{"id":65572,"date":"2025-03-18T07:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/attorney-general-calls-for-review-of-child-act"},"modified":"2025-04-19T19:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T19:08:59","slug":"attorney-general-calls-for-review-of-child-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/attorney-general-calls-for-review-of-child-act","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Calls for Review of Child Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>While efforts have been made to address social ills that impede children\u2019s rights, a review of the Child Act (2009) is viewed as the most progressive step to align with modern times.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Attorney General, Mmako Abram, has called for a review of the Child Act (2009) to align it with modern times.<\/p>\n

He believes the Act is old and needs to be reimagined because the government aims to strengthen legal instruments that protect children\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General said this during a farewell session for UNICEF Country Representative, Dr Joan Matji, in Gaborone last week.<\/p>\n

Dr Matji and Abram reflected on progress made in relation to protecting children\u2019s rights over the years.<\/p>\n

Child-friendly police centres<\/p>\n

The two highlighted the successful launch of the National Child-Friendly Justice Roadmap, which saw introduction of eight child-friendly police centres in Botswana last year.<\/p>\n

According to the Attorney General\u2019s Chambers, Abram stated that although efforts have been made to sign and rectify legal instruments on children\u2019s rights, the instruments have hit a stumbling block in terms of implementing them.<\/p>\n

For this reason, the Attorney General has urged the new government to review the Child Act.<\/p>\n

Sexual exploitation of children<\/p>\n

The government has identified child labour, child trafficking, sexual exploitation of children and drug trafficking as the leading forms of child exploitation in Botswana.<\/p>\n

In point of this, the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Pius Mokgware, recently led calls for tangible results in tackling child labour cases.<\/p>\n

The Minister stated that the introduction of data to document past inspections and self-reflection are vital in combating the issue. \u201cAll of us here, sitting in this room, should be taking the large chunk of the blame,\u201d Mokgware said.<\/p>\n

We are all guilty<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never at any time seen the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Agriculture or the police going around arresting people who abuse children.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople employ young boys to look after their goats. Is it not true? It is very easy to sit in our comfortable chairs and talk about child labour while we are the very same people who are promoting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was speaking in Gaborone at a capacity building workshop on development of a National Action Plan on the elimination of child labour.<\/p>\n

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