About US
Whether it be through mentorship, training programs, or advocating for women's rights, we believe that by supporting women, we can create a more equitable and prosperous future for all.
Learn how we are changing women's lives in Eswatini, one project at a time.
Our Story
Who We Are
Women Unlimited is a registered non-profit organization based in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Established in October 2017, we are a women’s rights and development organization driven by a passionate team committed to creating meaningful change in the lives of women and youth.Our strategic focus is anchored on three core pillars: Climate Change Action, Peacebuilding, and Family-Centred Development. Through these pillars, we work to empower women and young people by addressing the root causes of inequality and fostering inclusive, sustainable development.We adopt a practical, solution-focused approach to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment across Eswatini. Our efforts are aligned with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring that our work contributes to broader global and continental development frameworks.Women Unlimited aims to uplift communities, promote prosperity, and build a future where every woman and young person can thrive by investing in women and youth, strengthening families, and protecting the environment.
Our Vision
To attain economic emancipation, social freedom, balance and equitable representation for all women, young people and marginalized groups in Eswatini and Southern Africa.
Our Team
Women Unlimited currently operates with a board of trustees and a team of ten employees including volunteers. Our team is comprised of both men and women as well as young people. We are passionate about creating real change for women in Eswatini and building a future for the girl child.
Our Passion
Community
We are dedicated to building a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive community in the Kingdom of Eswatini that is bound together by a shared commitment to women, young people, and gender equality in line with Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and Goal 5 (Gender Equality).
Opportunity
We are committed to ensuring that all individuals have the right to choose what happens in their own lives and enjoy unfettered access to opportunity, transcending race, age, sexual orientation, physical ability, health, social standing, education, background or ethnicity.
Strategic Overview
Networking & Partnerships
We have natured the ability to build strong collaborations and partnerships to achieve a common goal among Civic Society Organisations. As demonstrated in our current partnerships and networks in Eswatini, collaborations, partnerships, and networks can be powerful mechanisms for supporting the changes we want to achieve. We are able to structure both formal, semi-formal, or informal partnerships involving a variety of different actions by the partners, such as joint funding; pooling of resources; consultation and agreement to work together; in-kind support etc. Our doors are always open for new partnerships that make us a stronger voice for Women's and Young People’s Rights.
Alliances & Coalitions
Women Unlimited Eswatini is also working towards developing alliances with other African networks and international organizations to better achieve its objectives. These alliances will mostly be temporary such as joint project ventures or events that do not require any or have a minimal formal agreement.
our LEADERSHIP
Vimbai Kapurura
Executive Director
Vimbai is an Expert who has worked for over 8yrs years on developmental work focusing on Gender, Human Rights, Socio-Economic developmental issues including Health, Education and rights of disadvantaged groups such as women and children. 8years' cumulative experience of working in Human Rights and Women's Development work and has mastered skills in gender-inclusion programming, gender equality and empowerment of women as well as the active participation of women in political, economic, social and cultural life is at the core of my current operations in Eswatini.
OUR GOVERNING BOARD
Women Unlimited is governed by a dedicated Board of Directors (7 members) guided by a Board Charter. Our team of employees and volunteers brings years of international development experience from Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, and Mozambique, working from the community level to policy-making tables with government ministries.
OUR TEAM COMPETENCES
Our core capacities include:
Training & Mentorship: In Gender Equality, GBV Response, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, and Emotional Intelligence.
Institutional & HR Policy Reform: Reviewing and strengthening gender-responsive HR policies, recruitment frameworks, and workplace systems for institutions.
Behaviour Change Communication (BCC): Designing and delivering public engagement campaigns, community mobilisation, and gender-sensitive messaging to drive adoption of waste management technologies, clean energy solutions and women’s participation.
Capacity Development & Workforce Participation: Designing women in STEM internship programmes, leadership academies, and mentorship frameworks.
Gender Diagnostics & MEL: Conducting sex-disaggregated data collection, baseline assessments, and gender indicators frameworks for donor-funded programmes
Research & Documentation: Working on building an evidence base for our advocacy and programming.
Project Management: With honed skills in analysis, resource management, and Monitoring & Evaluation (MEAL).
