AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoFilm and Gender: Reel Balance, a pan-African initiative led by seven women-focused organisations, is urging more than 50 African film festivals to work towards equal representation on screen and behind the scenes. Botswana Fashion: Fashion Without Borders Botswana runs through 17 October in Gaborone, bringing together 22 designers from five countries to explore how African fashion can grow as a business while keeping its cultural identity. Food and Culture: The Angolan Embassy hosts its first Gastronomic Festival in Phakalane on 17 October, pairing traditional dishes with music and dance to bring Botswana and Angola closer. San Rights: Roy Sesana will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Botswana this month, recognising his decades of advocacy; he says the fight for ancestral land, self-determination and livelihoods continues. Children’s Wellbeing: UNICEF reports that nearly half of Botswana’s children live in poverty, with widespread sanitation deprivation and limited access to early learning.
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