SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

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SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 – 30 MARCH 2011
KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER
VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

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 HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING
THIS PROBLEM?
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• We had regular door to door visits

• Awareness campaigns especially
about substance abuse.
• Addressing domestic violence and
HIV/Aids.

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 IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?
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• It is very important because we want to

restore the moral values
• Empower victims of abuse
• Taking care of orphans and vulnerable
children.
• Ensuring a good social life for both the victim
and the perpetrator

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 HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT
ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?
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• Refer people for counseling sessions with the

help of a social worker and the police.
• We place the victim in a place of safety until
the problem is solved.
• If the victims are children we rather put
them in forester care or refer them to a place
of safety.
• Provide food and clothes

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 WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE
PROJECT?
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• 5 years from now want a healthy social living

amongst the members of our community .

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 WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS
INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN
EQUALLY INVOLVED?
• Women and children are our key targets.
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• Women are in most cases involved

• Currently men are not really interested,
although they are in most cases the
perpetrators.

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 PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE
PROJECT
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• We partnered with Department of Social

Services and Development, Department of
Labour, Department Sports, arts and culture.
• The local Police and Justice department
• Starfish Great Heart Foundation

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 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL,
HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE
MOBILISED?
• Department Social Services and private
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donors for funding

• Local Police and Justice Department for
protection.
• Social worker for counseling sessions and
referrals

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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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• If the situation is critically serious we

usually do home visits to monitor the
situation.
• Post counseling sessions
• If there is no improvement referrals are
done to a more professional counsellor.

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 WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

• People can now openly talk about their

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problems and also refer others to our

organization.
• Teachers at schools also contact us if they
come upon problems learners experience at
home.

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 IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC
PROTOCOL TARGETS)
• To empower women to be creative and to
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develop them to be independent .

• To protect our children and to teach them to

know their rights.

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 EFFECTIVENESS

• Yes, the work we do is effective.

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• The community can no longer remain silent

they are informing us of certain households
where violence is taking place .
• Teachers of local school also make use of the
services rendered.

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 SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

• Yes, it is sustainable, because the community

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make use of the service on a daily basis.

• Yes, it is replicable, because the very same
problems experience in our community are
also in other communities.

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 LESSONS LEARNED

• We learned that such evil practices can

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destroy communities and that they need our

help.

• We learned that we can build a community

with necessary skills and development.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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