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
Local Authorities Platform
This publication by the Botswana Association of Local Authorities attempts to put Botswana’s local municipalities into the international spotlight and attract investment into these areas.
March 12, 2013
Themes:
Local Government
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| Magazine
Botswana Local Government Draft Gender Strategy
Women constitute 52.4 percent of the population in Botswana (CSO 2001). About 80% of the population is concentrated in the fertile east of the country along the line of rail from South Africa in the south, to Zimbabwe in the north. In 2007 59% of the population lived in urban areas, signifying marked rural to urban migration (WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF 2008).
The aim of this strategy, which has been developed by the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) and the Ministry of Local Government, is to ensure that government commitments to gender equality are translated into action at the local level.
March 12, 2013
Themes:
Gender equality
| Local Government
| Politics
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Policy and action plans
SADC Gender Protocol 2013 Barometer – Botswana
Gender Protocol Barometer
Botswana
2013
Gender Links laments sexual abuse_17102012
Gender Links has expressed worry at the waymen continue to sexually abuse mentally retarded women .
Gender Links Country Manager, Keabonye Ntsabane said it is suprising that the deaf, the dumb and the mentally retarded people are falling pregnant at an alarming rate.She said she expects men to protect these vulnerable women . Ntsabane said she fears these disadvantaged women ae even at a high risk of contracting Hiv and sexual transmitted diseases.
December 10, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
Blatant Stereotypes
| GEM Classification
| News
| Virtual Resource Centre VRC
| VRC Clippings
SADC Gender Protocol 2012 Barometer – Botswana
Botswana has made remarkable progress against the targets of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development set for 2015.
November 29, 2012
Themes:
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Research
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
Fact Sheet Botswana: Integrated approaches
Botswana has a draft ‘365 Day National Action Plan to End Gender Violence’ developed in 2007.
November 22, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism 2012
| 16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
| Research
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
Fact Sheet Botswana: Prevention
Only 12% of the speeches by politicians that centred on, or mentioned GBV, focused on prevention.
November 22, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism 2012
| 16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
| Research
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
Fact Sheet Botswana: Response and support
80.1% of women and 77.8% of men were aware of laws that protect women and children against abuse.
November 22, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism 2012
| 16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
| Research
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
Fact Sheet Botswana: Effects of GBV
I STORY: Click here for Joyce’s story Key facts 18% of women who were physically abused sustained injuries and over half of the injured women had tostay in bed for […]
November 22, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism 2012
| Gender Justice
| Research
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
Fact Sheet Botswana: Patterns and drivers of GBV
Women in the 18-29 age group reported the highest lifetime IPV , while women in the 45 years and above
age group reported the lowest lifetime IPV.
November 22, 2012
Themes:
Gender based violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism 2012
| 16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
| Research
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
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