Countries: Botswana
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

"According to Table 11 in Botswana Causes of Mortality, 2023 Annual Report, female suicide mortality rates in Botswana in 2023 were substantially lower than male rates. Among ages 15–24, the female suicide rate was approximately 10.1% of the male rate; among ages 25–34, approximately 4.3%; and among ages 35–44, approximately 6.2%"

Countries: Botswana
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-2

"According to Table 11 in Botswana Causes of Mortality, 2023 Annual Report, the female suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population in Botswana in 2023 was 0.9 among women aged 15–24, 1.0 among women aged 25–34, and 0.5 among women aged 35–44"

Countries: Botswana
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"A 21-year-old girl of Madikwe ward in Tutume has committed suicide. In an interview, Tutume police acting station commander, Assistant Superintendent Lesego Kgosiemang said they received a report at around five in the evening on Monday that there was a woman hanging from the rafters of the house she was staying in. He said responding to the report, the police indeed found the girl hanging and they took her body to Tutume Primary Hospital where she was certified dead. The acting station commander said the girl did not leave any note as to what informed her decision to take her life" (para 1-4).

Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cote D'Ivoire, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mali, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

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Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

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Countries: Botswana
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Botswana in 2020 was 96.28 per 100,000 population.

Countries: Botswana
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Botswana's laws permit abortion to preserve the physical and/or mental health of the mother. Abortion is permitted in cases of fetal diagnosis, incest, and rape.

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1

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Countries: Botswana
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1

"The drivers of unsafe abortion in Botswana are multifactorial, and there is significant overlap with the drivers of unintended pregnancy. The 2020 Strategic Assessment (MoHW Botswana and Phologolo T. 2020) highlighted several key drivers of unsafe abortion in Botswana, including: Poverty and financial constraints leading to concerns about ability to provide for the child. Gender inequality and gendered power imbalances leading to coercion into unsafe sex and/or unsafe abortion. Sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, incest or defilement. Lack of access to and knowledge about contraception services, including emergency contraception. Limited knowledge of the existing law surrounding safe, legal abortion. Multiple barriers to obtaining a safe, legal abortion" (Page 2)....more

Countries: Botswana
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1, ABO-DATA-1

"In Botswana, complications from abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality accounting for 23 per cent of all maternal deaths" (Page 1).

Countries: Belarus, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kuwait, Libya, Montenegro, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Syria, Turkmenistan
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

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Countries: Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Congo, D R Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tajikistan, Vanuatu, Zambia
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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Countries: Botswana
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Botswana ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).

Countries: Botswana
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Botswana who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 34 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Botswana
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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