Botswana, UN Sign Gender Programme

Gaborone — Reports of women being raped, violated, disempowered and killed are a cause for concern, the Minister Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Ms Dorcas Makgato has said.

Speaking at the signing ceremony of the United Nations Joint Gender Programme (UNJGP) 2018-2020 on Tuesday, Ms Makgato said studies had revealed that only 1.2 per cent of Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases were reported with 67 per cent of women having experienced some form of violence.

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