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    What will it take to Prevent Interpersonal Violence in South Africa?

    This policy brief presents an analysis of six factors that stand in the way of effectively preventing interpersonal violence in South Africa, and suggests how they might be overcome. It is a product of the Dialogue Forum for evidence-based progr...

    Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

    • Interpersonal Violence
    • Violence Prevention
    • Poverty
    • Violence
    • Developing countries
    12 pages

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    Western Cape After School Game Changer: A Violence Prevention Intervention?

    Government and civil society in South Africa urgently need to find innovative ways to prevent violence. The Western Cape Government’s After School Game Changer (ASGC) aims to disrupt the pathways for risky and violent behaviours among young people...

    Penny Parenzee

    • After School Game Changer
    • Violence Prevention
    • Youth and war
    • Civil society
    • Schools
    • Educational planning
    24 pages

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    Women's Contribution to Social Cohesion and Violence Prevention through the Community Work Programme

    "The Community Work Programme (CWP) is a public employment programme that provides two days of work per week to unemployed and underemployed people in economically marginalised areas. The CWP aims to be an employment safety net, ensuring a basi...

    Jasmina Brankovic

    • Women's Participation
    • Violence Prevention
    • Social Cohesion
    • Community Work Programme
    • Violence
    • Human Rights
    12 pages

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    Reducing Violence in South Africa: From Policing to Prevention

    South Africa is one of the 10 most violent countries in the world, despite having achieved massive reductions in homicide levels since 1994. Murder has increased annually over the past four years (2012/13-2015/16). This raises the question of wh...

    Chandré Gould

    Diketso Mufamadi

    Celia Hsiao

    Matodzi Amisi

    • Violence Prevention
    • Criminal Justice System
    • Violence
    • Law enforcement
    • Political stability
    16 pages

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    Reducing Violence in South Africa: Resourcing Violence Prevention

    Government budgets are much like household budgets. In households, we make decisions about how to allocate limited income to buy food, pay for education, transport, childcare and so on. In the same way, a government needs to make decisions about h...

    Carmen Abdoll

    Yusuf Mayet

    • Violence Prevention
    • Conflict Intervention
    • Violence against Women and Children
    • Political development
    • Violence
    • Peace-building
    • Budget
    16 pages

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    Violence and Transition Project Phase 3 (VTP 3): The Transformation of Violence through an African Comparative Lens: Lessons for Violence Prevention

    This is a summarised version of the draft consolidated Kenya VTP3 research report. The synopsis is based on two themes; Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Informal Armed Formations (IAF), as part of a larger comparative research project entitled, “Vi...

    Masheti Masinjila

    Naana Marekia

    • Gender Based Violence
    • Informal Armed Formations
    • Violence Prevention
    • Peace-building
    • Violence
    11 pages

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    How to Map Violence Without Police Data

    Reducing violence requires knowing how it occurs and tailoring responses accordingly. Understanding where, when and how murder takes place also provides insights into other violent crime trends. This can be achieved by plotting murder on maps, b...

    Andrew Faull

    • Violence Prevention
    • Crime Prevention Strategies
    • Violence
    • Crime
    • Law enforcement
    24 pages

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    Participatory Methods in Violence Prevention: Lessons from CSVR's Collaboration with the Community Work Programme in South Africa

    CSVR has been conducting research on 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 through their work. This r...

    Jasmina Brankovic

    • Violence Prevention
    • Violence
    19 pages

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