city with an intention to look for a job but that has been a far-fetched dream since I seem to be my sister’s maid whilst not paid.

My sister is never home since she is working in a Chinese shop. She leaves home very early and comes back very late. On weekends, the time I would expect her to spend time with her children, she is often up and about with her friends, exploiting the social life. I do not have that unfortunately, but only to take care of her children.

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Let’s fight GBV as a collective

Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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