Botswana

Country summary:

Association Members Dr Athaliah Molokomme
Keabonye Ntsabane
Board Member
Staff Members Keabonye Ntsabane – Director, Botswana

Nthepha Neo Kitso – Botswana Progofficer, Marang Fund

When registered 2009
Address Unit 203 Plot 64516 Second floor, Showground Close, Fairground, Gaborone Botswana
Email and phone botsdirector@genderlinks.org.za

botsprogofficer@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


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16 Days: A testimony of courage

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16 Days: Starting in silence, a story of courage

16 Days: Starting in silence, a story of courage

I grew up in Francistown in a very conservative Christian family. From the outside, we looked like the perfect church going family. Sundays were for prayer, for rules, for appearances. […]

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16 Days: Funding withdrawals a critical blow

16 Days: Funding withdrawals a critical blow

The report examines the severe impact of United States funding withdrawals on civil society organisations (CSOs) in Botswana, many of which relied heavily on assistance from USAID. The sudden withdrawal […]

December 1, 2025 Themes: HIV/AIDS Programs: Gender & Media | Gender Justice

16 Days: Turning beauty therapy into empowerment

16 Days: Turning beauty therapy into empowerment

This is a story of how Nomsa Lukashe opened a beauty spa in Gaborone, Botswana offering massage, pedicure and manicure services – not just as a business, but as a […]

November 27, 2025 Themes: Entrepreneurship Programs: Gender & Media | Gender Justice

16 Days: Hopeful Horizons combatting GBV

16 Days: Hopeful Horizons combatting GBV

In Botswana, a nation of 2.6 million, women possess only 64% of the legal rights afforded to men. This stark disparity endures despite impressive female enrollment in higher education and […]

Botswana: Time for action on hate crimes  

Botswana: Time for action on hate crimes  

Gaborone, Botswana, 23 September 2025: Partners in the Marang Southern Africa Fund call on the government of Botswana to strengthen protections for the LGBTIQ+ community following the spate of suspected […]

September 23, 2025 Themes: GBV | LGBTI Programs: Gender Justice

Botswana & Lesotho: Workshop boosts gender aware reporting

Botswana & Lesotho: Workshop boosts gender aware reporting

Journalists from Botswana and Lesotho gathered in Gaborone for a five-day workshop to spark change in how media tells stories and whose voices are heard. Participants explored fundamental gender issues, […]

September 3, 2025 Themes: Gender equality | Media Programs: Gender & Media

Botswana National Relationship Study

Botswana National Relationship Study

Botswana National Relationship Study
Gender Links, 2019

August 30, 2025 Themes: GBV Programs: Gender Justice

Botswana WPP Cross generation training academy manual

Botswana WPP Cross generation training academy manual

Botswana WPP Cross generation training academy manual
Gender Links, 2021

August 29, 2025 Themes: Elections Programs: Gender & Governance

Gender audit of the 2024 Botswana elections

Gender audit of the 2024 Botswana elections

Gender audit of the 2024 Botswana elections
Gender Links, 2024

August 29, 2025 Themes: Elections Programs: Gender & Governance