Tribute to Ruth Motsete

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The Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) joins the nation in mourning the death of civil society and gender activist, Mme Ruth Motsete, who died in Gaborone on November 29 2008.

Ruth Motsete contributed greatly to the struggle for gender equity in Botswana.
She has over the years worked with the Gender and Development Sector of BOCONGO and many organisations, among others Botswana Council of Churches, Emang Basadi and the Women's Coalition.

Motsete was also an author, public speaker and community builder. Her passion for a just, caring and equitable nation was significantly felt in the life and work of the civil society movement and the nation at large.

Editor's Comment
Women unite for progress

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