“Silencing the Guns Project in Botswana: A focus on Gender-Based Violence – 1st Workshop”
On 27 April 2022, a virtual workshop to enable intergenerational dialogue to break the long-standing cycle of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) was held in Botswana.
The workshop is a joint initiative between an international peace NGO called Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), International Peace Youth Group(IPYG), and Volunteer Hub(VH), a social enterprise that contributes to alleviate socio-economic and environmental challenges in Botswana.
During the main presentation on the Peace Education values, Abisola Shofoyeke from the IPYG said, “the probability of children who have witnessed their parents’ violence becoming violent themselves as a parent to their children or to their partner is extremely high. In addition, those children don’t know how to solve conflicts with anything but violence, and they tend to find themselves in relationships where they continue being victims of violence.”
Abisola Shofoyeke suggested the Peace Education of HWPL which teaches youth to know their duty, role, value, and influence within society to break the cycle of violence. “All creation lives in harmony. All people are connected to each other, and they influence one another. Depending on how they look at others, the influence they have may differ.”, he added.
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