THABO MARUMO

BOTSWANA
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MOLEPOLOLE VILLAGE
CHAIRPERSON

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 HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING
THIS PROBLEM?

High Hiv prevelence and incidence

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among females in the district
 High teenage pregnancy which was at
14.2% in 2008/2009
 Escalating reports on Multiple
Concurrent Relationships
 Reports captured by the police on
Rape,Batterings and Domestic violence

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 IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

We need to build an informed educated

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
and knowledgable society
 To create social stability and moral
reconstruction
 To construct a platform for a strong
foundation in which we would raise
future generations who are
compassionate and loving with high
self esteem
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 HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING
THIS PROBLEM?

Community capacity enhancement

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 Drama plays
 Debate sessions
 Family fun days

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 WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE
PROJECT?
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 365 Days a year

 The project is
ongoing as its
designed to fit all
occaissions and
events

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 WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS
INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY
INVOLVED?
 Men and Women
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 The district gender comittee

 Women’s affairs Department

 District Aids coordination and health

Department
 Both men and Women are equally
involved and their concerns are equally
addressed.

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 PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE
PROJECT
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•Botswana police
•Botswana Defence
Force
•Botswana prisons
•Women’s shelter

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 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL,
HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE
MOBILISED?
DMSAC through the ministry of local
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
government assist with finance

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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

We conduct pre and post tests on GBV

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during our activities
 Monitor violence reports recorded by
the area police
 Record and compile the number of
community members reached with the
message by sex,age ,proffession.

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 WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Community acceptance of the project

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 Both men and women coming forward

to report acts of violence
 A significant drop in cases of violence
reported with the police
 Gender mainstreaming is now prudent
in most institutions

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 IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL
TARGETS)

Article 20-25 GENDER BASED

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
VIOLENCE
 Empowering the community on gender
based violence and law
 Educating the community on how to
eradicate violence and abuse

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 EFFECTIVENESS

 Other networking partners use our

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modalities in their activities

 The community shows intrest and are
taking part without reservations
 More men and women are joining our
sector in the fight against gender
based violence

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 SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

 The practice is riplicable as it

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accommodates all
sexes,ages,professions and culture
 It can be done without any financial
implications and so its sustainable
 This practice can be done anytime
anywhere without much need of
resources

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 LESSONS LEARNED

 Information and education

are not easily accessable to
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everyone
 A lot of violence cases are
not reported
 Working with other
stakeholders makes it easy to
win the war as we create a
proper channel and share
responsibilities for combat

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 BE FREE TO USE THIS PROJECT
IN YOUR AREA AND WE ARE
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READY AND WILLING TO ASSIST

YOU.
KEA LEBOGA
ANY QUESTIONS

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