Ghanzi District council puts to pratice gender equality

Ghanzi District is a remote area which is dominated by 3 marginalised tribes being Basarwa, Bakgalagadi and Bahero. The municipality serves a community with a population of 23,948 served in 10 settlements within the district. The majority of economic drivers are public servants and this fact has driven the council to come up with ways of improving livelihoods of the residents through government programmes and projects as the literacy rate as per the study conducted in 2010 showed the district to be the lowest. The evident housing units built, well progressing Poverty eradication projects, men coming out and voicing out gender issues, women being recognise as agents of change in the district are the characteristics noticed in the district.