Reducing GBV and Improving SRHR for All Through Lihawu Male Mentoring Camp

Swazi men have a high acceptance of the traditional oppressive gender norms that deny the rights of women & girls. The county's HIV prevalence stand at just over 30%, whilst 4 in 10 Swazi males believe that if a woman wears a short skirt she is asking to be raped. The correlation between such widespread harmful gender norms, supported by a sense of cultural entitlement and the world's worst HIV epidemic is undeniable and leads directly to poor SRHR for all and (sexual) intimate partner violence.