Botha Bothe Urban council

â € ¢ Country: Lesotho
â € ¢ Council: Botha-Bothe Urban Council
â € ¢ Gender champion
â € ¢ Gender focal person
â € ¢ Baseline score: 58
â € ¢ Progress score: 24
â € ¢ Latest score: 82
â € ¢ Attitude score:
â € ¢ Number of women and men in council management: 3 men and 4 women
â € ¢ Population served: About 15,000
Key characteristics:
A council based in Botha-Bothe Town between the DAâ € ™s office and the District Councilâ € ™s office. It is a council with nine electoral divisions and 14 councillors of which nine are women and five are men. These councillors are young, energetic, very participative and intelligent. The council has warm relations with the people it serves.
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
â € ¢ None
â € ¢ Waste management whereby men and women are hired equally.
â € ¢ Cleaning campaigns where women participated in a town cleaning campaign.

CHALLENGES
â € ¢ The main challenge is the fear of the victims of gender based violence (GBV) that they might be known;
â € ¢ It was not easy to identify the victims;
â € ¢ Victims fear the perpetrators and are scared to report the GBV.

SERVICE DELIVERY
There is more consideration of gender issues as far as service delivery is concerned since the workshops on gender were held.

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