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born 1956
Bience Philomina Gawanas (born 1956) is a Namibian lawyer who served as Special Adviser on Africa for the United Nations from 2018 to 2020. Earlier in her career, Gawanas served as Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, from 2002 to 2012.
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I said to her: 'You might think this country is dry, but under the earth we have all the riches.'"
Forced displacement is not only a tale of human tragedy, it also poses a real threat to achieving peace, prosperity and development
The ultimate goal of the government and its partners is to provide social protection by ensuring that relevant messages are filtered down to the families who are most vulnerable and often affected.
I sympathize with young people that choose to leave. Job procurement is not very transparent,"
These are not new issues, the fact is that there is backstreet abortion taking place, there is baby dumping and gender-based violence happening in Namibia. These are not new issues.”
"We do not have a strong opposition that serves as a checks and balance, and the same goes for civil society orgnisations,"
My daughter asked me: 'Is this really the country you fought for?'"
"I fought for the independence of Namibia so that my children and their children do not experience what I experienced growing up under apartheid,"
The country has largely shied away from the issue of abortion and that needed to change. “Are we okay when girls dump their babies? Where are the fathers? Is it okay that we have maintenance courts?”
“Basically, I am giving time to issues that I am passionate about and feel as a Namibian I can contribute not only to the global agenda but also to the continental and national agenda on these issues,”
“It is not just about abortion and I want people to understand that. It is about young girls that we want to keep in school, while we don’t want teenage pregnancies