# HEAR ME NOW! MY RIGHTS MATTER!
ELEVATING THE VOICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION SURVIVORS The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence, held under…
17.08.2022-BONELA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR THE BOTSWANA NATIONAL GENDER COMMISSION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) commends the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, through the National Policy of Gender and Development for the establishment of…
10.08.20-Education is a Human Right
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) is gravely concerned and disappointed by the current circulating Public Notice from the Ministry of Education & Skills Development; Department of…
02.06.2022-BONELA CALLS FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK AS THE WORLD COMMEMORATES SEX WORKERS DAY
The theme for this year’s sex workers day is: Access to Justice; History and Significance. Sex workers continue to experience, #stigma and #discrimination, #violence; #gender_based_violence, #intimate_partner_violence, #high_HIV_infection_rates and #criminalization among…
16.05.2022-BONELA CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLATION OF HUMAN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AT BIRRO
The Children’s Act of 2009 Section 97 says, “No person shall operate a child welfare institution unless he or she is the holder of a licence authorising him or her…
27.04.2022-SHORTAGE OF MEDICATION ACROSS BOTSWANA
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDs notes with concern growing reports of shortages with regard to essential medicines within health facilities across the districts. These shortages ranges from…
16 March 2022-VACCINATION OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT
As the Government of the Republic of Botswana, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) commences with the roll out of Covid-19 vaccines for adolescences aged between 12 –…
08.03.2022-BONELA JOINS THE WORLD IN COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/and AIDS (BONELA) joins the World in Commemorating the International Women’s day today, the 8th March 2022 under the theme “Gender equality today for a…
16.02.2022-COMPULSORY VACCINATION FOR ENTRY INTO BOTSWANA
INTRODUCTION As a further means of curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic within Botswana, the Minister of Health and Wellness, in terms of his powers under Section 75 read…
11.02.2022-The 2022 Budget Speech and Covid-19: Assessing the budget for health from the lens of the Abuja Declaration (2001)
INTRODUCTION Between 26 to 27 April 2001, the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), with the inclusion of Botswana, met in Abuja, Nigeria.[1] This…