Emang Basadi calls for gender transformation

In a report dubbed, “Mme O Kae?” roughly translated “Where is the woman?” the purpose of the survey was to gauge perceptions and attitudes of the political party leadership, activists, prospective women candidates, women candidates, general public (electorates) on women’s involvement and participation in political decision making. The study found out that Batswana women in politics face a number of challenges that make it hard for them to gain more seats in the Cabinet hence making it difficult for them to participate in decision-making.

“These challenges include constitutional provisions and laws, institutional arrangements including party policies and party regulations, level of support by political parties beInG strategies for coherence and engagement of women, campaigns where women are not given enough financial support by their political parties, level of resources and other facilitation factors like funding, education, knowledge and exposure compared to their male counterparts, to mention but a few,” the study indicated.