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The State of Gender Information in Botswana

Published/Copyright: December 10, 2007
Libri
From the journal Volume 50 Issue 4

This paper addresses the status of gender information in Botswana to reveal gaps and identify how these can be addressed. It gives background information on Botswana, assesses the status of women in Botswana and reveals that a lot still has to be done in improving the lives of women. It discusses mechanisms – both governmental and non-governmental – put in place to fight for the cause of women. It shows how these mechanisms generate gender information through research activities. It enumerates the problems encountered in providing access to gender information in Botswana and concludes with proposals for enhancing accessibility of gender information. Gender information networking is seen as the answer to most of the problems of providing access to gender information in Botswana.

Shadrack B. Rathapo is librarian at the University of Botswana, Private Bag 00390, Gaborone, Botswana. E-mail: .
Published Online: 2007-12-10
Published in Print: 2000-December

© 2000 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2000.302

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial: Change in Editorial Board
  2. The Older Adult and Public Library Computer Technology: A Pilot Study in a Canadian Setting
  3. Library as the Student's Cornerstone or Obstacle: Evaluating the Method of Empathy-Based Stories
  4. Forced Migration Studies: Surveying the Reference Landscape
  5. The Internet, Electronic Mail and the Academic Community in Ghana
  6. Marketing Products and Services of Academic Libraries in Ghana
  7. The Standardisation of Names to Improve Quality and Co-operation in the Development of Bibliographic Databases
  8. Five Decades of Nigerian University Libraries: A Review
  9. Quick Service Collection in University Libraries: Management and Problems
  10. Public Libraries and Distance Education in Tanzania: Issues and Dilemmas
  11. The State of Gender Information in Botswana
  12. Table of Contents: Vol. 50, No. 1–4
  13. Author Index: Vol. 50, No. 1–4
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