BOSETU marks 16 Days of Activism Against GBV
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
This being that they play a pivotal role in societal values, transmission in everyday instruction and interaction with learners. Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU ) as an organisation that advocates for the welfare of its members and students, stands in solidarity with individuals and organisations that stand to condemn in the strongest terms all acts of GBV.
It is important to note that GBV is violence perpetrated against women on the basis of their inferiority to men. It is any act or threat by men for male dominance that results in physical, sexual and psychological harm to a woman or girl child.
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