Albinism Society fights stigma, dehumanisation

The petition, read by the National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Kagiso Molatlhegi and signed by 54 members of the Society, asks that Botswana incorporates the Convention into the Botswana Disability Policy in order to end the violation of the rights of people living with albinism.

The Society handed the petition to Molatlhegi on the occasion of the International Albinism Awareness Day, which took place last month and where members decried “all forms of discrimination, dehumanisation and stigmatisation associated with the condition.