16 Days of activism 2015 Botswana...
16 Days of activism 2015 Botswana
Date: December 3, 2015
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KEY FACTS
- Botswana is one of the six SADC countries that have conducted a Violence Against Women Baseline Study.
- Parliament passed the Domestic Violence Act in 2008 and in 2013 regulations for implementation and a budget were developed.
- Up to two in three women in Botswana have experienced GBV at some point in their lifetime.
- Sixty percent of women in Botswana reported experiencing intimate partner violence in their lifetime.
- Eleven percent reported that they had been raped in their lifetime.
- Sexual offences in Botswana are dealt with under the penal code.
- Botswana has not criminalised marital rape.
- Botswana does not have a law on human trafficking.
View the Botswana Violence Against Women Baseline Research study
View the I Stories – first hand accounts of GBV from Botswana
ACTIVITIES
(Themes in red are internationally recognised days)
| ACTIVITY | VENUE AND TIME | SPEAKERS/ ANCHORS | “IÀ STORIES OR FIRST HAND ACCOUNT | FACT SHEET/ RESEARCH | OPINION PIECE |
| Thursday 19 November: Women’s Entrepreneurship Day | |||||
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GL Most Significant Change Case Study À“ Local Action to End Violence and Empower Women |
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| Wednesday 25 November: International Day of no Violence Against Women | |||||
| Cyber dialogues | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT |
GL Most Significant Change Case Study: Sustained Approaches to Ending Gender Violence in Southern Africa. | |||
| Thursday 26 November: Safety in Schools | |||||
| Cyber dialogues | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT |
We walked to school barefoot | |||
| Friday 27 November: Diverse Gender Identities | |||||
| Cyber dialogues and Google Hangout | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT |
LBGTIAQ Policy brief | Where are diverse gender identities in the Sixteen day campaign? | ||
| Saturday 28 November: Take back the night | |||||
| Marches | Take Back The Night March | ||||
| Monday 30 November: GBV, Elections and Women’s Political Participation | |||||
| Policy brief – 50/50 by 2015? | |||||
| Tuesday 1 December: World Aids Day | |||||
| Cyber dialogues | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT | Making Care Work Count Fact Sheet | |||
| Wednesday 2 December: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights | |||||
| Raped by my own boyfriend | |||||
| Thursday 3 December: International Day for the Disabled | |||||
| Cyber dialogues | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT |
Disability Fact Sheet | |||
| Sunday 6 December: Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre | |||||
| Femicide Policy brief | |||||
| Monday 7 December: Gender violence and the media | |||||
| Cyber dialogues GAMAG | 13. 00 SA Time 11.00 GMT | ||||
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Tuesday 8 December: Sexual harassment: Gender violence in the work place |
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Cyber dialogues GAMAG |
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Wednesday 9 December: Gender violence and IT |
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Cyber dialogues GAMAG |
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Thursday 10 December: International Human Rights Day |
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Cyber dialogues GAMAG |
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