05 December 2006
Local organisations disappointed by Health Minister’s World AIDS Day comments about women living with HIV/AIDS

GABORONE—Two HIV/AIDS organisations in Botswana are concerned about some of the comments made by Honourable Minister Sheila Tlou in her World AIDS Day speech in Tsabong. [+]

21 November 2006
South African Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs to address legal fraternity seminar

GABORONE—Justice Albie Sachs of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will give the keynote speech on emerging legal issues related to HIV and AIDS at a seminar for judges, magistrates and legal practitioners in Botswana. [+]

14 November 2006
Private sector capacity to respond to HIV/AIDS to be addressed by National AIDS Council Ethics, Law and Human Rights Sector workshop

GABORONE—A one-day capacity building workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of private businesses to respond to HIV/ AIDS is to be held on Thursday, 16 November 2006, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC). [+]

30 October 2006
Call for an HIV employment law gains support

GABORONE - A large coalition of organisations and individuals have launched a campaign urging the Botswana Government and policymakers to put in place a law to protect HIV-related rights in the workplace. [+]

16 October 2006
MEDIA FACT SHEET - THE HIV EMPLOYMENT LAW CAMPAIGN

WHAT IS THE CAMPAIGN? The HIV Employment Law Campaign is a multi-partner campaign calling on the Botswana Government and policymakers to enact and pass a law to protect HIV-related rights in the workplace. [+]

06 July 2006
More children living with HIV need access to paediatric care

GABORONE - The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) would like to clarify the statistics presented in a press release issued on 27 June 2006 on the matter above. [+]

29 June 2006
More children living with HIV need access to paediatric care

GABORONE - Children living with HIV in Botswana are among the most vulnerable and do not currently have adequate access to specialised care, says the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA). [+]

30 May 2006
Botswana Civil Society excluded from effectively participating in UNGASS Meeting

Civil society organizations in Botswana today note their discontent about the exclusion of critical NGOs from the national delegation representing Botswana at the United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) which is currently taking place in New York. [+]

21 April 2006
BONELA applauds efforts to open debates on homosexuality and sex workers in an era of HIV/AIDS

GABORONE - Botswana’s Prisons Commissioner Herman Kau has been making press headlines recently, quoted as calling for a review of policies on sex work and homosexuality aimed at making practical gains in the fight against the HIV epidemic. [+]

11 April 2006
AIDS rights organisations excluded from participation at UNGASS

GABORONE and WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) today condemn the governments of the Republics of Namibia and South Africa for their exclusion of ARASA and its partner organisations,... [+]

16 February 2006
Update on HIV Testing and Confidentiality: National Stakeholders’ Meeting

A joint initiative of BONELA and Policy Project
“We offer our sincere thanks to the 154 health care workers who took the time to share their views and experiences. We are privileged to have been trusted with their frankness and honesty and hope that the results of this study will provide practical and meaningful guidance for the complex issues they face in their day-to day work.” [+]

16 February 2006
MEDIA FACT SHEET
HIV Testing and Confidentiality: National Stakeholders’ Meeting

In 2005, a national study was carried out in Botswana on the knowledge, attitude and practices of health care workers with respect to confidentiality and HIV testing. This initiative was jointly undertaken by the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and Washington, DC-based Policy Project. [+]

10 February 2006
Local groups protest MP’s remarks about women living with HIV/AIDS

GABORONE - Organisations responding to Botswana’s HIV pandemic are alarmed at comments made by Member of Parliament Lephimotswe Sebetela (Palapye) recently published in the media. [+]

09 February 2006
The Honourable Prof. Sheila Tlou to open meeting on HIV testing and confidentiality

GABORONE - The Hon. Professor Sheila Tlou, the Minister of Health, will deliver the keynote address at a stakeholders’ meeting that will release the findings of a study on confidentiality with respect to HIV testing in Botswana. [+]