Manake Requests Communities Fight Against GBV

When addressing Parliament on Thursday, Manake said this year’s theme, ‘Orange The World; End Violence Against Women Now!’ and the fact that “we have 16 days set aside to reflect on the issue of GBV is an indication of just how disturbing and problematic the issue has become”.

“Since the outbreak of COVID-19, which was accompanied by the national lockdown, movement restrictions and curfews, the prevalence and incidence of GBV has increased. According to the Botswana Police Service (BPS) report to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice and Security in the September 2021 sitting, during the year 2020 GBV related crimes rose by 7.4 percent, increasing from 4,471 to 4,801 reported cases,” Manake said.