ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolencePrevention of Gender Violence Requires a Multifaceted ApproachCollaboration across different government departments is critical in the battle against gender-based violence (GBV). Recent civil society efforts to work with the government to address GBV demonstrate both the challenges and opportunities provided by such collaboration. In case anybody needs reminding how serious a problem GBV is in SA, a World Health Organisation study estimated that the rate of women… Read More Steven RebelloOctober 11, 2019
PublicationsResearchViolence PreventionGovernment and Civil Society Collaboration: Lessons from a Partnership between CSVR, COGTA AND GIZ-VCPThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has researched the Community Work Programme (CWP) since 2010. In 2016, the CSVR entered into a partnership with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) which aimed to train, support and strengthen CWP participants’ ability to prevent violence through the work that they carried out in the programme… Read More Malose Langa and Steven RebelloSeptember 3, 2019
PublicationsResearchViolence PreventionLearnings from Participants' Reflections on Strengthening Urban Violence Prevention Through the Community Work ProgrammeCSVR has been researching South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) since 2010. In 2016, the organisation commenced with an effort to strengthen urban violence prevention interventions, carried out by CWP participants, by offering furthering training and support in implementing violence prevention interventions. This report shares some of the key learnings from the CWP participants who were involved in this project… Read More Steven RebelloJune 2, 2019
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence PreventionStrengthening Urban Violence Prevention Through the CWP: Learnings from CSVR's Pre- and Post-Training EvaluationCSVR has conducted research on South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) since 2010. In 2016, the organisation commenced with an eff ort to strengthen urban violence prevention interventions carried out by CWP through their work. These eff orts involved training 145 CWP participants, from four CWP sites across South Africa, in the areas of gender-based violence, working with men, substance… Read More Malose Langa and Steven RebelloJune 2, 2019
