[{"bbox": [85, 151, 1145, 266], "category": "Text", "text": "National school policies, legislation, protocols, regulations and guidelines have to make sense for and find expression in local practice. This action offers a powerful opportunity to bring these two worlds together, so that we are listening to the reality of learners and their wider communities about GBV and how such state support measures are finding resonance, if not, why not, as well as how we adjust policy and practice going forward."}, {"bbox": [85, 290, 884, 318], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lesson 2: Buy in from the Department of Basic Education and Schools themselves"}, {"bbox": [85, 335, 1145, 566], "category": "Text", "text": "Ownership from the Department of Basic Education in this action is critical for the catalytic action to be sustainable and reach its impact at scale. The engagement and buy-in from the relevant stakeholders beyond the educators are critical to enforce the values and curriculum teaching at school, home and in the communities- those stakeholders include school principals, school governing bodies including parents, and traditional and religious leaders. While national policy and guidance setting are important for sustainability, the capacity and roll out at province and district levels are critical to ensure the intended benefits and impact occurs at individual child and school level. Having a robust impact measurement tool designed from the onset of the programme also helps to monitor the output and outcome throughout the action period."}, {"bbox": [85, 590, 978, 618], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lesson 3: Need an integrated and holistic approach to GBV and the need to scale this model"}, {"bbox": [85, 643, 1145, 759], "category": "Text", "text": "It is well established that isolated actions that focus on one component of GBV may deliver short-term benefits but ultimately cannot change the systemic nature of GBV. This includes the integration of ‘Do No Harm’ and ‘Leave No One Behind’ approaches that takes a sustainable community-centred approach to psychosocial support of survivors and their support networks."}, {"bbox": [85, 783, 1001, 811], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lesson 4: Strengthen 'Do No Harm' praxis and reducing risks across all programme activities"}, {"bbox": [85, 837, 1145, 1009], "category": "Text", "text": "Important lessons from ongoing actions can be drawn about how some activities and strategies might unintentionally cause harm, particularly in developing skills and supporting psychosocial wellbeing. GBV and human rights violations in schools demand a very careful approach, as learners come forward to report issues, and there are inconsistencies in how schools and authorities respond to these cases. Refining relationships building within schools and strengthening the connection between schools and Local Stakeholder Committees to improve referral pathways, is a key priority."}, {"bbox": [85, 1033, 1145, 1150], "category": "Text", "text": "Likewise, GBV combined with extreme poverty has serious psychological effects on individuals and communities. These often go unaddressed due to the lack of access to professional state psychological and social work services or expertise within CBOs serving these areas. Active collaboration to forge accessible and alternative pathways for psychosocial support within communities is essential."}, {"bbox": [85, 1174, 805, 1202], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lesson 5: Additional efforts to encourage local private sector involvement"}, {"bbox": [85, 1227, 1145, 1427], "category": "Text", "text": "There is considerable scope for local private sector actors (including local businesses, business chambers and branches/franchises of larger firms) to become involved in, and support, locally co-ordinated efforts to combat GBV. Previous efforts at involving local businesses have had limited success, partially due to the fraught nature of party-political relationships at the local level that align with business interests. Increased efforts to publicise the role and achievements of local GBV forums and collaborations should be investigated, alongside persistent efforts at private sector involvement. These may also become community-school-job opportunities collaborations for young survivors, a feature of widening the community GBV-Free Zone commitment."}, {"bbox": [85, 1446, 342, 1478], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.3 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [85, 1491, 306, 1519], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Short problem analysis:"}, {"bbox": [85, 1544, 1145, 1631], "category": "Text", "text": "Gender-based violence (GBV) is a profound and endemic challenge in South Africa, affecting individuals in both school and community environments. According to the latest Crime Statistics, children account for 40% of total victims of sexual offences reported in the fiscal year 2022/2023. Rape is the highest reported crime against children"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1145, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 25"}]