Human rights slam govt stand on sex workers
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, in a statement, strongly denounced this campaign and called for an end of the campaign in a statement.
The Botswana government's "Draft Strategies to Address Key Populations" has been reported by local and international media to include a recommendation to detain sex workers and deport "foreign sex workers".
The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...