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Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children

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The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children (SBC) was opened in May 1999 with the mission to develop and implement through public-private partnership the concept of a one-stop centre, which offers integrated and comprehensive services for women, youth and children who experience domestic and/or sexual violence. These services, provided by the SBC and nine on-site partner organisations, include safe short- to medium-term accommodation, specialized counselling (HIV/AIDS, trauma, grief) and health services, economic empowerment, legal advice, and community outreach and prevention projects. In this way, if a client needs to be referred by the intake counsellor to different services, e.g. shelter, legal advice, specialised counselling, the client will find these services under one roof, thus minimising re-traumatisation by not having to travel distances, only to repeat her story. The SBC also seeks ways to end violence against women through research, advocacy and lobbying.

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Contact: Ilse Ahrends

Phone: +27 21 633 5287

Email: ilse [at] womenscentre [dot] co [dot] za

Website URL: http://www.saartjiebaartmancentre.org
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Take Action	Air your dirty laundry Date: 11 December 2009 \| Action Type: 16 Days A campaign to “air your dirty laundry” took place at the Saartjie Baartman Centre on 11 December 2009, as part of the Centre’s 10 birthday celebrations, and also as part of the 16 days of activism to end violence against women. Some 200 children from neighbouring schools were invited to
Take Action	Women's Month actions Date: 1 August 2010 \| Action Type: Awareness Raising The 9th August is National Women's Day in South Africa, commemorating that day in 1956 when 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950, which would restrict African women's movements in the cities.

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