GBV report card: A crisis totally out of control

FRANCISTOWN: Women and girl-children continue to bear the brunt of GBV in the country throughout the year.

In most of these cases, there is a whole body of knowledge that shows that women and girls are trapped in a vicious cycle of abusive relationships with little or no hope of disentanglement. However, this should not be construed to mean that GBV is an exclusively female disaster in Botswana because males also experience it, although at a lower intensity than females. Experts say domestic violence in Botswana and Africa is culturally deep-rooted.