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It is because of HIV stigma that women are often more susceptible to discrimination as a result of their HIV status. This element is coupled with their unequal position in society, which worsens their situation once they disclose their HIV status.19 Fox reveals that men are more likely to become abusive to women after learning about the woman's HIV-positive status and often blame their own infection squarely on women.20 Some healthcare workers have resorted to sterilising WLH without informed consent just because they are HIV positive.21 It is against this backdrop of abuse- domestic and systemic -that this study was undertaken. Discussed are the following: Eswatini's response to HIV and VAW through the legal and policy framework; international norms on VAW and HIV, as well as the methodology employed in collecting and collating the data analysed in this article. Further discussed is the interlink between HIV and VAW through case studies on violence that perpetrated against HIV-positive (HIV+) women and medicalised violence. The chapter then addresses access to justice by WLH and lastly concludes by proposing recommendations.