National Youth Policy - Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture

ii)
Devise innovative strategies that will promote open
dialogue between youth and parents.
iii) Strengthen the Moral and Spiritual Curriculum, to
incorporate the concept of botho and its attributes.
iv) Strengthen partnerships with religious or faith-based
institutions and the government to provide programmes
on moral and spiritual development.
v) Develop programmes for out-of-school youth on morality
and spirituality.
vi) Research and promote cultural practices that support
good morals and character building.
vii) Devise innovative strategies to engage leaders and
public figures to be good role models to the youth.
5.11 Strategic Area: Youth, Gender and Development
Theme: Mainstreaming gender issues among the youth for sustainable
development.
Issues
i) The social, economic and political marginalisation faced
by young women remain a national challenge.
ii)
The socio-economic and cultural context of gender
issues for the youth population in Botswana is not
clearly documented.
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