GBV Haunts Women In Service

FRANCISTOWN: A representative from Botswana Prisons Service (BPS), Khana Phuduhudu has revealed that women in force still face sexual and emotional abuses on a daily basis.

She was leading a discussion here on women in service as victims of gender-based violence (GBV) at the Northern Division Women Police Network (NDWPN) women in service symposium, at Adansonia hotel.

Phuduhudu said women in service face a number of challenges such as being systematically isolated because they declined to be in sexual relationships with their male counterparts.

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Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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