Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers

Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers
Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers

 
Even though before the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana figures concerning domestic
violence were alarming; many countries, Botswana included are still reporting a surge in
domestic and sexual violence cases against women and children.
Even though before the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana figures concerning domesticviolence were alarming; many countries, Botswana included are still reporting a surge indomestic and sexual violence cases against women and children.  

 

Necessary emergency

Editor's Comment
Students wellbeing is a priority

The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...

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