Bantwana Initiative Eswatini

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.

❤️Eswatini

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.

European Union in Eswatini

Celiwe Zwane | 50 Years of EU–Eswatini Partnership

11/05/2026

Celiwe Zwane | 50 Years of EU–Eswatini Partnership

11/05/2026

The wait is over - the official program for the 5th edition of the EU Film Festival is finally here! 🎬

Now you can start planning your screening sessions, picking your favourite films, and scheduling your festival experience from the 13th to the 16th of May 2026.

Get ready for days filled with powerful storytelling, thought-provoking conversations, inspiring short films, and a celebration of European and Eswatini cinema. 🇪🇺🇸🇿
Which screenings are you most excited for? 🍿

11/05/2026

Partner with us to protect the future. Join us in ensuring every child and young person grows healthy, safe, schooled, and secure.

05/05/2026

Attention to all children ages 13 to 16 years in the country!!!

23/04/2026

Speak OUT! Stand up against abuse, report it.

22/04/2026

It’s Wednesday! And we continue to share pledges made by University Of Eswatini students after completing their Unlimited Interact Club (UIC) peer led sessions.

Every conversation, every pledge, and every action taken by students brings us closer to our goal of learner safety and wellbeing in higher education institutions. While we continue to work with the University Of Eswatini and external stakeholders to strengthen systems, accountability, and long-term sustainability, we remain grounded in the belief that students must be at the centre of the change.

Bantwana Initiative Eswatini , What Works to Prevent Violence, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Eswatini, UK in Eswatini, Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini , UN Women, Eswatini National Commission for UNESCO, Women Unlimited Eswatini

22/04/2026

Taking a stand is the standard.
Students at the University Of Eswatini are clear: stand for what is right and reject GBV in all its forms. Learner safety is a precondition for academic life, not a parallel welfare concern. No safe campus, no meaningful learning. Collective responsibility. Peer by peer. Institution by institution.

Women Unlimited Eswatini Eswatini National Commission for UNESCO UK in Eswatini Unesco Regional Office for Southern Africa What Works to Prevent Violence Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini

16/04/2026

Peer-led violence prevention works well if the institution is behind it. Today, alongside Women Unlimited Eswatini, we hosted a high-level engagement with University Of Eswatini senior leadership, who came to the table to discuss what genuine institutional commitment to violence prevention actually looks like.

does not place the burden of change solely on students. Our approach works on three fronts: students, the institution, and the national policy environment. Today was about the middle: getting the institution's full weight behind this, from the faculty level up. We talked about making existing systems more trauma-informed and student-centred. About what an institution-wide approach looks like, where every faculty, every department, every touchpoint is an entry point for prevention and response. About resourcing that matches the scope of the problem. And about what it will take to sustain the project's lifespan.

The message that resonated most: learner safety is not a welfare issue sitting beside academic life. It is what makes academic life possible. We are encouraged by the shared commitment. Now we build on it.

What Works to Prevent Violence Ministry of Education and Training Eswatini The Deputy Prime Minister's Office Eswatini UK in Eswatini Eswatini National Commission for UNESCO