Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse

Conducts workshops, educational talks to community groups, educational institutions and other organisations, whether private or public.

Provides public education on abuse and prevention strategies to schools, teachers and students, police, businesses, religious groups, NGOs and any other organisations.

Objective	The Education and Training team's main objective is to bring about positive change in behaviour and attitudes towards abuse through education, and thereby prevent and equip citizens to deal with abuse.
Activities and Services	Educational programs Training Lihlombe Lekukhalela Male involvement	Awareness campaigns Group participation Research Girls Empowermen t
Activities and Services
Educational programs	Conducts workshops, educational talks to community groups, educational institutions and other organisations, whether private or public. Provides public education on abuse and prevention strategies to schools, teachers and students, police, businesses, religious groups, NGOs and any other organisations.
Training	The education team trains professional groups, i.e., police, prosecutors, nurses and other service providers in order to sensitize them on the issues of gender-based violence and to educate them on the laws which impact on women in the area of gender-based violence. This has helped in the improvement of services rendered to the public, particularly victims of violence. It has further helped in setting up a draft of standardized procedures of handling sexual offences in the country.
Lihlombe Lekukhalela	• “A shoulder to cry on” • Project with UNICEF and 'Save the Children' • People are identified in each community to be trained as child protectors • 15 within each community are trained • Ongoing support is provided
Male involvement	Part of our Prevention program • Dialogue held with community groups • Community identifies one man in the community to be trained • After training the man conducts dialogues within the community to encourage change • Support offered ongoing • Educate men to promote healthy families • Promotion of counselling for men • Other public awareness activities such as: education through theatre, Men for Change march and Father's Day campaign
Awareness campaigns	SWAGAA's awareness campaigns on abuse and violence are held around Swaziland i.e., in schools, communities and the different regions in the country. These usually feature political figures such as the Prime minister in the White ribbon launch, honourable ministers in child sexual abuse campaigns as well as senators of the House of Parliament. This has had great impact on society due to the participation of the authorities. We also respond to issues that are not planned, such as a rape incident at the bus rank.
	Some of the campaigns we participate in are:	16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign Father's Day campaign	International Women's Day Valentine's Day campaign White Ribbon campaign
Group participation	Gender consortium CANGO's gender consortium is a network of NGOs involved in gender-related work. It is coordinated by the CANGO Secretariat.
Support to do research	Staff share practical experiences on gender violence and help students and others access related literature from our resource centre.
Girls Empowerment	Girls clubs are empowerment clubs that girls join voluntarily. they provide a platform for girls to meet and share experiences and talk about life, abuse, gender, HIV/AIDS and children's rights. they create the much needed space and time for girls to meet weekly, have conversations, ask powerful questions on issues affecting them and come up with realistic practical solutions to dealing with chlallenges in the home, school and community. Girls empowerment Clubs info.