{"id":234353,"date":"2022-08-17T11:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-shares-victim-empowerment-support-lessons-with-south-sudan\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:06:38","slug":"sa-shares-victim-empowerment-support-lessons-with-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-shares-victim-empowerment-support-lessons-with-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"SA shares victim empowerment support lessons with South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202208\/lindiwesisulugbv.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>A delegation from the Republic of South Sudan is in South Africa on a victim empowerment support study tour.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation from the Central African country will today visit the 24-hour Gender-Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC) in Salvokop, Tshwane.<\/p>\n<p>The GBVCC is a 24-hour accessible victim empowerment support tool, which deals with various cases of abuse including prevention, response, care and support for victims of gender-based violence.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst its services, the centre provides immediate care, counselling and offers help, hope and the chance of a better life to victims of gender-based violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo achieve this, the GBV Command Centre uses mobile technology to estimate the location of a victim, assign the case to the closest support service including professional Social Workers in the field, record and receive continuous feedback on the case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCallers can contact the command centre on 0800 428 428 or dial *120*7867#,\u201d the Department of Social Development said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The South Sudan delegation is in South Africa on a two-day Social Development-led study tour, which commenced on Tuesday by visiting a victim empowerment shelter in Bronkhorstpruit, Gauteng.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cThe study tour seeks to strengthen collaboration and bilateral working relations as well as sharing of lessons on victim empowerment progmammes, focusing on gender-based violence, which has been declared as a second pandemic in South Africa,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The department said the tour is undertaken as part of the Women\u2019s Month commemoration that takes place during the month of August annually.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Women\u2019s Month is observed under the theme, \u201cWomen\u2019s Socio-Economic Rights and Empowerment: Building Back Better for Women\u2019s Resilience\u201d. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation from the Republic of South Sudan is in South Africa on a victim empowerment support study tour. 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