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
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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
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Service pathways
1 entryHow people move through hospitals, police, shelters, courts, and referral systems.
Rape Crisis provides free, confidential counselling for rape survivors, alongside education, training, advocacy, and public work aimed at improving support services and challenging rape myths. Its work is built around both survivor recovery and broader social change.
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Legal process
2 entriesRights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
Rape Crisis supports survivors not only emotionally but also through advocacy around reporting, court support, and improvements to the justice system. Its work recognises that the legal process itself can be traumatic and that survivors often need accompaniment and explanation, not just formal rights on paper.
Local NGOs often explain the real service journey more concretely than broad policy documents do. They show what survivors actually need on the ground: transport, counselling, court accompaniment, shelter, child support, follow-up care, and patient guidance through complex systems.
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Survivor support
1 entryHealing, counselling, trauma-informed support, and practical care for survivors.
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust lists counselling support in English, isiXhosa, and Afrikaans, as well as WhatsApp counselling. It also provides in-person support through offices in Observatory, Athlone, and Khayelitsha.