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MUSASA ONE STOP CARE CENTRE
Provision
of direct services to women and
girls experiencing gender based violence.
Method -walk –in telephone, specialised
package of services
Secured , safe and confidential centre for
women.
GBV survivors receive psychosocial support,
social transformation, enhanced skills to deal
with violence,
Offer
a coordinated service to survivors
Improve Case Management
Maintain high degree of confidentiality
Security and Safety
Follow up on cases during and after take of
the services
Increase quality service and care provision
Direct
Services- Counselling
-Transport
-Food
-Medication
-Legal Advise
-Life skills
Why
-Women and girls were insecure to speak out
about GBV
-Lack of safe and confidential space
-Poor case management and follow up
-Weak referral pathway
-Non reporting of cases
-Low utilisation of the Domestic Violence Act
-Increased cases of rape and violence against
women
What:
Provision
of a quality holistic service under
one roof.
Provision of health care-clinical, child care,
personal hygiene, relaxation
Women can access more than just
counselling within a single visit to the centre
Toll free-line- anyone receives instant
counselling, instant reporting
Economic support for survivors from anyone
through eco cash
Heart Mind & Body- fo9r counsellors
Counselling
Food
Transport
Medication
Legal
Advise
Temporary Shelter
Life-skills Training
Micro financing
Emergency Cash
Heart Mind Body
Psychosocial and
legal counselling,
Transport, Lifeskills,
Medication, Food,
Musasa offers
shelter
Joint learning of new skills and building up selfesteem...
PSZ-Clinical
& SRHR
ZLHR-Legal Representation
FST- Children counselling and services
ZWLA- Legal advice
Ministry of Women Affairs Gender and
Community Development-Policy Changes and
Commitments- Improved service provision to
survivors of GBV
$1.5
m for the whole gender mainstreaming
and Support
Economic Empowerment $80 000
Safety and security $60 000
Personal and social empowerment $40 000
Category
Direct beneficiaries
Clients assisted in
2013
parliamentarians
engaged with
stakeholders engaged
with
Women
Men
Total
%
Women
12 398
66
111
99%
38%
1%
62%
734
59%
41%
70
1100
Indirect beneficiaries
1200
800
60%
40%
Online beneficiaries
6000
1334
81|%
19%
Jan-Feb
2013 -981
Women
who experienced Domestic
Violence
Rape
Jan
Who
survivors mainly women
–April - 2900
uses the services-women.
Girls (10-24years)
Men experiencing sexual violence
Number
of men coming to the centre, focus
on women
Number of children coming with their
mothers
Adolescent girls come with multi-needs
Indicators
to assess the impact
-coordinated service provision
- Follow up visits to clients
Referral pathway follow up
Social calls
They come back for re-payment of their
loans
Increase
in numbers of those seeking
assistance
Survivors Ability to identify their form of
violence they are experiencing
Coordination of service provision
Strong follow up procedure
It
comes with economic
empowerment
ICT knowledge
Life-skills training
Social transformation
Increased
men Seeking assistance
Referrals from traditional leaders
Members of the community based
structures
126 men attended this till April
Social
Transformation
Economic improvement in the home
Extension of responsive community
programs
Peaceful homes and communities
Women and Girls Confidence and
restoration of hope
Community
Dialogues
Community Based structures
Community Shelters
Advocacy Initiatives
Profiling
on Radio Programs
TV Shows women survivors sharing
experiences
Documentaries with I-stories and life after
the Centre
Newspaper Articles profiling the direct
services to survivors
Basic
Counselling Training
Advocacy Training
ICT
Entrepreneurial Skills Training
I-stories Writing
Police
officers-Treatment of survivors and
case management friendly to survivors
Strict and timeous investigations of cases
Policy
makers MPs took and committed to
zero tolerance to sexual violence and rape
Interfacing with survivors facilitated a
motion on stringent sentencing (30 years)
Parliamentary debates on implementation of
legal instruments and application of sections
of the constitution
Holistic
package can make survivors move on
Coordinated service provision
Improve Accessibility
Economic support make a woman or young
girl move out of violence to a place of safety
Men require psychosocial support and are
experiencing GBV too
One
Stop Concept taking it to the
community
Life skills and economic
empowerment-micro finance
Specialised service provision
(professional counsellors)
Community Based Structures