Botswana

According to the U.S. government, “Botswana is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Children are trafficked internally for domestic servitude and cattle herding, while women report being forced into commercial sexual exploitation at safari lodges.”

Woman Accused of Assualting 5-Year-old Maid in Botswana

June 30, 2010

[from the Botswana Gazette] Woman poured hot water over `child maid’- allegation Written by KHONANI ONTEBETSE Five-year-old hired to look after toddler Police say they have arrested a 39-year-old woman of Mmopane for allegedly pouring boiling water over a five-year-old girl who was employed to look after her three-year-old baby. According to the police the [...]