Millicent Sethaile
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| Millicent Sethaile | |
|---|---|
| Born | Botswana |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Motswana |
| 💼 Occupation | Youth Activist; SRHR Practitioner |
| 📆 Years active | 2010–present |
| Known for | Youth and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocacy; Chair, Botswana National Youth Council; HER Voice Fund Ambassador |
Millicent Sethaile is a Botswana youth activist and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocate. She is the Board Chair of the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC), serves as a Youth SRHR Officer with SRHR Africa Trust, and is a HER Voice Fund Ambassador representing Botswana. She has represented youth constituencies at international forums such as the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 and has participated in regional and global dialogues on adolescent SRHR and the effects of COVID-19 on young people’s access to services.[1][2]
Early life and education
She holds a degree in finance and accounting and has professional experience in grant management and development programming.[1]
Career and advocacy
Sethaile is a development practitioner active in youth empowerment and SRHR programming. She works with SRHR Africa Trust as a Youth SRHR Officer and serves on a number of boards and national youth structures focused on adolescent health and participation.[1]
HER Voice Fund and international participation
Sethaile was named an Ambassador (Ambassador Angel) under the HER Voice Fund initiative, which supports young leaders and small grassroots organisations working on SRHR for adolescent girls and young women. In that role she has supported grant processes, peer networks and youth-led advocacy in Botswana.[3]
She represented youth voices at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 (2019) as a youth ambassador connected with HER Voice, and she has been quoted in coverage of the summit and its follow-up reporting on commitments to SRHR and young people’s rights.[4]
Regional and global dialogues
Sethaile has participated in webinars and panel discussions on adolescent SRHR and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health services. For example, she was a panelist in a webinar hosted by the Duke Center for Global Reproductive Health on the effects of COVID-19 on SRHR among young people in Africa.[5]
She has also contributed to RED.org editorial content focused on combating HIV among girls and young women, reflecting engagement with regional advocacy networks on adolescent health and HIV prevention.[6]
Leadership roles in Botswana
Sethaile serves as Board Chair of the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC), a national youth structure that advises on youth policy and programmes. In 2025 she spoke at Botswana’s International Youth Day commemoration in her capacity as BNYC Board Chair, calling for youth collaboration and an increased role for young people in development processes.[2]
Publications and communications
Sethaile’s contributions are primarily in the form of advocacy interventions, speeches and panel participation for NGOs, UN agencies and youth networks. HER Voice Fund and partner communications have documented her engagement in programmatic learning, youth empowerment briefs and country profiles related to adolescent SRHR.[1][3]
Recognition and impact
Sethaile is recognized within regional SRHR and youth networks for her work on adolescent girls’ and young women’s health, youth participation in policy processes, and for strengthening linkages between community actors and donor/grantee mechanisms.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "HER Voice Fund — Ambassador Angels: Millicent Sethaile". Y+ Global / HER Voice Fund. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "International Youth Day Commemoration Calls on All Youth to Collaborate". UNFPA Botswana. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "HER Voice Fund — Grantees & Ambassadors". Y+ Global / HER Voice Fund. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ↑ "Youth lament slow pace towards ICPD commitments". Guardian Sun (Botswana). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ↑ "Effects of COVID-19 on Sexual, Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) among Young People in Africa". Duke Center for Global Reproductive Health. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ↑ "RED Talks—Combating HIV: Girls & Young Women". RED. 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
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