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The natonal OneLove campaign was launched in Swaziland in March 2009.
Download a recent research report about the beliefs and practices about sex, gender and culture in Swaziland. The report is called Multiple and Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in Swaziland.
You can also visit our Resources page, which can help you:
- Make choices that are healthier for you, your partner, family and community
- Please your partner sexually
- Improve the way you communicate with him or her.
Hop on to OneLove Southern Africa’s audio library on Zoopy to listen to the role models in the OneLove campaign in Swaziland talk about why they are choose to be faithful to one partner. Read More
How are you showing respect for your partner? Share with us by leaving a comment after watching this video.
Lusweti Institute for Health Development and Communication, the OneLove partner in Swaziland, has produced another booklet titled ‘Love, Sex and You’.
“This booklet is a guide to healthy relationships with inspired tips on how to have a fulfilling emotional and sexual relationship with one partner,” says Lusweti Marketing and Advocacy Manager Zanele Zwane.
Unfaithful lovers or partners have been officially warned that cheating with only one person exposes them to an HIV infection rate similar to individuals who have sex with 12 people - at the same time, reports The Times Of Swaziland.
Sexual networks and communities of multiple partners are driving the HIV epidemic in the country. These networks are rife among married couples but not unique to them as unmarried couples also drive the epidemic.
NERCHA Director Dr Derek von Wissel says efforts to understand this phenomenon has thus far hit a snag. “We are faced by a huge problem here. We have failed to establish why people have multiple concurrent partners.”
Watch this video, which explains how sexual networks operate.
On Friday the OneLove web site published an article where we presented the view that, “men and women are not animals and can control their sexuality.”
We can choose to not act on feelings of attraction that we may experience for others if we are already in relationships, the post said. We can choose not to put ourselves in situations which make it easier to act on the attraction. To further support that message, here is an article by Cassandra George Sturges:
Recent reearch by Lusweti Health Communication for Change has found that primary school children in Swaziland are sexually active, with boys and girls aged 16 to 19 reporting high levels of sexual activity among their peers, reports The Times of Swaziland.
Young people also said that they often go to parties where most people are in couples and so they find partners themselves.
As alcohol is usually freely available at parties, these teenagers often drink too much and then have sex with the partners they have found there.
The study revealed that the partners are usually randomly picked such that the sex becomes more like a chain where everyone participates in these chain orgies.
Kissing has many benefits, say Swazi HIV testing counsellors.
“We believe that sexual satisfaction can come from time spent cuddling and kissing, and an intimacy can be achieved that isn’t possible from a ‘quickie’ act of intercourse,” says HIV testing counsellor Pamela Dlamini..
Read the full article, published by the Swazi Observer.
A study by Lusweti on multiple concurrent partners found that many people have additional partners out of fear that their partners might be cheating on them. Having additional partners give them a sense of security that they will never be alone, they said.
However, Swazi hip-hop artist and OneLove Ambassador Thamsanqa Sibandze, aka KrTC, says it’s a silly misconception that additional partners could provide security. “If you are having issues with one why add more?” he says.
Should women always carry condoms in case they are presented with an oppportunity to have sex? Read More
Today we’re republishing the list of reasons some people may give for not wanting to use a condom, as well as suggestions on how you can respond to these excuses.
