Swaziland currently faces the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world and the lowest life expectancy of anywhere in the world. People have limited access to healthcare or knowledge on living with the disease. Women can be powerless to prevent infection of HIV/AIDS and support their families if widowed, and their situation is exacerbated by living in a patriarchal society. Women are often blamed for the spread of the disease and lose their homes.

Through funding creating women-led income generation projects and through our legal work, Positive Women is empowering the women of Swaziland to secure a different, better future. There are many grassroots initiatives currently awaiting funding, with business ideas that need our training and support to launch their small scale enterprises. These range from livestock and agricultural production businesses, to candle making, polish production and tent renting.