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
Palapye COE HUB
Stage Description Date/s Outputs 1 Buy-in meetings and adoption of the Hub and Spoke concept 2 Training of Trainers Workshop 3 Review meetings 4 Study Visits 5 Summit verification
Botswana: Reginah Lesedinyana Mojaphoko
“I shall pass through this world once, for anything that I can do for human kind or anything that I can do for anything, let me do it now. Let […]
Botswana: Obakeng Nkeru
” I have managed to sensitize other council departments to disaggregate data with a gender lens. This could help the council to evaluate its programmes better.” I am a trained adult […]
Botswana: Mathodi Modisapudi
“ I became gender aware in the year 2015 just a year after I had been appointed Special Elected Councillor for the North East District Council, this was during a district […]
SADC Gender Barometer 2020 Foreword by Dr. T
By Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Johannesburg, 9 August 2020: #VoiceandChoice resonates with the subject closest to my heart: quality sexual and reproductive health services. Without voice there is no choice. Without […]
August 14, 2020
Themes:
Care work
| Climate Change
| Constitutional and legal rights
| Culture and Tradition
| Economics
| GBV
| Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| Health
| HIV/AIDS
| Human Rights
| Intimate partner violence
| Justice system
| LGBTI
| Reproductive health
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
| Sexual violence
| Sexuality
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
Botswana’s HIV response impacted by COVID-19
By Ruth Kedikilwe, Gaborone , 9 July: The world is battling the Corona virus disease (COVID 19) which continues to dominate the agenda. The last time Botswana faced a pandemic […]
July 10, 2020
Themes:
HIV/AIDS
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
Botswana: Afitile Lebakeng
Click here to read about Afitile Lebakeng’s journey with Gender Links
Summit 2019:Gaborone City Council
The council’s gender champion is Mr. O.K Mafala who is the Deputy Town Clerk and the gender focal person is Ms. K Segokgo. Female representation in the council stands at […]
April 20, 2020
Themes:
Local Government
Programs:
Centres of Excellence
| Gender & Governance
| Protocol @ work
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
Summit 2019:Selebi Phikwe Town Council
The council’s gender champion is Tladi Pilane, who is also the Chief of the town’s fire department and the gender focal person is Lame Osupile Gender Policy The council does […]
April 20, 2020
Themes:
Local Government
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Centres of Excellence
| Gender & Governance
Summit 2019:Tutume Sub District Council
The council’s gender champion is Mr. Selatolo and the gender focal person is Ms Maipelo Gloria Gaketlou. Gender Policy The council has no gender policy or gender action plan. Governance There […]
April 20, 2020
Themes:
Local Government
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Centres of Excellence
| Gender & Governance
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