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The first Eswatini VACS collected data on girls and young women in Eswatini in 20076. The survey found that
approximately one in three females experienced sexual violence in childhood, one in four females experienced
physical violence in childhood, nearly three in ten females experienced emotional violence, and two in three
females ages 18-24 years had experienced lifetime sexual violence. The data catalysed significant action in
Eswatini through programmatic and policy change to address violence against children and youth. Following
recommendations from the 2007 VACS, the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini enacted legislative
interventions to mitigate violence against children, including the National Children’s Policy 2009, the National
Plan for Action for Children 2011-2015, the Child Protection and Welfare Act 20127, and the Sexual Offenses
and Domestic Violence Act, which was initiated in 2009 and signed into law in 2018