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The Soul City Institute for Social Justice is one of South Africa's most innovative and far-reaching organisations working to end gender-based violence and advance sexual and reproductive health rights. Founded …

Sonke Gender Justice is a prominent South African NGO that works across Africa to promote gender equality and end gender-based violence (GBV). While much of their work involves high-level advocacy …

relevant to survivors in Johannesburg who are facing a pregnancy as a result of rape or abuse and exploring adoption, or to women and families anywhere in South Africa needing …

Operates primarily across Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Their GBV awareness and care pack distribution are relevant to survivors in these areas. They are not a crisis service or shelter. Since the …

This organization is especially relevant to you if you are a refugee or migrant survivor of GBV, domestic violence, or abuse living in or near Johannesburg. Mainstream shelters are often …

WMACA — Women and Men Against Child Abuse — is a Johannesburg-based child protection NPO founded by lawyer Miranda Jordan-Friedmann, running free one-stop Kidz Clinics in Alexandra and Boksburg that …

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is one of South Africa's — and Africa's — most respected independent research, advocacy, and psychosocial support organisations, established in …

Shammah Safe House is a Johannesburg South NPO (NPO 068-930) founded in 2006 by Bobby and Katharine Jonkers in South Hills, providing a 24-hour afterhours reception safe house for children …

Lawyers Against Abuse (LvA) is a Johannesburg NPO operating in Diepsloot, Orange Farm, and Hillbrow — three of the city's most under-resourced communities — providing free, integrated legal services and …

1. **Legal Services** — free, professional legal assistance throughout the entire GBV legal process: - Protection order applications (submission, court preparation, legal representation at final hearing) - Criminal case support …

Pathways to Change is a women-led, survivor-centred South African NPC based in Kimberley (Northern Cape) with a Johannesburg office, working to strengthen the rights, safety, and wellbeing of women and …

LHR provides free legal services to vulnerable, marginalised, and indigent people through six specialist programme areas, each staffed by expert practitioners. Its work spans strategic litigation, legal advice clinics, advocacy, …

GBV survivor support; Comfort Pack Project; Step-Up Project; Fairy Godmother Project; counselling and support groups; court preparation support; legal referrals; self-defence workshops; motivational talks; education and awareness; 16 Days of …

The Victim Friendly Room (VFR) and trauma support unit at **SAPS Honeydew police station** — the primary police station serving the Honeydew precinct in western Johannesburg, including Little Falls, Strubens …

Trauma counselling, advocacy and tracing of refugees, group therapy, face-to-face counselling Accompany, serve, and advocate for refugees and forcibly displaced persons - **Psychosocial support** — counselling and mental health support …

Legal services for qualifying vulnerable and marginalised clients; walk-in services + impact litigation **Areas of work (all offices):** - **Access to land and housing** — evictions, land reform, tenure security …

Grassroots Communities Advice Centre provides free paralegal and legal advice from 17 Hurricane Road, Eldorado Park Extension 1, Johannesburg. A PILS member serving a densely populated Cape Flats-style Coloured township …

Responds to the needs of local women’s organisations in developing countries that are working to advance the rights of women and girls and promote gender equality. offers free basic legal …

Izwelethu Advice Centre is a community-based paralegal advice centre serving the Vlakfontein and Lenasia area of southern Gauteng, offering free legal advice, paralegal assistance, domestic violence support, and referrals to …