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Botswana sets up gender violence courts to tackle pandemic backlog

Botswana mother and child

Gaborone, BotswanaThomson Reuters Foundation Botswana will launch 25 gender violence courts this week following a rise in cases during the coronavirus pandemic – a measure women’s campaigners hope will bring swifter justice to victims of sexual and domestic abuse. The government of the southern African country moved to establish the courts after women’s rights advocates […]