Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers
Correspondent | Wednesday August 19, 2020 11:20
Protecting our populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence leaving our children to sexual abusers
Necessary emergency
responses to the pandemic have exacerbated this catastrophe, as countries, Botswana
included continue to go into lockdown and introduce restrictions on movement.
During these local lockdowns, many workers have found themselves working from their
homes.
But for some, unfortunately their homes may be where they are most at risk of domestic
violence, sexual abuse by their spouses, relatives, stepparents etc. Protecting our
populations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violence
leaving our children to sexual abusers.
Portia Nkani
BOFEPUSU, Gender desk
Necessary emergencyresponses to the pandemic have exacerbated this catastrophe, as countries, Botswanaincluded continue to go into lockdown and introduce restrictions on movement. During these local lockdowns, many workers have found themselves working from their homes.
But for some, unfortunately their homes may be where they are most at risk of domesticviolence, sexual abuse by their spouses, relatives, stepparents etc. Protecting ourpopulations from COVID-19 should not mean abandoning women to domestic violenceleaving our children to sexual abusers.
Portia Nkani
BOFEPUSU, Gender desk