Botswana
Botswana
Country summary:
| Association Members | Dr Athaliah Molokomme Keabonye Ntsabane |
| Board Member | |
| Staff Members | Mboy Maswabi – Programme Assistant
Chigedze Chinyembi – Director, Botswana and SADC Liaison Office |
| When registered | 2009 |
| Address | Unit 203 Plot 64516 Second floor, Showground Close, Fairground, Gaborone Botswana |
| Email and phone | wppbotswana@genderlinks.org.za
botsIntern@genderlinks.org.za |
| Alliance focal network | Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOGONGO) |
| Government COEs | 32 Visit the Botswana Centres of Excellence page |
| Media COEs | 7 |
| Key partners | Botswana Association of Local Authorities, Gender Affairs Department, BOCONGO, UNFPA, UB Media Studies, Press Council Botswana, Friedrich Ebert Stifftung, American Embassy, SADC Gender Unit, SADCNGO and Ministry of Local Government and rural development |
Read more about GL work in Botswana in the attached country report.
Botswana Strategy plan 2016 – 2020
GL mourns the passing of Mme Chigedze Chinyepi
Johannesburg, 26 May: Gender Links (GL) learned with deep shock and sadness of the passing away of its Botswana Office and SADC Liaison Director Chigedze Chinyepi on 26 May 2024. […]
May 27, 2024
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| Governance
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Gender Justice
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
GL hosts Women’s Political Participation academy
Gender Links is hosting a week long Women’s Political Participation (WPP) Academy in Maun, Botswana from 8-12 May. The academy aims at enhancing the inclusion and effective participation of women […]
May 8, 2023
Themes:
Politics
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Advocacy - 50/50 Campaign
| Gender & Governance
| Women in Politics
Take our survey on online violence against women
Take our survey on online violence against women in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa Are you a woman aged between 18 and 60? Are you living in Botswana, South Africa […]
July 25, 2022
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Gender equality
Programs:
Gender & Media
| Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
Botswana Women speak out on Constitution
Gaborone, Monday 25 July: Women Speak Out comprising women from all five major political parties, women’s rights organisations and civil society partners will present their submission to the Presidential Commission […]
July 24, 2022
Themes:
Constitutional and legal rights
Programs:
Advocacy - 50/50 Campaign
| Gender & Governance
Botswana: The constitution – Women speak out
Political parties and women’s organisations in Botswana have made a submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Constitution. Download the full submission or read chapters below. […]
April 30, 2022
Themes:
Constitutional and legal rights
Programs:
Advocacy - 50/50 Campaign
| Gender & Governance
Bots: New constitution must promote gender parity
By Neo Kolantsho, Gaborone, 19 April: Botswana is currently undertaking consultations on whether its 55 year-old Constitution should be reviewed. This has given Batswana an opportunity to push aggressively towards […]
Bots: Women make the case for Constitutional Review
Gaborone, 24 March: Women across political parties are joining forces to make the case that Botswana’s 55 year-old Constitution needs to be reviewed if the country is to deliver on […]
March 31, 2022
Themes:
Elections
| Governance
Programs:
Advocacy - 50/50 Campaign
| Gender & Governance
Bots: Call for Expression of Interest for Project Evaluation
Type of Contract: Consultancy Based in: Botswana Consulting days: 10 days Assignment duration: 28 February 2022- 11 March 2022 Application Deadline: 28 February 2022 Gender Links (GL) Botswana and Boys […]
February 14, 2022
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Gender & Governance
Bots: Discrimination on disclosure of status
By Keamogetse Motone, Gaborone, 1 December: Botswana remains one of the countries which is hard hit by HIV and AIDS. Although there are many ways people can live with the […]
January 10, 2022
Themes:
HIV/AIDS
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Advocacy
| Gender Justice
Bots: GBV prevalence among sex workers not documented
By KENEILWE LEPHOI, Gaborone, 10 December : The prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) amongst sex workers is not well documented, although GBV remains one most notable human rights violations […]
December 15, 2021
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Advocacy
| Gender Justice
| GL Commentary Service
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