Africa-Press – Botswana. The 2022 Botswana Congress Party, Women’s League (BCPWL) Elective Conference in Palapye resolved over the weekend that their mandatory 30% female representation be extended to leadership structures in Parliament and Council
The BCP has committed to women’s representation, making a provision in the party’s constitution that all structures should have mandatory 30% women representation. At the Women’s League Elective Conference, Tshimologo Hilda Dingake was elected president, while Ethel Gampone was voted in as Vice President.
Gape Mapii was elected chairperson, Kebaneilwe Machaya became the new secretary-general, Pontsho Ramakoko is deputy secretary-general, Lagago Tamocha will run information and publicity, Kagiso Letty Daniel is on political education, and Portia Kakale Johanne is the organising secretary.
The main business of the conference was to elect a new leadership where BCP’s female membership attended in large numbers. Besides women’s representation, the BCP Women’s League also observed that GBV has become a pandemic in Botswana. “The BCPWL resolves to set up a committee of experts to do research and inform them on the causes of this high rate of abuse and possible informed interventions. The league resolves to organise and undertake peaceful demonstrations to create awareness and call for action about this menace,” Information and Publicity’s Tamocha stated in a press release.
In terms of opposition negotiations, the BCP WL affirmed its support for the party position to engage with like-minded parties to negotiate a democratic, principled, and constitutionally driven united body towards contesting the 2024 General Election. “The league is fully behind the party’s participation in talks with the Alliance for Progressives with the support of the convenors. We are grateful to share with those opposition parties and stakeholders organisations such as the Alliance for Progressives, the Botswana Labour Party, the Botswana National Front, and the Botswana Teacher’s Union which attended the conference and shared solidarity messages.”
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