W.A.R (Botswana)

19/10/2026

Working together so every child is safe, secure and thriving

On Friday, 16 October, Women Against R**e (WAR) Trust joined partners from across the North West District at Life Center in Maun. The Office of the First Lady convened a stakeholder engagement on Early Childhood Development and Child Protection, a key pillar of Mme Kaone Boko’s MPEPU Programme, under the theme “Every Child Deserves a Secure Future.”

The day was themed Child Protection Collaboration and Partnership: Safety, Permanency and Well-being. It included training facilitated by Ruby Johnston of LAMb International (Global Capacity Building Network), covering:

🔹 The child protection system and collective impact
🔹 Turning safety and risk assessment into action
🔹 Safeguarding policy and enforced practice
🔹 Permanency and well-being: safe families and thriving children
🔹 Preparing foster, adoptive and kinship families

The day closed with action planning on what we can do better together, along with concrete commitments to follow through.

At WAR we support survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, so we see every day how much children depend on services that work together. When police, social workers, health workers, schools, NGOs and families coordinate, gaps close and children are protected sooner. We are grateful to the Office of the First Lady and the District Commissioner’s Office for bringing us all to the table, and we look forward to turning today’s commitments into action.

📸 Pictured [L–R) Nerrisa Velten (Peace Corps Volunteer), Ruby Johnston (LAMb International) & Peggie Ramaphane (Executive Director, WAR Trust)

14/10/2026

Thank you, SPAR! 💛

War Botswana Trust is proud to be a recipient of SPAR’s Corporate Social Investment Programme.

This week we were honoured to be invited to join the visit of SPAR’s Retail Directors and Northern Regional Managers to Delta Palms SPAR at Tsetseng. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet the team, share more about our work supporting survivors of gender-based violence across the North West District, and thank SPAR in person for standing with us.

Partnerships like this make a real difference to the women, children and families we serve. Thank you, SPAR, for investing in our community! 🙏

14/10/2026

Women Against R**e (WAR) was honoured to attend the Bothatogo Youth Workshop, held under the theme “Youth Skill Development and Employment Readiness.”

The workshop brought together various stakeholders, at the invitation of the village leadership, to engage young people on important matters, including personal development, financial literacy, digital skills, health and well-being, relationships, mental health, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

10/10/2026

🕊️ Congratulations, Judge Navi Pillay — 2026 Nobel Peace Laureate

Women Against R**e (WAR) Trust joins the world in celebrating Judge Navi Pillay, a daughter of Southern Africa, on being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Judge Pillay helped establish in international law that r**e can be a crime of genocide and a war crime. She also co-founded Equality Now, the global women’s rights organisation built on a simple truth: women’s rights are human rights.

We are proud that her legacy reaches all the way to Maun. With a grant from Equality Now, WAR is leading the project “Engaging Legal Duty Bearers in Marital R**e Law Reform in Maun.” Botswana’s law still leaves married women without full protection from r**e by their husbands. A marriage certificate is not consent. Bogadi is not consent.

Through this project we are working with Police, the DPP, Legal Aid, the Ombudsman, Magistrates and private attorneys to build the case for legal reform, through a practitioners’ workshop and a position paper on closing this gap.

Judge Pillay’s work reminds us that violence against women is never a private matter. It is a question of justice, equality and human rights. We are continuing that work here at home.

09/10/2026

19/09/2026

W.A.R (Botswana) at Mogolokwane Primary School in Phuduhudu. Giving motivational talk to standard 7 class of 2026.
Thanks to Unik Charitable Foundation Trust for the partnership.

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