UN Compilation >> Botswana, Review Documentation, 43rd Session, May 2023

Expressing relevant concerns, including about reports of sexual abuse by teachers, the CEDAW recommended that Botswana, inter alia, establish a hotline for children to report such abuse, ... intensify efforts to reduce the number of girls dropping out of school by facilitating re-entry, including through the back-to-school programme, ... review the readmission policy and remove discriminatory provisions against pregnant girls and young mothers to enable them to continue their education, continue with efforts to encourage girls and young women to choose non-traditional fields of study and professions, ensure access to teacher aid for children, including Indigenous girls whose mother tongue was not English or Setswana, ... assessment and school placement with regard to girls with disabilities. [Para 58]