Announcing the Launch of the Bantwana Regional Network!

  The Bantwana Initiative is pleased to announce that it is transitioning to local leadership through the new, independent Bantwana Regional Network. The Network brings together Bantwana Initiative national organizations…

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The Bantwana Siyakha Model: Enhancing Economic Opportunities for Girls in Mozambique

In Mozambique, the Bantwana Initiative is building the capacity of local organizations to deliver a market-driven, holistic economic empowerment package to hundreds of girls and young women. Bantwana’s Siyakha Girls…  Read More

Bantwana Resources for CIES 2023

Welcome CIES 2023 participants! Thanks for visiting this page of relevant Bantwana resources relating to strategies for early childhood development, child rights & protection, confronting school-related GBV, and preventing and…  Read More

The Case for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to End AIDS in Children

The Bantwana Initiative applauds the implicit call in a recent New York Times article, Global Push to Treat H.I.V Leaves Children Behind, to re-focus efforts to address treatment gaps for…  Read More

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Tackling Violence Against Children at Home and at School

The Western Uganda Bantwana Program (WUBP) works to tackle social norms and conditions at home and in schools that lead to violence against children. By integrating prevention curriculum in schools,…  Read More

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Employing Multisectoral Approaches in the Fight Against Gender-based Violence

Along with more than 3,300 trained peers across nearly one-third of Uganda’s 111 districts, Henry Kyobe is a community-based parasocial worker who is actively involved in eliminating gender-based violence (GBV).…  Read More