eSwatini: Sikhulile Hlatjwako
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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 |
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