Research knowledge base for GBV questions, methods, and service pathways
This is now a research knowledge base rather than a simple FAQ. Search across the published corpus, filter by research lens, and move directly into the source material behind each answer.
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Curated answers grounded in public South African GBV, justice, and support sources.
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Methods
Study design, methodology, definitions, and how the evidence was assembled.
Service pathways
How people move through hospitals, police, shelters, courts, and referral systems.
Risk factors
Drivers of violence, vulnerability, exposure, and intersectional risk patterns.
Legal process
Rights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
Survivor support
Healing, counselling, trauma-informed support, and practical care for survivors.
Data interpretation
Limits, caveats, bias, and guidance for reading the evidence responsibly.
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Service pathways
1 entryHow people move through hospitals, police, shelters, courts, and referral systems.
Childline offers crisis-line support, basic counselling, and referral for children and for adults concerned about children. Its role is especially relevant where domestic violence or sexual abuse affects minors or where someone needs a child-focused entry point into the support system.
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Legal process
2 entriesRights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
Children affected by abuse can need dedicated child protection support, not just adult-focused GBV services. Childline South Africa offers a free 24/7 helpline, and justice guidance also recognises that children may be direct or indirect victims who need reporting, referral, and protection.
Children and adolescents often need different reporting channels, counselling approaches, and safeguarding processes than adults. A directory that only lists general services can miss urgent child-protection needs, so child-specific pathways improve real usability.