Social Development
- How many survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) made use of the Western Cape’s six GBV shelters in 2022 and (b) of these, how many made use of the (i) social workers, (ii) legal aid and (iii) health services offered at each shelter?
- How many survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) made use of the Western Cape’s six GBV shelters in 2022 and (b) of these, how many made use of the (i) social workers, (ii) legal aid and (iii) health services offered at each shelter?
Response from Programme Victim Empowerment:
Kindly refer to the table below for the requested information of the reporting period 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Shelters reported that they work closely with the local Department of Health and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to refer victims for services.
|
Location of shelter |
Number of victims that accessed shelter services |
Number of victims that accessed social work services |
Number of victims that accessed legal services |
Number of victims that accessed health services |
|
Bergriver 1 |
45 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
1 |
17 |
|
Bergriver 2 |
76 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
5 |
56 |
|
Swartland |
25 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
7 |
6 |
|
Central Karoo |
47 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
1 |
12 |
|
Hessequa 1 |
24 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
6 |
10 |
|
Hessequa 2 |
53 |
All victims were assessed by a social worker |
4 |
21 |
