29/04/2026
𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬' 𝐖𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
This past weekend, World Vision Eswatini (WVE) joined the Pastors’ Wives Foundation for its 6th annual conference, which saw the launch of “𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", an initiative aimed at working with teenagers to bring an end to teenage pregnancy and support those teenagers who find themselves with an unplanned pregnancy.
Launching the initiative, themed: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱!, the foundation’s founder Mpumi Motsa said this initiative had come about following a conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Senator Thulisile Dladla, who expressed her concern at the increasing number of teenage pregnancies in the country. The DPM said the church had a role to play in this, including restoring the Godly principles that would play a role towards reducing pre-marital s*x and its extended consequences, including teenage pregnancy.
World Vision Eswatini, a supporter of the event for the past three years, formed part of a panel discussion on issues of gender-based violence (GBV). Representing the Christian, child-focused humanitarian organisation was Operations Director, Sakhile Dlamini, who emphasised the importance of speaking out and not burying such issues. She stressed the need to protect children, who are often the most affected when they grow up in a home where GBV is taking place and not condemned. She acknowledged that this happens even within the Christian community.
Also forming part of the discussion panel on GBV were the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) Director Nonhlanhla Dlamini and UNFPA Eswatini’s Thamary Silindza, who held meaningful conversations with the highly attentive group of pastors’ wives and other like-minded women who attended the glitzy event.
The event itself attracted speakers from far and wide, including outside the country, who touched on the role of a pastor’s wife, the need for them to understand this role and still maintain their independence and confidence. This, the speakers emphasised, was very crucial, despite the pressures of holding such an office because self-care was paramount to serving God, their husbands, their families and the church effectively.
Praise and worship also formed part of the evening's programme, with award-winning Dlamini leading this at different intervals of the evening’s proceedings. It was a highly impactful and educational occasion that saw hundreds of women leaving with smiles all around and, definitely, food for thought.
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