Bantwana Initiative Eswatini

10/06/2026

A positive youth development approach is central to at University Of Eswatini Kwaluseni, where campus GBV prevention is being advanced through structured, peer-led engagement that builds students’ , , and capacity to to a safer university environment.

Social asset building strengthens knowledge, critical awareness, and practical skills that enable students to interpret and respond to everyday norms, acts, and expressions of sexism within campus life. The emphasis is on equipping students to understand these dynamics, and to act within them in ways that support safer and more respectful peer environments. Through successive engagements, students develop the confidence and competence to engage meaningfully in shaping campus culture, moving from awareness to agency and from agency to contribution.
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10/06/2026

This image captures an Unlimited Interactive Club (UIC) discussion in progress at University Of Eswatini Kwaluseni: a small-group, peer-driven space where students engage directly with questions of campus life, safety, and the everyday norms that shape experiences of sexual harassment.

In these sessions, students actively engaging in structured dialogue on what they observe, experience, and navigate within the university environment, including the subtle and explicit expressions of sexism that often go unchallenged. At the centre of this process are Student Champions, who create the space for honest reflection, and collective sense-making through successive sessions. UICs form part of the broader initiative, a structured, student-led approach to strengthening campus safety and student well-being.
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Women Unlimited Eswatini The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Eswatini Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini What Works to Prevent Violence UK in Eswatini

10/06/2026

Through , we are working to enhance campus safety and student well-being at University Of Eswatini Kwaluseni through structured, student-led engagement.

Key to this work are who are actively driving peer-to-peer learning and supporting norm change across campus through sustained engagement with their fellow students. We appreciate their dedication and commitment to catalysing meaningful student engagement that confronts everyday norms, acts, and expressions of sexism that underpin sexual harassment within the student community.
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Women Unlimited Eswatini The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Eswatini Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini What Works to Prevent Violence UK in Eswatini

10/06/2026

At University Of Eswatini Kwaluseni, Litsemba Rising is being implemented to seed norm change through structured, peer-led learning sequences that progressively build students’ capacity to interrupt everyday behaviours that sustain violence.

Key to this are our Student Champions, who are engaging fellow students through successive sessions, including working through the 5 D’s of bystander intervention as practical ramps for action in real campus life. But we do not just start here: students move through multiple engagements, gradually shifting from recognising everyday norms, to interrogating how they are sustained, and now to building the ability to respond in safe ways that disrupt them. At the centre of this process are students themselves.
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Women Unlimited Eswatini The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Eswatini Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini What Works to Prevent Violence UK in Eswatini

25/05/2026

Wave II of the UIC roll-out under Litsemba Rising is underway University Of Eswatini, with Student Champions leading sessions on campus and bringing the conversation closer to where students live, learn, and interact every day.

This continues a wider institutional effort to strengthen campus safeguarding through peer-led prevention, student voice, and shared responsibility. It reflects the value of building from within, with students helping to shape safer and more inclusive spaces across the university. As the work deepens, the focus remains on sustaining change that is practical, student-centred, and grounded in the everyday realities of campus life.

Sincere appreciation to the Student Champions and all participating students, whose commitment is driving institutional transformation.

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25/05/2026

Creating safe and inclusive learning spaces requires a whole-university approach. Our recent engagement with lecturers at the University Of Eswatini is part of an ongoing institutional effort to strengthen campus violence prevention, student wellbeing, and response systems. The conversation recognised lecturers as key duty bearers who help shape campus culture and support students beyond the classroom. It created space for honest reflection on duty of care, power dynamics, structural vulnerabilities, and the systems needed to better protect students and strengthen learning environments.

What stood out most was the shared recognition that safe and supportive spaces are essential to academic success. As this phase of the intervention moves toward exit, strengthening institutional ownership and sustainable referral pathways remains critical. Sincere appreciation to the VC's Office, the DSA's Office, lecturers, all institutional actors, and students, whose commitment is driving institutional transformation.

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13/05/2026

For close to two decades, our programming has been anchored in a deliberate systems-based approach that centres safeguarding, inclusion, evidence, innovation, and sustainable ownership. This is the DNA that shapes how we partner, design, and deliver impact for children, adolescents, and young people. We are committed to building solutions that are locally grounded, scalable, and transformative. Partner with us to protect, empower, transform, and sustain futures.

11/05/2026

Meet Celiwe Zwane, one of the voices behind 50 years of partnership between the European Union and Eswatini.

This story highlights how EU support has strengthened education and skills development in Eswatini, helping young people access quality learning and align their skills with real-world opportunities.

From classrooms to careers, the focus remains on building a generation that is equipped, confident, and ready for the future.

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Celiwe Zwane | 50 Years of EU–Eswatini Partnership

11/05/2026

We proudly celebrate 50 years of partnership between the EU & Eswatini 🇪🇺🤝🇸🇿 and the lives transformed through this enduring collaboration. Through EU-supported initiatives, we have supported access to education for girls, ensuring they are re-enrolled, retained, and supported to transition into brighter futures. We believe education is more than access to classrooms; it is dignity, protection, empowerment, and the foundation for more inclusive and equitable communities. Fifty years on, the stories that matter most are those of young people whose futures continue to be shaped through partnership, solidarity, and shared commitment.

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Celiwe Zwane | 50 Years of EU–Eswatini Partnership

11/05/2026

Celiwe Zwane | 50 Years of EU–Eswatini Partnership