BDP Women's Wing

𝐓𝐨: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐃𝐏 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐌𝐒. 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐌 𝐁𝐃𝐏 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is pleased to announce the appointment of 𝐌𝐬. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞 as Interim Chairperson of the Women’s Wing. Consequently, Ms. Lesole will sit in the Central Committee as the Women’s representative.

Former Councillor Lesole is an experienced and loyal BDP member who has previously served as Gaborone Mayor, Women’s Wing Deputy Chairperson, amongst others. Her experience and skills are expected to continue positively to advancing women representation on on a transitional basis pending the election of a substantive committee and towards evolution into a Women’s League, not Wing.

The Party also wishes to announce 𝐌𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐍𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐓𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚’s appointment as Interim Secretary. Party structures will be informed immediately about the rest of the interim committee composition. 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒.

𝐀 𝐄 𝐉𝐄𝐊𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐊𝐑𝐀𝐆 ⚫️⚪️🔴

𝟏𝟔 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑-𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄; - “𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒“

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) joins the United Nations and the world in kicking off this year’s commemoration of the 𝟏𝟔 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 & 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬. This year’s global theme for this commemoration by the United Nations is: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”. This theme highlights a growing and urgent issue: technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

Digital spaces are now part of everyday life, where we work, learn, connect, and share. But for many women and girls, especially those who are assuming leadership positions in our communities and those who are young, visible, or outspoken, these spaces can also become unsafe.

Digital violence includes online harassment, cyberbullying, stalking, image-based abuse, doxxing, hate speech, and the non-consensual sharing or manipulation of images. These experiences cause real-world harm and affect women’s participation, freedom of expression, mental health, and safety.

In the Pacific, as internet access grows, digital violence is emerging alongside traditional forms of gender-based violence. Social media misuse, online scams targeting women, and the spread of harmful gender stereotypes online mirror and often amplify the same power imbalances and discrimination that exist offline.

The 2025 16 days of activism theme and campaign is calling on all of us to act now! (𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞; 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓)

𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈, 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐆𝐎𝐊𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐒𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐎 𝐆𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐆! Are ageng chaba ee sireletsegileng, ya kagiso. It begins with us ko malapeng! ⚫️⚪️🔴