eSwatini: Sikhulile Hlatjwako

Date: March 12, 2020

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Name	Sikhulile
Surname	Hlatjwako
Country	Swaziland
Give a short history of the leader	We were trained by SAfAIDS Zimbabwe with aid from Hivos and Sweden.
Objectives	Looking into how policies affect women and girls uptake to contraceptives
Key activities	Sessions policy dialogues advocacy
Key challenges	Getting policy makers to listen to what you outline
Results
Change at the individual level	We understood SRH better and acknowledge the fact that young people are diuverse.
Evidence of change at the individual level	Crispiene Chomba-Zimbabwe. ”Young people in Eswatini are doing quite an impressive job at utilizing the least services they get to protect themselves from getting pregnant at a very early age”
Change at the household level	We all know all the factors contribution to Gender equality and we practise treating each other fairly.
Evidence of change at the household level	Mandisa Machakatha-SAfAIDS ”Never allow your boyfriend to beat or mistreat you in a way and apologise like he aint gonn repeat it, it starts at an early stage”
Change at institutional level	Rouzeh Eghtsten-”You are all starts and go out there to shine, I really appreciate the way Eswatini has done in terms of fighting GBV”
Evidence of change at institutional level	Rouzeh Eghtsten-”You are all starts and go out there to shine, I really appreciate the way Eswatini has done in terms of fighting GBV”
Change at a policy level	Most cases of GBV have been generated from cases of lack of knowledge on policy development of just the information on its own.
Evidence of change at a policy level	Hon Macford Sibandze-”In the country, young people do not know their rights, if they do they are not sure”
Capacity building	Her Choice policy dialogue SAM Training at Berthel court Community mentors for Stepping Stones
Lessons learned and shared	Justice system in the country is not strengthened for people living with dissabilies.
Next Steps	Engaging media and policy makers on GBV issues in the country