Both genders affected as tensions rise
Incidents of domestic Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Botswana soared during the past two months of lockdown, Women Against Rape (WAR) - a Non-Government Organisation based in Maun - has revealed.
The scourge was not restricted to women either.
A record number of men left home to seek temporary accommodation at shelters traditionally used to house women and children who fled or were removed from a violent home environment.
Speaking to Okavango Voice this week, social workers at WAR revealed that since the country went into lockdown on April 3...
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