Mr. Mvuselelo Fakudze, CEO Standard Bank Mr. Tom Churchyard, Executive Director of Kwakha Indvodza boBabe Ladies and Gentlemen Sanibonani I am honored to join you this evening for an event celebrating fathers and fatherhood in the most vivid way possible. The photos surrounding us were captured during Kwakha Indvodza’s “Babe Locotfo” or Good Father project, …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 8 December, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, Speeches
Standard Bank Representative Tom Churchyard, Executive Director of KI Sanibonani I am honored to join you here today for this event celebrating young people who have opened their hearts in this “Letter to my Father” essay contest. Tom says the essays he read for this contest were both heart-warming and heart breaking. Together they tell …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 10 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Gender Issues, Grants, Public Affairs, Speeches
EU Ambassador, Program Director, Executive Director, The Rock of Hope, Representatives from LGBTI organizations, Diplomatic Corps, Civil society organizations, Members of the media, Ladies and gentlemen, Siyanivusela Bekunene! I am honored to be part of this year’s Pride Month celebration. What a dramatic year it has been. Who could have predicted the chaotic effects of …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 29 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, Speeches
Program Director Hon. Minister of Health, Sen. Lizzy Nkosi Hhohho RA, Her Royal Highness, Princess Tsandzile Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health Multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors Members of the press PEPFAR colleagues Directors of Implementing Partner Organisations Ladies and Gentlemen Sanibonani! It is a pleasure and an honour for me to be part of …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 5 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches
Honorable Minister of Justice, Honorable Minister of Health, UNICEF Representative All protocols observed It is an honor to be with you today to launch the new One Stop Centers—a critically important resource for survivors of gender-based violence, or GBV, to find help, counseling, and comfort during a time of extreme distress. Today, I am proud …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 10 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, embassy, Events, Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches
Siyanivusela Bekunene It is an honor to be here today, and to be surrounded by so many smart, dedicated women who are changing the landscape of leadership in this country. Everyone in this room is fighting for the voice of women in Eswatini and demonstrating extraordinary courage and leadership in your communities every day. I …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 9 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, News, Speeches
Honorable Deputy Prime Minister of Eswatini, Ambassador of the European Union to Eswatini, Principal Secretary, Manzini Regional Administrator Director of Women and Law in Southern Africa – Eswatini, Members of the Women’s Regiment Lutsango LwakaNgwane Executive, Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society, Ladies and Gentlemen, All protocols observed. Siyanivusela Bekunene I am honored to …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 5 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, Speeches
Regional Administrator; Chiefs; Tindvuna Temphakatsi Good Morning. I am excited and honored to be here today and to join you for this training on the Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence, or SODV, Act of 2018. We at the U.S. Embassy have learned through our work on HIV and AIDS the tremendous role that chiefs can …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 24 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, News, Speeches
Protocols I am honored to join you for this training of women in leadership. We tend to think of leadership as an individual quality. If I asked you who leads my country, I suspect you would think only of my country’s president. But my country, like many other countries around the world, is actually led …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 16 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Education, embassy, Events, Gender Issues, News, Speeches
Manzini Regional Administrator; Cebile Dlamini, Secretary General of Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly; Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society, Good morning. I am honored to be part of this event to celebrate and raise the voices of rural women in Eswatini. I applaud the work of Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly to break barriers for women, …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 8 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, News, Speeches
Minister for Health Senior Government Officials It is an honor to be with you today to mark the launch of Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. I trust you are familiar with the U.S. Government’s work in the fight against HIV and AIDS, but you may be less aware that this work has expanded to …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 7 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Events, Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches
Did you know University campuses are also often the site of gender-based violence? Last Friday Ambassador Peterson was a keynote speaker during the dissemination of findings of a study on sexual assault at the University of Eswatini designed to understand and, ultimately prevent campus sexual assault in Eswatini. Ambassador Peterson said there is a lot …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 4 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, Events, Gender Issues
Thanks to Africa Regional Services (ARS Paris). Early February we hosted Maureen Rabotin, a Gallup StrengthsFinder certified Global Executive Coach, Instructor at Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies), TedX Speaker and author of: Culture Savvy – Working and Collaborating Across the Globe. Maureen conducted workshops across the country on leadership and advocacy, which included …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 28 February, 2018 | Topics: Business, Education, embassy, Gender Issues
Swazi women engineers are breaking the mold and shattering stereotypes about women’s leadership in a male-dominated field. Last Friday and Saturday, the Embassy welcomed back the team from WomEng, a South Africa-based NGO, to help women engineers start up a local chapter. Across the world, women are underrepresented in the STEM fields and these amazing …
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By U.S. Mission Eswatini | 9 November, 2017 | Topics: Business, Education, Gender Issues, Science & Tech
