BOCONGO plans campaign on SADC gender protocol

BOCONGO gender and development sector coordinator, Chigedze Chinyepi, told Mmegi yesterday that they found it necessary to take the protocol to the public because the government wants to keep the people in the dark about what it stands for. The Botswana government has remained adamant that it would not sign the protocol much to the chagrin of stakeholders like BOCONGO. 

"The government does not tell the public the truth about the protocol and we therefore want to go around the country and discuss the protocol so that Batswana can understand that the protocol intends to protect the most vulnerable in our societies.  We want to help them understand that it is necessary for government to sign it," Chinyepi said.