Botswana Anti-Rape Campaigner Wants More Done to Tackle Rising Offenses
Voice of America
GABARONE, BOTSWANA - Lawmakers in Botswana recently set up a committee to address the soaring rate of reported rape cases in the Southern African country, and plan to establish a sex offender registry. However, activists say those actions don't go far enough.
Singer Refilwe Mooki took self-defense lessons after she was raped in 2017. Last year, her emotional wound was reopened when her little sister was attacked. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. "Just after my little sister was raped, it took me back there. I felt it's a curse or something. At the same time, I said, 'Let me do something positive out of this,' " Mooki said. Mooki leads a Say No to Rape campaign in Botswana, where reported rape cases have jumped in the last few years. Authorities contend that pandemic restrictions have increased gender-based violence, and this year they announced the offender registry to address the problem.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.