Research knowledge base for GBV questions, methods, and service pathways
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Service pathways
2 entriesHow people move through hospitals, police, shelters, courts, and referral systems.
The Saartjie Baartman Centre is described as a one-stop centre offering 24-hour crisis response, shelter, psycho-social support, services for children, and programmes that help survivors rebuild their lives. It is a useful example of the kind of multi-service infrastructure that improves real-world access to help.
The Centre says it directly manages a 24-hour crisis response programme, residential shelter and housing, psycho-social support including children's counselling, a substance abuse programme, and job-skills training. That makes it a strong local example of holistic survivor support in practice.
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Legal process
2 entriesRights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
A one-stop centre is a place where survivors can access multiple forms of support in one location instead of being referred from one office to another. Services may include crisis response, shelter, counselling, legal support, rights education, and economic empowerment.
The Centre describes the Khuseleka model as a multi-sector approach developed with government departments and institutions to uphold victim rights. In practical terms, it reflects the idea that survivor support works better when different sectors coordinate around the person rather than leaving them to assemble care themselves.
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Survivor support
1 entryHealing, counselling, trauma-informed support, and practical care for survivors.
The Saartjie Baartman Centre describes itself as South Africa's first one-stop centre for abused women and children. Its model brings multiple organisations together on-site so survivors can access integrated support instead of having to navigate fragmented systems alone.