Towards safe, violence free communities for women and girls: Working Together to Improve Police Responses

Organisation/Publisher

Civilian Secretariat for Police, SAPS, Joint Gender Fund

Authors

Deborah Walter with editorial review by Terrence Smith, Tamara Braam, Puleng Mkhatshwa, Millicent Kewuti, Ayanda Xongwana and Chwayita Msada

Publication date

30 Sep 2013

Uploaded by:

Ayanda Xongwana

Uploaded on

11 Jul 2014

Topics

Crime prevention through environmental design, Gender-based violence, Policing, Safety planning

Sectors

Civil society and community based organisations, Government: local, Government: national, Government: provincial, Police, Research / Academia

Downloads & Links resources

Dialogue Report – (Report/Study)

Description

Report on the government-civil society dialogue that was hosted by the Civilian Secretariat in conjunction with the SAPS and the Joint Gender Fund. The dialogue sought to identify concrete actions that could contribute towards improved police responses and safe, violence free communities for women adn girls. This included identifying ways in which police response to violence against women and girls can be improved through strengthened collaboration with other government department and civil society organisations.